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How did the Erie Canal, opened in 1825, help reshape commerce in the United States?
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02
True or false
1 point
True or false: When many states removed property requirements for voting, women and enslaved people gained the right to vote as well.
- A
True
- B
False
03
Fill in the blank
1 point
Complete the description of regional specialization: Farms in the West supplied , factories in the Northeast produced , and the South expanded .
04
Written response
1 point
In what year did the Indian Removal Act authorize the federal government to negotiate exchanges of Indigenous lands east of the Mississippi for lands farther west?
05
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1 point
A factory worker loses income during a financial downturn. Which feature of the growing economy best explains how this could happen?
- A
They guaranteed steady income to workers and farmers.
- B
They ended financial panics by making regional economies independent.
- C
They could leave workers and farmers without income during panics and downturns.
- D
They made wages and working conditions uniform across the country.
06
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Which developments helped organize voters or spread political arguments in the early 1800s? Select all correct answers.
- A
Political parties organized voters.
- B
Property requirements were adopted in every state.
- C
Newspapers spread political arguments.
- D
Campaigns became more popular and competitive.
- E
The federal government barred all white men from voting.
07
Fill in the blank
1 point
In Worcester v. Georgia (1832), the Supreme Court ruled that . However, .
08
True or false
1 point
True or false: Indigenous nations had their own governments and homelands, while treaties with the United States were sometimes disregarded or used under pressure to secure land cessions.
- A
True
- B
False
09
Written response
1 point
What name was given to the journey west undertaken by thousands of forcibly removed Cherokee people in 1838?
10
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1 point
When the United States gained new territory, which recurring political dispute intensified over how that land would be organized?
- A
Whether the new territory could be connected to the Hudson River by canal.
- B
Whether newspapers could publish arguments about the territory.
- C
Whether the federal government could end all regional economic specialization.
- D
Whether slavery would be allowed to expand into the new territory.
11
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Which approaches did Indigenous people use to defend their communities or political authority as settlers and states sought more land? Select all correct answers.
- A
Diplomacy with the United States.
- B
Legal challenges.
- C
Abandoning all claims to political authority.
- D
Resistance and efforts to preserve communities.
12
Open ended
1 point
Explain how transportation and manufacturing changes connected regions, then describe at least two ways the benefits or costs of this economic growth were unequal.
13
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1 point
A map shows that U.S. control expanded across a vast area west of the Mississippi River in 1803. Which event best explains this change?
- A
The acquisition of Florida from Spain.
- B
The Louisiana Purchase.
- C
The annexation of Texas.
- D
The acquisition of California and the Southwest after the Mexican-American War.
14
True or false
1 point
True or false: Cotton linked Southern plantations, where enslaved people were forced to labor, with textile mills and domestic and foreign trade.
- A
True
- B
False
15
Written response
1 point
What term describes the economic changes that connected distant regions through transportation, manufacturing, and expanding markets?
16
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1 point
In what year did the United States make the Louisiana Purchase?
17
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1 point
How did the Erie Canal contribute to the growth of New York City as a commercial center?
- A
It connected the Mississippi River directly to the Pacific coast.
- B
It linked the Great Lakes to the Hudson River and helped make New York City a major commercial center.
- C
It ended the use of steamboats on inland rivers.
- D
It connected Southern cotton plantations directly to California.
18
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1 point
Which description best explains how regional specialization shaped the economy?
- A
The West produced textiles, the Northeast supplied cotton, and the South supplied most of the nation's food.
- B
The West grew cotton for export, the Northeast supplied raw materials, and the South made most manufactured goods.
- C
The West supplied food and raw materials, the Northeast produced textiles and other goods, and the South expanded cotton cultivation.
- D
The West and South specialized in manufacturing, while the Northeast focused on farming.
19
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1 point
A farmer loses income during an economic downturn even as markets and manufacturing expand. Which conclusion best fits the economic changes of the period?
- A
Economic growth could coexist with financial instability that left workers and farmers without income.
- B
Economic growth guaranteed steady wages for factory workers and farmers.
- C
Financial downturns affected factories but could not affect farmers.
- D
Panics ended regional specialization by making transportation unnecessary.
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1 point
As the United States acquired new territory, which political dispute repeatedly arose?
- A
Whether the new territory would be governed by Spain.
- B
Whether the new territory could be connected to the Great Lakes by canal.
- C
Whether women in the new territory would be allowed to own farms.
- D
Whether slavery would be allowed to expand into the new territory.