History of the Americas Questions
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Which of the following could serve as evidence of divisions within the antislavery movement that may have prevented its effectiveness as a political force in the 1840s?
What enabled the Democratic Party to win most of the presidential elections until the Civil War?
In the newspaper article found in the Liberator dated 1856 and entitled "The Colored People and the American Colonization Society," the free blacks of New Haven, Connecticut, favored the colonization movement.
All of the following are true of the Erie canal except that itA triggered a canal building boomB was highly profitable for New YorkC was primarily intended to transport passengersD effectively linked to the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes
Samuel Slater help launch the Industrial Revolution in United States byA building the first water powered textile millB introducing the use of interchangeable partsC creating labor rules for factory owners to followD inventing the seam Engine used by railroads
The embargo of 1807 and the war of 1812 encouraged the development of American factories in the northeast becauseA Americans could not obtain imported productsB there were congressional policies against free tradeC British expertise encouraged factory productionD New tariff policy supported British imports
Robert Fulton helped to revolutionize transportation in the United States byA serving as chairman of the national roadB overseeing the construction of the Erie Canal C inventing a method to make railroads more efficientD designing the first commercially successful steamboat
The term industrial revolution best refers toA A group of pro industry leaders who took politics by stormB The steam power technologies that revolutionized transportationC The various inventions manufactured to make communication easierD A series of technological developments that transformed manufacturing
Which development lead to a sharp rise in the number of slaves imported to the southern United States?A The CottonginB interchangeable partsC steam powered machineryD The canal system
What extermination camp would gas up to 12,000 a day?
Why did designers first begin manufacturing products with interchangeable parts?A to improve worker safetyB to increase factory efficiencyC to account for workplace theft D to justify regular price increases
What areas did the US get after the spanish american war?
What was the largest amphibious invasion in history?
The factory system was dependent on all the following exceptA craftsmenB inexpensive laborC interchangeable partsD Power driven machinery
Economic factors limited the south population growth and helped create a larger agricultural slave based society becauseA many citizens of the south due to lack of opportunity in agricultureB many families found the increasing cost of living too highC most new immigrants are drawn to wage work in northern factoriesD many citizens moved west in search of economic opportunity
Which of the following was not a problem faced by "mill girls" in MassachusettsA wage cuts B increased work loadsC lack of safe places to stayD unhealthy working conditions
The tariff of 1816 increased the price of imported goods which in turn led toA strengthening of Britain's textile industryB an increase in trade with European countriesC an increase in domestic manufacturingD advances in industrial production in southern states
Many Irish immigrants left their home country as a result ofA continued religious persecutionB A devastating influenza epidemicC starvation related to a famineD lack of political representation
Why did industrialization encourage growth of cities along rivers?A people depended on rivers for transportB rivers provided raw materials for manufacturingC The first textile mills were powered by waterD workers prefer to live along scenic waterways
The industrial revolution saw the rise of labor unions, groups of workers who united toA keep Catholic and Jewish immigrants from taking their jobsB provide childcare for women while they were away at workC seek better pay and working conditions from their employersD encourage consumers to buy domestic goods rather than imports