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CH 9 Era Of Good Feeling. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Where did early pioneer families tend to settle in communities?
a) along canals
b) along great rivers
c) along state borders
d) along toll roads

Which of these means of transportation contributed to the growth of river cities such as Cincinnati?
a) canals
b) Conestoga wagons
c) new roads
d) steamboats

The period in history when many people left their homes and farms to work in mills was called the Industrial Revolution.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

One of the reasons for the Industrial Revolution beginning in New England was that the region had poor soil for farming.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

The use of interchangeable parts, first introduced by Eli Whitney, increased the price of products.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

The industrial growth of the 1800s resulted in the growth of cities and towns.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Westward travelers paid tolls to private companies in order to use sections of roads that had been laid with crushed stone or logs.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Though steamboats made the shipping of goods cheaper and faster, they also caused a loss of business to river cities such as Cincinnati and St. Louis.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Canals lowered the cost of shipping goods, united the growing country across great distances, and brought prosperity to towns along their routes.
a) ture
b) false
c)
d)

The Era of Good Feelings ended when sectionalism increased.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

According to the Adams-Onís Treaty, Spain gave up control of Florida to the United States.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

In which country did changes in the way goods were made in the mid-1700s first appear?
a) France
b) Spain
c) United States
d) Britain

Which revolution changed the way people worked?
a) Machinery Revolution
b) Modern Revolution
c) Industrial Revolution
d) Technology Revolution

Where did the United States's Industrial Revolution begin?
a) Middle Atlantic
b) New England
c) the South
d) the West

Who invented the cotton gin?
a) Eli Whitney
b) Francis Cabot Lowell
c) James Rumsey
d) Samuel Slater

What gives inventors sole legal rights to their invention and its profits?
a) a contract
b) good faith
c) a patent
d) technology

How did the British try to protect their inventions?
a) by building copies of machines that were used in the United States
b) by using the factory system to combine all manufacturing steps in one place
c) by prohibiting workers from sharing technology or leaving the country
d) by using the idea of interchangeable parts

Who was known as “The Great Compromiser” and believed strongly in the United States?
a) James Monroe
b) Henry Clay
c) John C. Calhoun
d) Samuel Slater

Which of the following is one of the major elements of free enterprise?
a) economic freedom
b) interchangeable parts
c) inventions
d) motivation

What program called for a tariff to stimulate growth of American industries?
a) Embargo Act
b) National Bank
c) American System
d) Urban Growth

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