U.S History questions.?

1. How did most Americans earn a living in 1800?

(Points: 1)

farming



commerce



ship-building



manufacturing







2. Where did most of the U.S. cities develop in the early nineteenth century?

(Points: 1)

along the rivers that lace the South



along the coast and waterways in the North



near the large plantations in the North



along the railroad lines in the South







3. Which of the following was not a problem in most U.S. cities in the nineteenth century?

(Points: 1)

fire



crime



disease



unemployment







4. In the early nineteenth century, where did most of the immigrants to the United States come from?

(Points: 1)

Mexico, El Salvador, Cuba



Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia



Ireland, Germany, Sweden



Italy, Greece, Turkey







5. Which of the following did not cause many immigrants to leave their native countries?

(Points: 1)

political unrest



poverty



crop failures



harsh climate







6. What did the nativists advocate?

(Points: 1)

more privileges for immigrants



greater rights for Native Americans



strict limits on where Native Americans could live



strict limits on immigration







7. Which crop contributed the greatest wealth to the United States in the early nineteenth century?

(Points: 1)

wheat



tobacco



rice



cotton







8. Which invention made plantations in the South more profitable than they had ever been?

(Points: 1)

steel plow



barbed wire



cotton gin



telegraph







9. Why was the demand for cotton so high during the early nineteenth century?

(Points: 1)

Cotton was used to protect manufactured goods being shipped overseas.



Textile mills in India and China had increased production dramatically.



People substituted cotton for wool after most of the sheep died during an epidemic.



Textile mills in the northern states and in Britain had increased production dramatically.







10. Who supplied most of the labor on cotton plantations?

(Points: 1)

subsistence farmers from neighboring farms



enslaved people



immigrants from Europe



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1. farming

2. along the waterways and coast in the North....(what grade is this? this is common knowledge!!!)

3.crime

4. Ireland, Germany and Sweden

5. harsh climate ( what grade is this for again??? )

6. greater rights for Native Americans

7. tobacco!!! (trust me i'm a smoker!!!)

8. cottin gin (AGAIN, what grade is this for....kindergarten?)

9. Cotton was used to protect manufactured goods being shipped overseas

10. Slaves.
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U.S History questions.?
BO#44 your brain is damaged from the tobacco your wrong it was cotton at that time. #3 was unemployment. #6 was strict limits in immigration. #9 is Textile mills in the northern states and in Britain had increased production dramatically. that would have been 60% you would have failed.

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#7 is cotton

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answer key:

1) farming

2) along the coast and waterways in the North

3) unemployment

4) Ireland, Germany, Sweden

5) harsh climate

6) strict limits on immigration

7) cotton

8) cotton gin

9) Textile mills in the northern states and in Britain had increased production dramatically

10) enslaved people

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