Chapter 8

Which of the following was NOT a result of the growth of a national market economy between 1815 and 1860 ?

A greater number of men working at home

Which of the following statements about the "American System" is correct?

It was designed to meet the nation's need for economic progress and self-sufficiency

The most important factor in Andrew Jackson's successful bid for the presidency in 1828 was his

Reputation as a hero of the War of 1812

The expansion of a market economy in the early nineteenth century is reflected in which of the following?

The improvement of transportation and the availability of goods

Which of the following transportation developments opened the West to settlement and trade between 1790 and 1830?

Turnpikes and canals

The most unpopular and least successful of President Thomas Jefferson's policies was his

adherence to neutrality in dealing with England and France

The women's movement in the antebellum period was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

demands for equal compensation for equal work

Under Chief Justice John Marshall, Supreme Court decisions tended to

promote business enterprise

Henry Clay's "American System" called for all of the following EXCEPT

sale of federal lands to finance higher education

In the early 1830's, the majority of workers in the textile mills of Massachusetts were

young unmarried women from rural New England