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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.