US 1 Chapter 7 Practice Test
Masconomet American History I - Semester 2 Final Exam Review - Chapter 7 Practice Test
- 1.President Madison vetoed the federal internal improvement plan, arguing that spending money to improve transportation was not expressly granted in the Constitution.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.Roads offered a faster, more efficient, and cheaper way to move goods than did rivers.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.The American free enterprise system encouraged industrialization because companies in competition with one another were willing to experiment with new technologies.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Even though industry expanded in the Northeast during the early 1800s, agriculture remained the country’s leading economic activity.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.The rise of Southern industry kept pace with the spread of cotton plantations across the South.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Most Southern slaveholders lived a life of gentility in grand mansions.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Some African Americans had earned their freedom fighting in the American Revolution.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Missouri's application for statehood stirred up the issue of whether slavery was constitutional.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Missouri's territorial government requested admission into the Union as a slave state.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Supreme Court rulings in three important cases between 1816 and 1824 shaped the future of American government by
- A.
Establishing the dominance of the judicial branch over the legislature.
- B.
Establishing the rights of states to regulate interstate commerce.
- C.
Establishing the Supreme Court as the nation’s top lawmaking body.
- D.
Establishing dominance of the nation over the states.
- 11.The steamboat was an improvement over barges because it could
- A.
Carry more cargo.
- B.
Travel upstream.
- C.
Provide onboard entertainment.
- D.
Navigate smaller rivers.
- 12.Which of the following was NOT true of the first "Iron Horses"?
- A.
They traveled much faster than stagecoaches or wagons.
- B.
They were a clean and comfortable way to travel.
- C.
They helped settle the West.
- D.
They helped expand trade between the nation’s different regions.
- 13.The Boston Manufacturing Company, a huge textile mill, employed mostly women and children because
- A.
Their small fingers were well suited to spinning cloth.
- B.
They would work for lower wages than men.
- C.
The company wanted to help families who needed more than one income.
- D.
The company could not find enough men to fill all the available jobs.
- 14.Cities grew in the United States during industrialization because
- A.
The excitement of city life drew people from farms and villages.
- B.
The more challenging factory jobs lured people away from farm work.
- C.
The higher wages of factory jobs drew people from farms and villages.
- D.
The higher standard of living offered to factory workers drew people from farms.
- 15.A cotton gin
- A.
Picks cotton.
- B.
Spins cotton into cloth.
- C.
Removes cotton seeds.
- D.
Bales cotton.
- 16.According to an accepted amendment to the Missouri Compromise, slavery
- A.
Could expand into the Arkansas territory but not to the rest of the Louisiana Purchase.
- B.
Could not expand into any other western territories.
- C.
Could expand into the Great Plains but not to the rest of the Louisiana Purchase.
- D.
Would be allowed in a new state only if a free state entered the Union at the same time.
- 17.John Quincy Adams won the presidency in 1824 because
- A.
He won the most popular votes.
- B.
He won the majority of votes in the Electoral College.
- C.
He won the election in the Senate.
- D.
He won the election in the House of Representatives.
- 18.Supporters of Andrew Jackson, wanting to separate themselves from the party of John Quincy Adams, came together and took the name
- A.
National Republicans.
- B.
Democratic-Republicans.
- C.
Democratic-Federalists.
- D.
Republican Federalists.
- 19.The Tariff of 1816 nurtured American manufacturers by
- A.
Taxing imports.
- B.
Taxing exports.
- C.
Banning certain imports.
- D.
Banning certain exports.
- 20.In the Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819, Spain
- A.
Ceded New Mexico to the U.S.
- B.
Ceded Florida to the U.S.
- C.
Agreed to control the Seminoles.
- D.
Agreed to return runaway slaves.
- 21.The limited liability provision of incorporation laws meant that
- A.
A corporation would not have to repay its debts if it went bankrupt.
- B.
The debts a bankrupt corporation would owe was limited to the worth of its stock.
- C.
A bankrupt corporation’s tax liability was limited to the worth of its stock.
- D.
A person who bought stock in a corporation would not be responsible for the company’s debts if it went bankrupt.
- 22.What transportation project from Albany to Buffalo was completed in 1825?
- A.
Wilderness Road
- B.
Albany Turnpike
- C.
National Road
- D.
Erie Canal
- 23.In the case Commonwealth v. Hunt, the Supreme Court ruled that
- A.
Union strikes were legal.
- B.
Child labor was illegal.
- C.
Labor organizing was illegal.
- D.
A workday of 10 hours was illegal.
- 24.A planter was a white male who
- A.
Owned a plantation.
- B.
Made a living from agriculture.
- C.
Owned an enslaved person.
- D.
Held 20 or more enslaved people.
- 25.The two labor systems used to organize enslaved African Americans were
- A.
Task and group.
- B.
Driver and gang.
- C.
Driver and task.
- D.
Task and gang.
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