US History Exam 3-(Questions and answers)

US History Exam 3-(Questions and answers) ____________ was a strong supporter of states' rights, especially when it came to slavery. -Answer- John C. Calhoun "Lowell girls" working at the mills in Lowell, Massachusetts did all of the following except -Answer- lived at their family home and commuted to work A food shortage in which country led to its immigrants becoming the largest foreign group in the northeast United States in the mid-1800s? -Answer- Ireland A member of Jackson's Democratic party would be interested in all of the following except -Answer- social deference A proposal to prohibit the importation of slaves to Missouri following its admission to the United States was made by ________. -Answer- James Tallmadge According to treaties signed in 1818 and 1827, with which country did the United States jointly occupy Oregon? -Answer- Great Britain After the American Revolution, the United States' westward expansion began with the early exploration of which region? -Answer- the Ohio River Valley After the Louisiana Purchase, the United States' largest land acquisition resulted from which of the following? -Answer- the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty As a result of the Adams-Onís Treaty, the United States gained which territory from Spain? -Answer- Florida Between 1820 and 1860 white Americans sold at least a million slaves in the domestic slave market. -Answer- True Between 1820 and 1860, ______ of the global cotton supply was produced in the United States. -Answer- 80% Chinese migrants were especially despised in California because of their spendthrift ways. -Answer- False Cyrus McCormick invented -Answer- Mechanical reapers During the war between the United States and Mexico, revolts against U.S. control broke out in ________. -Answer- New Mexico and California Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin changed the industry of the South in which way? -Answer- It led to more land in the South being dedicated to cotton farming. Federalism gradually declined in the early 1800s as the Democratic-Republicans ascended. -Answer- True Foreign slave trade was abolished in 1810 but domestic slave trade ensured that slavery continued to flourish. -Answer- False How did westward expansion affect the slave trade in the United States? -Answer- It created a greater demand for slaves by expanding the plantation system How were the New England textile mills planned and built? -Answer- New England merchants and British migrants memorized plans from British mills. In 1836 Texas became a Republic -Answer- All of these In addition to the cotton gin, Eli Whitney also invented or improved on -Answer- Machine tools that made interchangeable parts for guns and clocks In terms of revenues produced, what was the cash commercial crop grown in the United States in the nineteenth century? -Answer- cotton In the 1820s universal manhood suffrage meant that all men could vote. -Answer- False In the Adams-Onis Treaty -Answer- All of these In the early nineteenth century __________ replaced property qualifications as the criterion for voting rights. -Answer- race In the early nineteenth century Northeastern merchants often relied on the "putting out" system to produce specific tasks in a production process. -Answer- True In the early United States, sectionalism first arose due to conflict over which divisive issue? -Answer- slavery In the first part of the nineteenth century the middle-class valued all of these traits except -Answer- leisure time In the South, upward mobility meant possessing slaves, producing cotton, and owning land. -Answer- True