Reasons for the Population Growth in the United States
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Members of the Whig Party disagreed over the issue of?

  • Continuation of the central bank
  • Protective tariffs
  • Extension of slavery into the territories (correct)
  • Social reforms
  • What was the significance of the Mexican War in relation to Texas?

  • It resulted in Texan independence.
  • It initiated Texan annexation by the United States.
  • It led to Texan victory in the battle.
  • It settled the boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico. (correct)
  • Who was the first woman scientist well-known in the United States?

  • Marie Curie
  • Rosalind Franklin
  • Florence Nightingale
  • Margaret Sanger (correct)
  • Which invention is attributed to Samuel Colt?

    <p>The Colt revolver and interchangeable parts for manufacturing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the major area of disagreement within the Whig Party?

    <p>Extension of slavery into the territories</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who established the first example of the factory system in the United States?

    <p>Francis Cabot Lowell</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the primary focus of the Transcendentalists in using their literary output?

    <p>To reform American life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the early 1800s, which societal change was characterized by women's roles being governed by the new concept of domesticity?

    <p>The new concept of domesticity governing women’s roles as wife and mother</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which author's works helped establish a national identity for American literature by using the frontier as subject matter?

    <p>James Fenimore Cooper</p> Signup and view all the answers

    During the early union efforts, the focus was primarily on organizing which group of workers?

    <p>Skilled and unskilled workers – men and women, whites, and free African Americans</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What contributed significantly to the growth in printed material by the 1830s?

    <p>Religious literature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which artist painted romanticized versions of life on the western frontier?

    <p>George Caleb Bingham</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What factor primarily contributed to the significant population growth of the United States between 1780 and 1830?

    <p>Natural increase</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why was the inclusion of Native Americans in population figures a bad guess for the significant population growth of the United States between 1780 and 1830?

    <p>Native Americans were considered foreign nations during that time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why was it considered bold for the United States to issue the Monroe Doctrine?

    <p>It offered help to the newly independent nations of South America</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is option B (Importation of Africans) considered a bad guess for the significant population growth of the United States between 1780 and 1830?

    <p>Africans were banned from immigrating after 1808 by the Constitution</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is option E (Acquisition of the Louisiana Territory) illogical as a reason for the significant population growth between 1780 and 1830?

    <p>The Louisiana Territory was sparsely populated at that time</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why would option D (Inclusion of Native Americans in population figures) be a bad guess for the population growth of the United States between 1780 and 1830?

    <p>Native Americans were counted separately as foreign nations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which development made the putting-out system possible?

    <p>Division of labor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Jackson's Specie Circular result in?

    <p>State banks issuing more and more banknotes not backed by gold or silver</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who most likely spoke the quotation 'John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it'?

    <p>Andrew Jackson</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which president is most associated with the sentiment expressed in the quote 'John Marshall has made his decision. Now let him enforce it'?

    <p>Andrew Jackson</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which effect was NOT a result of the Second Great Awakening?

    <p>The rapid decline in the Methodist and Baptist churches</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was one of the effects of the transportation revolution?

    <p>The price of food fell in the Northeast</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was NOT a result of the transportation revolution?

    <p>Less value was placed on women's work that did not generate income</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which event did NOT result from the Second Great Awakening?

    <p>A rapid decline in membership in the Methodist and Baptist churches</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which development did NOT have an effect due to the transportation revolution?

    <p>Increased reliance on horse-drawn carriages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did President Jackson's Specie Circular cause?

    <p>State banks issuing unbacked banknotes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which movement did the campaign for local option laws relate to?

    <p>Abolition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which characteristic was NOT adopted by the Cherokee nation from European American society?

    <p>Individuals right to sell land to European Americans</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did NOT split the abolitionist movement?

    <p>Southern abolitionists versus Northern abolitionists</p> Signup and view all the answers

    John James Audobon painted detailed and realistic pictures of what?

    <p>Birds in their natural habitat</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?

    <p>To warn European nations to stay out of the Americas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why was the Missouri Compromise significant?

    <p>It set a boundary line for the expansion of slavery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What occurred as a result of the election of 1824?

    <p>Presidency dominance by New Englanders</p> Signup and view all the answers

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