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Which best describes the development of farming in the United States by 1850?

A
It had become more productive and less difficult.
B
It had become less productive and more difficult.
C
It was centered exclusively in the South.
D
It was centered exclusively in the Midwest.
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What was most significant about Robert Fulton’s steamboat?

A
It was the first to successfully travel long distances.
B
It was the first working steamboat to receive a patent.
C
It was the first to demonstrated the ability to travel to the Northwest Territory.
D
It was the first commercially used steamboat.
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How did the invention of the cotton gin impact the American economy?

A
The cotton gin helped cotton become the South’s most important cash crop.
B
The cotton gin enabled the United States to import more cotton from overseas.
C
The cotton gin boosted manufacturing because it could spin cotton into cloth.
D
The cotton gin made it possible to grow cotton in the North and Midwest.
4

One of the reasons Henry Clay believed a national bank was needed was to

A
levy an import tax.
B
improve urban markets.
C
connect distant regions.
D
stabilize prices.
5

During the mid-1800s, the steam locomotive and mechanical reaper aided the settlement of which US region?

A
the Northeast
B
the Southeast
C
the Midwest
D
New England
6

Henry Clay was known for his skill in

A
crafting compromises.
B
exercising veto power.
C
inventing the steam engine.
D
leading the Democratic Party.
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The main reason Democrats opposed the American System was because they believed it

A
benefited only certain regions in the nation.
B
gave the government too large a role in the economy.
C
forced small local banks to take unnecessary risks.
D
made American goods more expensive than imports.
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Who invented the cotton gin in 1793?

A
Cyrus McCormick
B
James Watt
C
Eli Whitney
D
John Deere
9

What was the most important goal of the American System?

A
to start growing cash crops in the South
B
to lower taxes on imported goods
C
to promote major industries
D
to abolish river transportation
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After the development of a steam-powered locomotive in the mid-1800s,

A
the laying of new rail lines grew quickly.
B
national road construction came to a halt.
C
steamship travel sharply declined in popularity.
D
travel by steamboat was concentrated in canals.

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