Unit 4 Study Guide
All test questions are derived from the key terms list and the questions on this study guide. QUESTIONS
FROM PAST UNITS WILL ALSO BE ON THIS TEST.
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What was the “Era of Good Feelings?”
How did nationalism impact the United States after the War of 1812?
Why was Noah Webster significant?
Why was the Hudson River School significant?
How did political parties reflect nationalism during the Era of Good Feelings?
How did the rulings of the Supreme Court under John Marshall reflect nationalism?
Why was McCulloch v. Maryland significant?
What was Gibbons v. Ogden significant?
How was nationalism related to expansion of the country?
How did the United States come to own Florida?
How did westward expansion relate to the issue of slavery?
Why was the Monroe Doctrine significant?
Why was Henry Clay significant?
What was the “American System?”
What is the purpose of a protective tariff?
How did the North, South, and West react to different parts of the “American System?”
What was the purpose of internal improvements?
Why was Samuel Slater significant?
What was the relationship between northern textile mills and the South?
Why was the sewing machine significant?
Why was the innovation of interchangeable parts significant?
Why was the invention of the steel plow and mechanical reaper significant?
How did the invention of the cotton gin impact the South?
What were the major causes of the Industrial Revolution?
What were the main effects of the Industrial Revolution?
Why was the invention of the telegraph significant?
What was the National Road?
Why were steamboats significant?
Why was the Erie Canal significant?
How did railroads impact the United States?
What was the impact of the Transportation Revolution?
What was the Market Revolution and what was its overall impact?
How did the Market Revolution impact the North, West, and South differently?
What was the Antebellum Period?
What were the two main results of the decline of farming in the North?
What was urbanization, and what caused it?
What were the major problems of urbanization?
Describe factory conditions in the North during the Antebellum Period.
Describe the Lowell Mill system.
How did the Commonwealth v. Hunt case impact unions?
Explain the nickname, “Cotton Kingdom.”
Describe the structure of southern society during the Antebellum Period.
Explain the purpose of slave codes.
Describe conditions for slaves on plantations.
Describe slave culture.
How did slaves resist their conditions?
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What is sectionalism?
How did the issue of federal power increase sectionalism?
How did the issue of different visions for the country increase sectionalism?
How did the issue of westward expansion increase sectionalism?
Why was the Missouri Compromise significant, and what were its terms?
What was the “corrupt bargain?”
Describe the Democratic party.
Describe the Whig party.
What is “Universal White Male Suffrage?”
How did Universal White Male Suffrage impact the Election of 1828?
Why was there campaigning and mudslinging in the Election of 1828?
What were the results of the Election of 1828?