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Which phrase by Burleigh best addresses the motives of the largest number of immigrants coming to the United States during the years from 1816 to 1848?
"good pay for labor"
During the War of 1812
Andrew Jackson successfully defended New Orleans from the British after a treaty had been signed officially bringing an end to the war
He invented the mechanical reaper which permitted one farmer to do the work of five hired hands.
Cyrus McCormick
Where did slavery experience the greatest growth in the period 1810 - 1860?
Deep South
What political party dominated politics during the "Era of Good Feelings"?
Democratics- republicans
The canal era of American history began with the construction of the
Erie Canal in New York.
The economic growth of the South relied primarily on the export of goods to which of the following?
Europe
This group of immigrants were unskilled, Catholic, and many came to the U.S. to escape a potato famine.
Irish
Which of the following statements accurately describes the Monroe Doctrine?
It declared U.S. opposition to European intervention in the affairs of independent countries of the Western Hemisphere. It declared U.S. opposition to European intervention in the affairs of independent countries of the Western Hemisphere.
He invented the first steel plow which enabled farmers to replace their oxen with horses.
John Deere
Which of these was the LEAST COMMON form of slave resistance?
Killing their masters
What did the Missouri Compromise seek to accomplish?
Maintaining the balance between free and slave states
The majority of immigrants who arrived in the United States between 1821 and 1880 settled in the
Midwest and Northeast
What was the "pull factor" that made it possible for large numbers of Irish and German immigrants to settle in the United States in the 1830s-1860s?
Midwest and Northeast
Most early railroads in the United States were built in the
North
All of the following are ways settlers inflicted damage on the environment EXCEPT
Settlers would drive Native Americans off their land
This group was at the top in Southern white society.
The Aristocracy
Which of the following was a major difference in economic development between the Northeast and the South in the first half of the 1800s?
The South relied much less on wage labor than the Northeast.
Which of the following was a result of the growth of a national market economy between 1815 and 1860?
The application of assembly line production to the mass production of goods
The building of canals, roads and railroads in the first half of the nineteenth century contributed to which of the following?
The creation of more interconnected and efficient market for consumer goods
The development of the textile mills at Lowell, Massachusetts most directly reflect which of the following changes in the first half of the 1800s?
The sharp increase in the number of workers making goods for distant markets
The War of 1812 had all of the following consequences in the United States EXCEPT
acquisition of new land from Britain
Workers in the 1820s faced difficulty because of problems with
ethnic rivalries
All of the following gave rise to a more dynamic, market-oriented, national economy in early nineteenth-century America EXCEPT
government regulation of all major economic activity.
One of the primary reasons to form a union during this period was to
improve working conditions
The great increase of the slave population in the first half of the nineteenth century was largely due to
natural reproduction.
Those who supported the War of 1812 advanced all of the following rationales for their position EXCEPT the
obligation to protect the Native Americans
The map above shows the United States immediately following the
passage of the Missouri Compromise
Urban workers such as the Philadelphia Mechanics' Union of Trade Associations believed they could improve their conditions through labor unions and
political parties
Henry Clay's idea of an "American System" included all of the following EXCEPT
removal of Native American tribes from the West.
As a result of the development of the cotton gin
slavery revived and expanded
As a result of the Missouri Compromise
slavery was banned north of 36° 30'' in the Louisiana Purchase territory. slavery was banned north of 36° 30'' in the Louisiana Purchase territory.
The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 was important because it
strengthened the ties between the eastern manufacturing and western agricultural regions
The immigrants who arrived from the mid-1800s onward tended to avoid what area?
the South
John Marshall's Supreme Court decision in the case of Marbury v. Madison established
the pricipal of judical review
During its first quarter-century as a nation, one of the major problems facing America was
the rivalry and warfare between France and Britain. the rivalry and warfare between France and Britain.
When the Irish flocked to the United States in the 1840s, they stayed in the larger seaboard cities because they
were too poor to move west and buy land. were too poor to move west and buy land.
