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The Great Plains was difficult to farm. What invention helped enable farmers to cultivate the Plains?
a) The steel plow
b) The wood plow
c) The iron plow
d) The caste iron plow

What was a negative results of westward expansion?
a) Exploitation of the environment and wildlife
b) Big business, large divergence between poor and rich
c) Continual movement of the Plains Indians westward into the Rockies
d) Reduction of the water table due to mass irrigation

How often did the US population double?
a) Every 25 years
b) Every 50 years
c) Every 35 years
d) Every 10 years

Why did the Irish come to the US?
a) Famine
b) Escape war and political unrest
c) Loss of property
d) Religious freedom

In 1840, what was the demographic center of the US?
a) The Allegheny Mountains of the Appalachians
b) Area around Kansas/Nebraska
c) The Sierra Nevada Mountains of the Rockies
d) Area around Arkansas/Tennessee

Why did the Germans come to the US?
a) Escape war and political unrest
b) Famine
c) Loss of property
d) Religious freedom

Why did industry grow?
a) Inventions
b) Natural resources
c) Manpower
d) All

Where is the Erie Canal located?
a) New York
b) Pennsylvania
c) Lake Erie
d) Michigan

How did the Panic of 1837 impact growth?
a) Capital for expansion shifted from government to private sector finance.
b) Killed nation expansion and growth
c) Caused a run on the market raising price per share
d) Stopped growth across the country

What did Eli Whitney develop that helped the “factory system”?
a) Interchangeable parts
b) Cotton reaper
c) Labor unions
d) Telegraph

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