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Question 1

What was the economic focus of the Northeast?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

manufacturing

Question 2

Farmers no longer needed to harvest by hand.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

McCormick’s reaper

Question 3

The economy of the South was based primarily on

Revolt · Accepted Answer

cash crops.

Question 4

What does Clay say will happen if the system is rejected?

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The nation will suffer terrible consequences.

Question 5

How will the nation benefit from the system?

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The entire nation will prosper.

Question 6

The port city of New Orleans was located on which of the following rivers?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Mississippi

Question 7

Why was the Erie Canal important? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It connected New York City with the Great Lakes.; It increased the amount of goods shipped in and out of the Northwest Territories.; It turned New York City into an important trading port.

Question 8

What were the effects of the Transportation Revolution? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

More goods were available to people who lived far away from the coast.; Interstate trade increased.

Question 9

Why would a mechanical reaper be an improvement for farmers?

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It would save them time and labor.

Question 10

Who would benefit most from John Deere’s plow?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

farmers on the frontier

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