Question 1
As an early 1800s Cincinnati merchant, you were most likely to be financing:
A) cotton textile manufacturing.
B) canal construction.
C) steamboat construction.
D) railroads.
Question 2
If you lived in Boston or Philadelphia from 17901807 and had accumulated large amounts of capital, it was probably from:
A) textile mills.
B) mining.
C) commercial farming.
D) international shipping.
Question 3
Starting with the Erie Canal, heavy construction work on canals and railroads was mainly done by:
A) local farmers.
B) slaves.
C) immigrants.
D) convicts.
Question 4
The first transportation project to span the United States from the east coast to the Mississippi River was the:
A) Erie Canal.
B) National Road.
C) Nauvoo Turnpike.
D) New York Central Railroad.
Question 5
Between 1800 and 1857, the travel time from Boston to New Orleans fell from 6 weeks to:
A) one week.
B) two weeks.
C) three weeks.
D) four weeks.
Question 6
By the 1850s at Lowell:
A) Irish immigrants had replaced New England women as workers.
B) the Lowell system had been widely copied across New England.
C) more women than ever were working in the mills.
D) most residents were self-sufficient farm workers.
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