The erie canal a was more than 500 miles long b was

The Erie Canal
a. was more than 500 miles long.
b. was constructed over a period of about three years.
c. connected the New York cities of Albany and Buffalo.
d. cut down on travel time by a matter of weeks.
e. was completed in 1817.
ANS: C REF: p. 178
The Erie Canal was an important aspect of the transportation revolution in all of the following ways except
a. aiding in the growth of New York City as a major economic hub.
b. moving goods faster, more cheaply, and more efficiently.
c. encouraging other states to invest in transportation networks.
d. linking the eastern states with those in the South.
e. encouraging the nation's farmers to specialize.
ANS: E REF: p. 178
By the 1850s, the cornerstone of America's transportation system was
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All of the following are true about 19th century railroads, except
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The key development in the communications revolution was the
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It could most accurately be said of Irish immigration after 1840 that
a. male Irish immigrants were welcomed by Protestant Americans of English, German, and
Dutch ethnic backgrounds.
b. many Americans viewed Irish Catholics with fear and distrust because of their Catholic
religion.
c. Irish fleeing the disaster of famine in their homeland brought with them much needed
factory skills.
d. less than half of the immigrant arrivals after 1840 were Irish fleeing the famine in Ireland.
e. most Irish immigrants settled in the industrialized cities of the Midwest, where their
opportunities for work were greater.
ANS: B REF: p. 185
How did Eli Whitney's invention, the cotton gin, transform southern agriculture?
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The "putting-out" system of production referred to
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