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Question 1

What was the most important goal of the American System?

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to promote American industry

Question 2

Which of the following groups greatly benefited from John Deere’s invention?

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farmers on the western frontier

Question 3

Which of the following best expresses Henry Clay’s opinion of the American System?

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Henry Clay believed the American System would benefit the entire nation and impact all regions.

Question 4

The mechanization of the spinning process in the late 1700s led to

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a high demand for cotton.

Question 5

The cotton gin was invented in 1793 by

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Eli Whitney.

Question 6

Henry Clay transformed which of the following offices into a position of power?

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Speaker of the House

Question 7

Which of the following became a major center of commerce and trade after the Erie Canal was built in the early 1800s?

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New York City

Question 8

The main reason why Democrats opposed the American System was because they believed it

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gave the government too large a role in the economy.

Question 9

Which two rivers were connected by the Cumberland Road, which was completed in 1818?

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the Potomac and Ohio rivers

Question 10

During the mid-1800s, the steam locomotive and mechanical reaper aided the settlement of which US region?

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the Midwest

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