History Help! 10 Points! Multiple Choice!?

21. What was John Marshall's main role in the development of the United States?



First Speaker of the House of Representatives



Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for almost 35 years



Senate Majority Leader for 40 years



Commander-in-Chief after the Revolutionary War







22. What issue was addressed by the Missouri Compromise?



slavery



Native American rights



exploration



western expansion







23. How did Cyrus McCormick's reaper and John Deere's steel plow affect agriculture?



They made large-scale agriculture possible and profitable.



They reduced the need for slaves on southern plantations.



They opened up more of New England to farming.



They allowed small farmers to keep up with large landowners.







24. What was one result of the construction of the Erie Canal?



Construction costs dropped.



Federal financing increased across the nation.



Transportation costs dropped.



Immigrant unemployment grew.







25. What invention changed the nature of communication and commerce in the first half of the nineteenth century?



Bell's telephone



Morse's telegraph



Volta's battery



Franklin's printing press







26. Who won both the popular vote and a plurality of electoral votes in 1824, but did not become president?



John Quincy Adams



Henry Clay



John C. Calhoun



Andrew Jackson





28. A crisis erupted in the 1830s over nullification. What was nullification?



the Supreme Court declaring laws to be unconstitutional



the result of a presidential veto that Congress failed to override



the idea that states could change their votes in Congress within 10 days



the idea that states could declare federal legislation invalid, prevent its enforcement, and secede







29. What legislation was passed in 1830 relocating the "five civilized tribes" from their lands in the east to others further west?



Native American Relocation Act



Jackson Clay Indian Compromise Bill



Cherokee Land Grant Act



Indian Removal Act





31. Why did people immigrate to the United States in the nineteenth century?



women's rights and religious freedom



gold, potatoes, and the right to vote



fertile land, jobs, and the chance for a better life



rich water sources, high wages, and labor protection







32. Which does not describe the North in the early 1800s?



rapidly growing cities



widespread commercial agriculture



new factories being built



immigrants seeking jobsHistory Help! 10 Points! Multiple Choice!?
21 b

22 a

23 a

24 c

25 b