History Quiz

Question 1

Bank veto

Answer 1

ability to block bills from becoming laws

Question 2

Indian removal act

Answer 2

Jackson forced all of the Indians to move to the west of the Mississippi river

Question 3

Nullification crisis

Answer 3

South Carolina thought that tariffs were unconstitutional and threatened to secede if they were forced to pay

Question 4

Southern rivers slow moving and deep

Answer 4

1. easy navigation and transportation
2. people lived scattered along rivers
3. few large cities
4. not much manufacturing
   - agriculture based economy
   - immigrants not drawn to the south
   
   • population smaller than the North’
   • less power in the House than the North

Question 5

Southern climate warm and humid

Answer 5

1. ideal for farming
   - economy based on agriculture
   
   • need to import manufacturing goods
     
     • opposed to tariffs on foreign goods
   • cotton, tobacco, rice, and indigo grown as cash crops
   • need for manual labor
     
     • slavery

Question 6

Northern rivers fast moving and shallow

Answer 6

1. unnavigable
2. people gathered on and near seaports
3. many cities developed
4. trade and manufacturing centers emerged
5. immigrants attracted to work opportunities
   - large population
   
   • had more power in the House than the South
     - no need for slave labor

Question 7

Northern climate cold

Answer 7

1. bad for farming most of the year
2. “Yankee Ingenuity” created ways other than agriculture to make money
3. diverse economy
   - shipbuilding, fishing, lumber, mining, furs
   - manufacturing prospered
   
   • need to for skilled labor
     
     • immigrants settled in the north
     • population increased rapidly
   • favored tariffs

Question 8

Infrastructure

Answer 8

the physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society

Question 9

Textiles

Answer 9

cloth or woven fabric

Question 10

Working conditions

Answer 10

• windows weren’t allowed to be open because it could cause the machines to fail
• loud
• average 3 looms per girl

Question 11

Impact of factories on New England towns

Answer 11

• attracted immigrants

- Lowell’s population grew from 2,500 to 33,000

Question 12

Nationalities of the first wave of immigration

Answer 12

Irish, Scandinavians, and Germans

Question 13

The Know Nothings

Answer 13

Nativists – those apposed to immigration

• First wave (1830s-1850s) target Irish catholics
• Second wave (1840s-1920s) target Germans

Order of the Star-Spangled Banner
-secret anti-immigrant political organization