Chapter 11 Quizzes Review

The first census of the United States was taken in the year ______.

Where did most Americans live at the time of the first census?

The _________ extended from New York City to Buffalo and was 363 miles long.

In what area did many new industrial towns develop?

Building roads, bridges and canals contributed to internal improvements.

Beginning in the 1780s, ______ engines were used to power boats.

Corporations developed rapidly in the 1830s when legal obstacles to their formation were removed.

Pioneer women in the West would get together for quilting/sewing parties.

Who developed the system of interchangeable parts?

Sectionalism occurred during the Era of Good Feelings

What was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution?

Libraries, museums, and a variety of shops were plentiful in rural America in the 1800s.

Which of these means of transportation contributed to the growth of river cities such as Cincinnati?

What was a significant development in the way goods were made?

What happened as a result of the formation of the Second Bank of the United States?

James Monroe created the Missouri Compromise, which led to him being nicknamed "The Great Compromiser"

A series of _________ along a canal work like an escalator to help raise and lower boats up and down hills.

The period in history when many people left their homes and farms to work in mills was called the Industrial Revolution.

The period of national harmony ended because of

The Adams-Onis Treaty gave control of Florida to Spain.

What were roads consisting of logs laid side by side called?

A patent gives a person legal rights regarding an invention.

The balance between the North and the South was preserved in the Senate by the

John Marshall was the chief justice of the Supreme Court.

Which road connected Ohio with the East?

New England offered ideal conditions for farming.

What helped increase cotton production?

What phrase did a Boston newspaper use to describe the years after the War of 1812?

Which of the following called for a stop to European colonization of the Americas?

Where did early pioneer families tend to settle in communities?