Author Question: The dramatic improvement in transportation networks between 1810 and 1860 contributed to the A) ... (Read 123 times)

ghost! · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Horace Mann championed which of the following educational reforms?

A) uniform curricula and teacher training
B) gradeless, open-concept schools
C) local curricular decisions
D) private funding and control

Question 2

Intangible factors contributing to America's antebellum economic growth included the

A) steady issue of government patents for new tools and machines.
B) rapid expansion of and improvement in transportation networks.
C) entrepreneurial mentality and mechanical nature of most Americans.
D) need to compensate for the continual shortage of labor and goods.

Question 3

Between 1819 and 1824, a series of Supreme Court decisions established the basic principle that

A) debtors could repudiate unfair debts.
B) contracts were binding legal instruments.
C) land was intended for subsistence, not exploitation.
D) states could modify their charters.

Question 4

State governments promoted economic growth by

A) underwriting bonds for improvement projects.
B) repealing laws of incorporation.
C) guarding against special privileges.
D) taxing interstate commerce.

Question 5

The dramatic improvement in transportation networks between 1810 and 1860 contributed to the

A) intervention of governmental controls.
B) trend toward regional specialization.
C) higher costs of transportation.
D) demise of American agriculture.