6. Which of the following has the greatest effect on a market economy?

 a. weather 

b. politics 

c. labor force 

d. supply and demand 

7. The term “corrupt bargain” refers to 

a. a perceived deal between Clay and Adams regarding the presidential election of 1824. 

b. an agreement between businessmen and government to fix prices. 

c. an agreement that certain members of Congress would support presidential decisions in return for election support. 

d. The agreement made among southern congressman to block all abolitionist legislation. 

8. What did industrial cities need for the best chance of survival? 

a. They had to be located on a seaport. 

b. They needed proximity to moving water. 

c. They needed a technical population. 

d. They needed an agricultural-based society to feed a potential labor force. 

9. Which of the following best describes the “American System”? 

a. A series of laws promoting good citizenship. 

b. A series of laws promoting only transportation advancements. 

c. A series of laws encouraging domestic economic development. 

d. A series of laws encouraging foreign economic development. 

10. What two bodies of water were connected by the Erie Canal? 

a. Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico 

b. Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River 

c. Lake Erie and Atlantic Ocean 

d. Hudson River and Atlantic Ocean 

11. What European nationalities supplied the greatest number of immigrants to America between 1830 and 1869? 

a. Germans 

b. Polish 

c. Italians 

d. Irish 

12. The new middle class of America was most likely to 

a. be independently wealthy. 

b. work at a day labor job. 

c. not engage in manual labor. 

d. work from the home. 

13. Members of the Whig Party tended to 

a. support working-class immigrants. 

b. encourage Catholics to participate in politics.

 c. support nationalism. 

d. support southern slavery. 

14. What steps did Southerners take in the 1840s that changed their concept of democracy? 

a. Allowed non-slaveholders the right to vote. 

b. Allowed free blacks the right to vote. 

c. Agreed not to challenge federal laws in order to promote cohesiveness. d. Agreed that nullification of federal laws was illegal. 

15. What political ploy did Southerners use to keep the discussion of slavery in Congress at a minimum? 

a. boycotted Congress when the discussion of slavery occurred 

b. gag rule

 c. threatened secession 

d. filibuster

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