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The first goal of postwar expansionists in the United States after 1815 was
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B. to obtain Florida from Spain
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2. The Adams-Onis Treaty
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e. made Florida a U.S territory
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By the mid 1820s, the Cherokee had each of the following EXCEPT
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d. a military force capable of defending their lands against white encroachment
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The term preemption referred to the right of
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a. squatters to secure title to land they had improved
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The characteristics unit of western agriculture was a
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b. family farm or owner-operated plantation
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Frontier pioneers
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b. attempted to recreate the life they had left behind in the East.
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When President James Madison talked about the need for "internal improvements", he was referring to
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c. construction of a reliable transportation system for the US
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Which of the following forms of transportation predominated before the 1820s and 1830s?
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d. flatboats
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A significant reason for America's rapid economic development was
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c. the great national transportation system created by the nation's river network
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The most spectacular engineering achievement of the young United States was the
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b. Erie Canal
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The great canal building boom of the 1820s and 1830s ended
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A. when canals proved to be an unprofitable means for transportation
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Most of the credit for getting the Erie Canal built belongs to
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B. DeWitt Clinton.
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In the early nineteenth century, financing for canal projects came mainly from
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D. state and local government.
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THe development of profitable commercial farming resulted from
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A. the availability of good land and the revolution in marketing.
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Which one of the following was NOT a factor in making the South the world's greatest producer of cotton?
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D. the discovery of new, more productive species of cotton
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Crucial to the development of an agricultural marketing system was
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A. the development of an effective means for the extension of credit.
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The postwar demand for money and credit led to
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A. more state banks
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Between 1815 and 1820, state banking systems
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E. were frequently the cause of currency depreciations
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The term specie refers to
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A. gold and silver
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Which of the following groups was initially a primary source of labor for the textile mills?
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A. young single women
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21. Industrialization after 1815 altered the manufacturing system in the United States
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B. removing production from the home to the factory
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Many Americans believed high tariffs would
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B. prevent competition from foreign goods
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After 1815, the Republican Party
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A. adopted the programs of the Federalist Party
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The "American System"
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E. was a master plan for national economic self-sufficiency
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The second Bank of the United States, established in 1816, was...
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A. a mixed public-private institution
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Legislation supporting internal improvements encountered difficulty because...
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C. there were limited amounts of federal funding
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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 involved each of the following EXCEPT...
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B. Missouri was admitted as a slave state on condition that slavery be phased out over a period of time
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The question of admitting Missouri to the Union in 1819
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D. stirred southern fears regarding the balance of power between North and South
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As chief justice of the Supreme Court, John Marshall
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C. emphasized the primacy of property and property rights
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Which of the following was not a decision of the Marshall Court?
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C. Dred Scott v. Sandford
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The Monroe Doctrine
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E. made little impression on the European powers
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In 1823, John Quincy Adams believed that nation should
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B. avoid involvement with European affairs
