Author Question: The presidential election campaign of 1828 reflected the reduced use of personal invective, slander, ... (Read 153 times)

abarnes · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

By the 1830s, the Erie Canal helped New York City become the place where the nation's trade, commerce, and finance met to do business nationally and internationally.

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Question 2

The nullification crisis did NOT foretell the likelihood of future state and regional challenges to the political unity and economic cohesiveness of the United States.

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Question 3

The working conditions and wages of the factory girls who worked in the textile mills of New England improved considerably after a series of strikes in the 1830s and 1840s.

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Question 4

New York become the center of the nation's cotton economy after the War of 1812 for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

A) it already had miles of docks to accommodate a heavy level of shipping and a community of merchants to support the financial management and organization of the cotton economy.
B) its port was also accessible by coastal vessels from southern ports where the South's cotton was shipped north to New York and then reshipped either across the Atlantic to English ports or up Long Island Sound to Boston for New England mills.
C) an established port already, it had experienced workers, including dockworkers and longshoremen, to handle the hundreds of ships that did business there.
D) there were many cotton mills nearby and large amounts of cotton were grown within several hundred miles of the city.

Question 5

In 17931794 Eli Whitney of Georgia devised the _________ that cleaned picked cotton in a cost-efficient and productive manner.

A) cotton gin
B) cotton cleaner
C) cotton de-seeder
D) cotton spinner

Question 6

The presidential election campaign of 1828 reflected the reduced use of personal invective, slander, and allegations and focused strictly on the key political issues of the day.

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.