HIS2213 FINAL EXAM PART 1 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
In Gibbons v. Ogden the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had the authority to
a. regulate navigation on rivers.
b. expel Indians from within state borders.
c. limit trade with foreign countries.
d. buy and sell public lands.
e. cancel state financial obligations. - Answers - a. regulate navigation on rivers.
Which of the following tribes was not one of the Five Civilized Tribes?
a. Cherokees
b. Choctaws
c. Creeks
d. Huron
e. Seminoles - Answers - d. Huron
What unintended consequence did the Embargo Act of 1807 produce?
a. It forced American ship builders to develop improved technology.
b. It increased American trade with South America.
c. It led to the development of a railroad connecting the cities on the eastern seaboard.
d. It stimulated merchants to invest their capital into domestic factories.
e. It persuaded the British to end their blockade. - Answers - d. It stimulated merchants
to invest their capital into domestic factories.
New England became America's first industrial region in part because it had
a. only a few rivers to interfere with transportation.
b. an influx of foreign capital.
c. a surplus of young women to work in the mills.
d. a surplus of young men returning from fur trapping in the West.
e. a commercial economy that had been devastated by trade wars. - Answers - c. a
surplus of young women to work in the mills.
How did Samuel Slater transform American economic life?
a. He introduced the assembly line system to factories.
b. He proposed the use of immigrants as a labor supply.
c. He integrated the steam engine with the factory production process.
d. He helped design and built the country's first cotton mill.
e. He organized the first joint-stock company in American history. - Answers - d. He
helped design and built the country's first cotton mill.
What was the purpose of the National Road?
a. to provide work for veterans of the War of 1812.
, b. to facilitate westward migration.
c. to encourage a political alliance between Virginia and Illinois.
d. to permit easy troop movements across America in the event of war.
e. to enable the president to reach Washington easily. - Answers - b. to facilitate
westward migration.
Who founded the fur-trading post in Astoria, Oregon?
a. Meriwether Lewis
b. Kit Carson
c. John Jacob Astor
d. Jedediah Smith
e. George Stewart - Answers - c. John Jacob Astor
During the pre-Civil War period,
a. horizontal allegiances tended to replace vertical allegiances;
b. vertical allegiances tended to replace horizontal allegiances;
c. families became more patriarchal;
d. workers in large textile mills discovered that they had a great deal in common with
their managers and overseers
e. government programs tended to crowd out voluntary associations in most
communities - Answers - a. horizontal allegiances tended to replace vertical allegiances;
What was one of the major changes that took place in American towns and cities
between 1820 and 1860?
a. Western towns declined as more people moved to farms.
b. Towns grew rapidly, especially in the West.
c. River cities rose to prominence while lake cities declined.
d. Cities tended to grow up on the open plains of the West.
e. Eastern cities declined, as more people moved to the West. - Answers - b. Towns
grew rapidly, especially in the West.
The purpose of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was to
a. eliminate barriers to Indian unity.
b. encourage Georgia to establish Indian schools.
c. remove Indians from the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
d. move them from land needed to construct canals.
e. facilitate white settlement on Indian lands. - Answers - e. facilitate white settlement
on Indian lands.
In Worcester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Nation
a. was a distinct political community and entitled to federal protection from Georgia's
claims.
b. was subject to federal but not state laws.
c. was not protected by the Constitution.
d. was bound by state laws.
VERIFIED ANSWERS
In Gibbons v. Ogden the Supreme Court ruled that Congress had the authority to
a. regulate navigation on rivers.
b. expel Indians from within state borders.
c. limit trade with foreign countries.
d. buy and sell public lands.
e. cancel state financial obligations. - Answers - a. regulate navigation on rivers.
Which of the following tribes was not one of the Five Civilized Tribes?
a. Cherokees
b. Choctaws
c. Creeks
d. Huron
e. Seminoles - Answers - d. Huron
What unintended consequence did the Embargo Act of 1807 produce?
a. It forced American ship builders to develop improved technology.
b. It increased American trade with South America.
c. It led to the development of a railroad connecting the cities on the eastern seaboard.
d. It stimulated merchants to invest their capital into domestic factories.
e. It persuaded the British to end their blockade. - Answers - d. It stimulated merchants
to invest their capital into domestic factories.
New England became America's first industrial region in part because it had
a. only a few rivers to interfere with transportation.
b. an influx of foreign capital.
c. a surplus of young women to work in the mills.
d. a surplus of young men returning from fur trapping in the West.
e. a commercial economy that had been devastated by trade wars. - Answers - c. a
surplus of young women to work in the mills.
How did Samuel Slater transform American economic life?
a. He introduced the assembly line system to factories.
b. He proposed the use of immigrants as a labor supply.
c. He integrated the steam engine with the factory production process.
d. He helped design and built the country's first cotton mill.
e. He organized the first joint-stock company in American history. - Answers - d. He
helped design and built the country's first cotton mill.
What was the purpose of the National Road?
a. to provide work for veterans of the War of 1812.
, b. to facilitate westward migration.
c. to encourage a political alliance between Virginia and Illinois.
d. to permit easy troop movements across America in the event of war.
e. to enable the president to reach Washington easily. - Answers - b. to facilitate
westward migration.
Who founded the fur-trading post in Astoria, Oregon?
a. Meriwether Lewis
b. Kit Carson
c. John Jacob Astor
d. Jedediah Smith
e. George Stewart - Answers - c. John Jacob Astor
During the pre-Civil War period,
a. horizontal allegiances tended to replace vertical allegiances;
b. vertical allegiances tended to replace horizontal allegiances;
c. families became more patriarchal;
d. workers in large textile mills discovered that they had a great deal in common with
their managers and overseers
e. government programs tended to crowd out voluntary associations in most
communities - Answers - a. horizontal allegiances tended to replace vertical allegiances;
What was one of the major changes that took place in American towns and cities
between 1820 and 1860?
a. Western towns declined as more people moved to farms.
b. Towns grew rapidly, especially in the West.
c. River cities rose to prominence while lake cities declined.
d. Cities tended to grow up on the open plains of the West.
e. Eastern cities declined, as more people moved to the West. - Answers - b. Towns
grew rapidly, especially in the West.
The purpose of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was to
a. eliminate barriers to Indian unity.
b. encourage Georgia to establish Indian schools.
c. remove Indians from the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
d. move them from land needed to construct canals.
e. facilitate white settlement on Indian lands. - Answers - e. facilitate white settlement
on Indian lands.
In Worcester v. Georgia, the Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Nation
a. was a distinct political community and entitled to federal protection from Georgia's
claims.
b. was subject to federal but not state laws.
c. was not protected by the Constitution.
d. was bound by state laws.
