Chapter 11 Test Review
1.
Where were most of the nation’s early
factories located and why?
Northeast; swift-moving rivers, families
willing to work in factories, ships and
access to ocean for shipping
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2.
Why did the “Lowell girls” keep
working in the early years at the
Lowell mills despite the deafening
noise and long hours?
High paying job, and most married after
only a few years
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3.
How did Eli Whitney’s invention of the
interchangeable part transform
manufacturing?
allowed the mass production of parts
that were exactly alike
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4.
What did Samuel F.B. Morse invent
and what did it do?
Telegraph; allowed people to
communicate quickly over long
distances
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5.
How did the telegraph, the steampowered locomotive, and the
steamboat unite the different regions
of the country?
faster communication and
transportation created a stronger bond
between the regions as trade and
interdependence increased
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6.
What body of water connected the
Hudson River and Lake Erie?
Erie Canal
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7.
By 1841, what two cities did the
National (Cumberland) Road connect?
Cumberland, Maryland and Vandalia,
Illinois
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8.
What did Eli Whitney invent in 1793
and how did it change the south?
Cotton Gin; expanded slavery,
southerners grew more cotton,
triggered westward expansion
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9.
In what ways did the cotton gin affect
Native Americans?
Native Americans lost more land as
cotton plantations expanded
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10. In 1840, what percentage of African
Americans in the south were free
8%
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11. What percentage of white families in
the south owned slaves in 1840?
Approximately 30%
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12. In what ways did slaves depend on
spirituals?
Expression of religious beliefs,
communicate in coded messages
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13. Who was Nat Turner and for what is
he best known?
Slave and preacher who, along with 70
other slaves, was responsible for leading
a bloody slave revolt known as “Turner’s
Rebellion”
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14. What was the name of the plan to
make the United States economically
self-sufficient?
“American System”
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15. What was the reason for the close
bond that developed between the
Midwest and Northeast
Trade in agricultural and manufactured
products
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16. How did the growth of the textile mills
in the Northeast affect the demand for
crops in the South?
Demand for cotton increased as textile
mills production capacities increased
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17. How did the Supreme Court’s rulings
in McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons
v. Ogden affect the national
government?
Strength of the Federal Government
increased
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18. What was the court’s decision in
McCulloch v. Maryland?
States were prohibited from taxing a
national bank
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19. What was the court’s decision in
Gibbons v. Ogden?
Only the Federal Government could
regulate interstate commerce
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20. What did Southern slaveholders do to
try and control free African
Americans?
They passed laws severely limiting the
rights of free African Americans
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21. What two foreign nations did the
United States have border disputes
with in 1818 and 1819?
Spain and Britain
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22. What treaty with Spain gave the
United States control of Florida and
the Oregon Country?
Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819
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23. What were the sectional interests of
each of the following?:
South – cotton and slavery
Northeast – manufacturing and trade
West – cheap land and good
transportation
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24. Which plan allowed slavery to spread to
some areas but not to others in order
to maintain a balance of power
between slave and free states?
Missouri Compromise of 1820
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25. What is sectionalism?
Placing the interests of one’s state or
region above the interests of the nation
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26. What is nationalism?
A feeling of pride, loyalty, and
protectiveness toward one’s country
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27. What effectively closed the Americas
to further European colonization in
exchange for America’s promise to
stay out of European affairs?
The Monroe Doctrine
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28. What agreement limited the naval
forces of both the United States and
Britain in the Great Lakes
Rush-Bagot Agreement of 1817
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29. Who did President Monroe send to put
a stop to the Seminole raids that
plagued Georgia in the early 1800s
General Andrew Jackson
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30. What was Robert Fulton’s contribution
to the Industrial Revolution?
The Steamboat, “Clermont”, which
could move against the current or
strong winds
Chapter 11 Essays
1.
The Cotton Gin
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Discuss its Impact on slavery
Discuss its Impact on cotton production
Discuss its impact on Native Americans
Discuss its impact on Westward
expansion
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1.
Missouri Compromise
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What was the issue?
What was at stake?
Who suggested the plan?
Who were the players?
How did it resolve the issue
Chapter 11 Essays
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Lowell Mills
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How did it benefit women?
What was unique about the mill?
How did it impact the South?
Chapter 11 Essays
1.
Samuel F.B. Morse
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What did he invent?
How did it work?
What was its impact on the United
States?
How was it an improvement?
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