Describe the key features of Henry Clay’s “American System.” Indicate how these features were designed to produce economic growth. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER The protective tariff was designed to promote American industry and create a home market for agricultural products from the South and West. Federally-funded internal improvements like roads and […]
To deal with the economic conversion process at the end of World War II, Congress A) created the Council of Economic Advisors to manage fluctuations in the economy. B) guaranteed the employment of wartime women workers. C) continued wage and price controls initiated during the war. D) extended the authority of the wartime Office of […]
Eli Whitney invented the ________ which revitalized ________ . A) spinning ginny; the textile industry B) steamboat; western trade C) cotton gin; slavery D) mechanical reaper; commercial agriculture ANSWER C
The “old” immigrants to America were A) mostly non-Protestants. B) unfamiliar with constitutional government. C) usually illiterate. D) easily assimilated into the American mainstream. ANSWER D
For middle-class Americans in the early nineteenth century, the industrial revolution increased all of the following EXCEPT A) job opportunities. B) living standards. C) housing costs. D) per capita income. ANSWER C
Because it was judged in violation of mercantilist intentions, Parliament virtually forbade the colonists from producing and exporting A) salted fish, winter wheat, and animal furs. B) tobacco, rice, and indigo. C) timber, pitch, and tar. D) woolen cloth, beaver hats, and iron tools. ANSWER D
Of the following, before 1830, a young woman could make the most money as a A) domestic servant. B) school teacher. C) seamstress. D) mill girl. ANSWER D
Who organized the first labor unions in America? A) skilled journeymen B) unskilled laborers C) working women D) middle-class service professionals ANSWER A
Explain why in a decade of enormous social, economic, and cultural change, national politics in the 1920s was so conservative. Give examples of this political conservatism. What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Many Americans found conservative government a refuge from the massive changes occurring in the 1920s. Conservative government offered some stability to […]
The aggressive Native American people who occupied the valley of Mexico when the Spanish arrived were the __________. a. Mayas b. Apaches c. Aztecs d. Incas e. Toltecs ANSWER C
