Question 1

Immediately after the Erie Canal was completed, it

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A)   faced severe competition from a rapidly developing railroad network.
B)   was a financial success.
C)   became a source of bitter political wrangling in New York.
D)   was taken over by the federal government.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 2

According to the chart "Cotton Production and Slave Population, 1800-1860," the numbers of slaves and of bales of cotton produced both rose steadily in the first half of the nineteenth century.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

"Jersey negroes appear to be particularly adapted to this market…We have the right to calculate on large importations in the future, from the success which hitherto attended the sale." This quote from a Southern newspaper describes the

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A)   international indentured servant trade.
B)   international slave trade.
C)   interstate indentured servant trade.
D)   interstate slave trade.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 4

The American population more than doubled between 1790 and 1820 primarily because of the

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A)   Louisiana Purchase.
B)   market revolution.
C)   high birthrate.
D)   influx of immigrants.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 5

Gentility in America was defined by what people owned rather than by their ancestry.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The merchant who headed the Boston Associates, owner of the innovative Waltham mills, was

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A)   Francis Cabot Lowell.
B)   Paul Moody.
C)   Samuel Slater.
D)   James Hargreaves.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 7

Analyze how the economic changes of the early nineteenth century affected slaves' lives.

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Question 8

"Sea-island" cotton flourished throughout the South, but its seeds could not be easily separated from the lint.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

A successful and bloody slave revolt led to the creation in 1804 of the black republic of

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A)   Grenada.
B)   Cuba.
C)   Haiti.
D)   Guadeloupe.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 10

The colonization movement was totally controlled by whites.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The development of the steamboat actually retarded the economic maturity of the Northwest.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following statements about the U.S. highway system in the nineteenth century is true?

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A)   For military purposes, the U.S. government began the task of creating an integrated system of roads across the country.
B)   The U.S. government concentrated on building roads in mountainous areas and left the rest to privateers.
C)   The U.S. government had no comprehensive highway program in the nineteenth century.
D)   The construction of highways was the one subject where sectional rivalries did not surface.E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 13

The cotton boom in the early nineteenth century caused a

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A)   rapid increase in the number of slaves freed by their masters.
B)   strict enforcement of laws against the interstate slave trade.
C)   demand for more labor which was met by a renewed growth of slavery.
D)   steady increase in support for the colonization movement and in the number of former slaves colonized in Africa.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 14

The chief contribution of John Marshall to economic development was his

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A)   rejection of state charters for corporations.
B)   strong states' rights philosophy.
C)   farsighted defense of consumer rights.
D)   broadly national view of economic affairs.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

The first American factory was developed by

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A)   Samuel Slater to spin cotton thread.
B)   Francis Lowell to weave woolen cloth.
C)   Robert Fulton to build steamboats.
D)   Eli Whitney to manufacture cotton gins.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 16

Under the Waltham System,

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A)   laborers performed the work in their own homes.
B)   laborers often fell heavily in debt to the company store because of easy credit.
C)   each laborer was responsible for training his own apprentice.
D)   young farm women worked and lived under strictly supervised conditions.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 17

The Supreme Court's decision in Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)  upheld the

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A)   right of a state to take over a private college.
B)   principle of the sanctity of contracts.
C)   right of a state to tax federal properties within its boundaries.
D)   principle of national supremacy over the states.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 18

The mayor of New York City who organized information and political influence to convince the state legislature to construct the Erie Canal was

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A)   DeWitt Clinton.
B)   Thurlow Weed.
C)   Robert Morris.
D)   Martin Van Buren.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Attempts to build canals in ________ often resulted in financial disaster.

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A)   the South
B)   the Tidewater
C)   the West
D)   New EnglandE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 20

New technological developments in the early nineteenth century moved rapidly and evenly through American society.

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A) True 
 B)False

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Gentility in America was defined by what people owned rather than by their ancestry.

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"Jersey negroes appear to be particularly adapted to this market…We have the right to calculate on large importations in the future, from the success which hitherto attended the sale." This quote from a Southern newspaper describes the

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Under the Waltham System,

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The development of the steamboat actually retarded the economic maturity of the Northwest.

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New technological developments in the early nineteenth century moved rapidly and evenly through American society.

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The merchant who headed the Boston Associates, owner of the innovative Waltham mills, was

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The cotton boom in the early nineteenth century caused a

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The American population more than doubled between 1790 and 1820 primarily because of the

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The chief contribution of John Marshall to economic development was his

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Which of the following statements about the U.S. highway system in the nineteenth century is true?

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The mayor of New York City who organized information and political influence to convince the state legislature to construct the Erie Canal was

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"Sea-island" cotton flourished throughout the South, but its seeds could not be easily separated from the lint.

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A successful and bloody slave revolt led to the creation in 1804 of the black republic of

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