U5 L3: American Infrastructure (8.40)- Practice

Who was Henry Clay?

• a Governor from Tennessee

• a Congressman from Virginia

• a Senator from Kentucky

• a state legislator from Georgia

Who was Henry Clay?

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The "American System" was a three step economic plan designed to help....

• the North by increasing manufacturing

• the South by increasing agriculture

• the North by increasing agriculture

• the South by increasing manufacturing

The three parts of the "American System" plan were:

Groups:

(a) 1.

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(b) 2.

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(c) 3.

• raisse tariffs

• create 2nd National Bank

• expand road and canal systems

In order to ​ (a)   the number of American factories, American goods had to be ​ (b)   than European goods.

• increase
• cheaper
• decrease
• more expensive

Match the concepts surrounding protective tariffs.

• tax on European goods

• popular in the North

• because they have an industrial economy

• not popular in the South

• American manufacturing will increase

• if Americans buy more American goods

• because they trade cotton with Europe

• taxing European goods

• will make them seem more expensive

• protective tariff

Improved transportation, specifically canals and roads, would benefit which area the most?

• the South because they could trade cotton with the North

• the North because they could get more labor from the West

• the West because it would open up trade and employment

• non-state territories because it would help raise their populations

Locate the two rivers most important to trade in the 19th century.

What role would the Second National Bank play in the construction of the "American System"?

• it would hold the money created by protective tariffs

• it would print the currency needed to protect Southern exports

• it would pay for federal construction of canals and roads

• it would pay for federal taxation of infrastructure use

In what ways did the Era of Good Feelings bring change to America?

Groups:

(a) economy

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(b) people

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(c) geography

• increased sectionalism

• increased urbanization

• changed the flow of rivers

• National Road and Erie Canal

• increased manufacturing

• building of infrastructure

• increased nationalism