Chapter 8
C
Debate over Missouri entering the Union, foreshadowed the conflict over the twin issues of western expansion and slavery.What aspect of the "Missouri Compromise" attempted to resolve this potential conflict? a. Both Maine and Missouri would be free states but Congress passed on to future state legislatures the authority to decide whether they would be free or slave states. b. Missouri came in as a slave state and Maine came in as a free state but each state after that would vote to decide their slave or free status. c. The exclusion of slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of 36 degrees 30' latitude, except for Missouri which would be slave. d. The exclusion of slavery in the entire Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36 degrees 30' latitude.
b
How did the federal government aid the growth of American industry in the first half of the nineteenth century? a. By building canals to connect the western rivers b. By passing protective tariffs c. By giving tax breaks to large businesses d. By prohibiting labor unions
a
In the 1824 U.S. Supreme Court case Gibbons v. Ogden, the Marshall Court's decision a. overturned New York law that granted a monopoly on steamboat travel into New York City. b. permitted local or state monopolies if they benefited the common good. c. reaffirmed the concept of state control over interstate commerce. d. reaffirmed the concept of county or city control over interstate commerce.
d
In the nineteenth century, what product was the world's major crop produced by slave labor? a. Tobacco b. Rice c. Indigo d. Cotton
b
The early to mid-nineteenth century North was the heaviest populated section and was experiencing rapidly expanding manufacturing, however, _____________. a. free blacks avoided living there because they could not get skilled jobs. b. most northerners were involved in agriculture. c. most immigrants avoided settling there because of difficult conditions like poverty, poor sanitation, and crime. Selected: d. Irish immigrants avoided cities such as Boston, New York, and Philadelphia because of prejudice against them.
c
The transformation that occurred as American factories and farms turned out more goods, and merchants and legislators created faster and cheaper ways to get those products to consumers, was known as which of the following? a. The Economic Revolution b. The Consumer Revolution c. The Market Revolution d. The Technological Revolution
c
Which of the following statements does NOT accurately represent the "Era of Good Feelings"? a. Making heroes of the Revolutionary generation contributed to a cultural nationalism, while expanding transportation systems contributed to an economic nationalism. b. James Monroe was the president and a fervent spirit of nationalism reigned. c. It was a two-decades long period of virtually no serious controversy in the political arena because the Federalist party ceased to exist and most politicians identified as Democrat Republicans. d. Partisan party fighting subsided but sectional differences emerged and contributed to growing tensions.
a
Which of the following were the three key elements of Henry Clay's American system? a. Protective tariff, subsidized internal improvements, and the national bank b. Slavery, treaties favoring Britain, and reduced spending on internal improvements c. Protective tariff, new excise taxes, and internal improvements for the East d. Government-backed farming technology, the national bank, and patronage