What economic effect did the Industrial Revolution have on slavery in the South?
A) Reduced need for slave labor
B) Encouraged cotton production and slavery
C) Government freed Southern slaves
D) Provided work for former slaves
B) Encouraged cotton production and slavery
The steamboat was an important economic resource in the early 1800s because it was used to:
A) Irrigate desert lands
B) Transport farm goods efficiently
C) Move immigrants to the Northeast
D) Produce hydroelectric power
B) Transport farm goods efficiently
How did the abolitionist movement impact women's suffrage efforts?
A) Discouraged suffrage
B) Led to the Women's Freedom Act
C) Increased organization for suffrage
D) Caused women to give up political organizing
C) Increased organization for suffrage
What was the significance of the Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) decision?
A) States can regulate interstate commerce
B) Federal government regulates interstate commerce
C) States can regulate river transportation
D) Constitution doesn't mention commerce regulation
B) Federal government regulates interstate commerce
What impact did Thoreau's idea of civil disobedience have on American society?
A) Refusal to comply with the Civil War draft
B) Settlers dismantling railroad tracks
C) Native Americans boycotting non-reservation products
D) Inspiring peaceful resistance to unjust laws
D) Inspiring peaceful resistance to unjust laws
Which invention was most responsible for increasing the demand for slave labor in the South?
A) Steam engine
B) Telegraph
C) Cotton gin
D) Railroad
C) Cotton gin
Which regions benefited most from the development of roads and canals?
A) South and West
B) Midwest and Northwest
C) Northeast and Midwest
D) South and East
C) Northeast and Midwest
Which event was significant in launching the women's rights movement?
A) Civil War
B) Seneca Falls Convention
C) Industrial Revolution
D) Louisiana Purchase
B) Seneca Falls Convention
Which Supreme Court case established judicial review?
A) Marbury v. Madison
B) McCulloch v. Maryland
C) Gibbons v. Ogden
D) Dred Scott v. Sandford
A) Marbury v. Madison
Which famous civil rights leader was influenced by Thoreau's ideas?
A) Booker T. Washington
B) W.E.B. Du Bois
C) Martin Luther King Jr.
D) Malcolm X
C) Martin Luther King Jr.
How did factory work in the North differ from plantation labor in the South?
A) Factory work was seasonal
B) Factory workers were mostly enslaved
C) Factory work was more specialized
D) Factory workers lived on-site
C) Factory work was more specialized
What was a major impact of improved transportation in the early 1800s?
A) Decreased trade between regions
B) Increased urbanization
C) Slower communication
D) Less cultural exchange
B) Increased urbanization
What was a major argument used by suffragists to support women's right to vote?
A) Women were superior to men
B) Voting would make women less feminine
C) Women deserved equal rights as citizens
D) Only property-owning women should vote
C) Women deserved equal rights as citizens
What was a key outcome of the McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) decision?
A) Established slavery in new territories
B) Allowed states to tax federal banks
C) Affirmed federal supremacy over states
D) Granted voting rights to all men
C) Affirmed federal supremacy over states
What was a key principle of Thoreau's civil disobedience?
A) Violent overthrow of government
B) Complete isolation from society
C) Peaceful resistance to unjust laws
D) Refusal to pay any taxes
C) Peaceful resistance to unjust laws