History 105 Exam 2 - TAMU – McGlone Study Guide Latest
2026 Updated Questions and Verified 100% Solutions
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Treaty of Ghent 1814 - Answers --Ended the War of 1812
-returned prisoners
-restore previous boundaries
-cut off British and Native American communication
War of 1812 - Battle of New Orleans - Answers --2,000 British casualties in 30 minutes
-Jackson a national hero
Cause of Hartford Convention - Answers -Federalists didn't agree with War of 1812
Hartford Convention proposed amendments (5) - Answers -1. Get rid of slave representation
2. 2/3 congressional approval for war, admission of states, foreign commercial rulings
3. No trade embargos over 60 days
4. No foreign born allowed to hold federal office
5. Presidential one terms and always from a diff state than predecessor
Hartford Convention Response - Answers --requests ignored in DC
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,-seen as disunion and treason
-Federalist party ruined
Market Revolution - Answers --economic changes where people buy and sell goods rather than
make them themselves
-able to sell goods over vast distances
Market revolution stagecoach improvement - Answers -NY to Boston 4 days
Added 4,000 miles of paved road and turnpikes
NY to Boston 1.5 days
Inventors of the Steamboat - Answers --First built by Fitch and Ramsey but didn't catch on
-Robert Fulton had first steamboat commercial success
Erie Canal - Answers --most financial successful artificial waterway
-connects NY with Midwest (Chicago)
Why were steamboats popular? - Answers --They could go upstream
-Fast
-could carry a lot
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, Effect of Erie Canal (4) - Answers --tons of people moved west because there were better job
opportunities
-more jobs
-manufacturing industry
-turned Midwest into economic powerhouse
Why were railroads better than steamships? (5) - Answers --easier to make railways than
waterways
-could carry more
-faster
-they can take good west
-doesn't rely on weather/ season
Increase in railroads - Answers -1830 - 23 mi
1850 - 30,626 mi
Who built the first locomotive? - Answers -Briton George Stephenson
3 major inventions of the market revolution - Answers --Post offices
-Steam powered printing presses (penny press)
-Telegraph system & Morse code
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2026 Updated Questions and Verified 100% Solutions
(2026/2027) Grade: A+|Status: Guaranteed Pass
Treaty of Ghent 1814 - Answers --Ended the War of 1812
-returned prisoners
-restore previous boundaries
-cut off British and Native American communication
War of 1812 - Battle of New Orleans - Answers --2,000 British casualties in 30 minutes
-Jackson a national hero
Cause of Hartford Convention - Answers -Federalists didn't agree with War of 1812
Hartford Convention proposed amendments (5) - Answers -1. Get rid of slave representation
2. 2/3 congressional approval for war, admission of states, foreign commercial rulings
3. No trade embargos over 60 days
4. No foreign born allowed to hold federal office
5. Presidential one terms and always from a diff state than predecessor
Hartford Convention Response - Answers --requests ignored in DC
1|Page
,-seen as disunion and treason
-Federalist party ruined
Market Revolution - Answers --economic changes where people buy and sell goods rather than
make them themselves
-able to sell goods over vast distances
Market revolution stagecoach improvement - Answers -NY to Boston 4 days
Added 4,000 miles of paved road and turnpikes
NY to Boston 1.5 days
Inventors of the Steamboat - Answers --First built by Fitch and Ramsey but didn't catch on
-Robert Fulton had first steamboat commercial success
Erie Canal - Answers --most financial successful artificial waterway
-connects NY with Midwest (Chicago)
Why were steamboats popular? - Answers --They could go upstream
-Fast
-could carry a lot
2|Page
, Effect of Erie Canal (4) - Answers --tons of people moved west because there were better job
opportunities
-more jobs
-manufacturing industry
-turned Midwest into economic powerhouse
Why were railroads better than steamships? (5) - Answers --easier to make railways than
waterways
-could carry more
-faster
-they can take good west
-doesn't rely on weather/ season
Increase in railroads - Answers -1830 - 23 mi
1850 - 30,626 mi
Who built the first locomotive? - Answers -Briton George Stephenson
3 major inventions of the market revolution - Answers --Post offices
-Steam powered printing presses (penny press)
-Telegraph system & Morse code
3|Page
