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

• expand road and canal systems

• create 2nd National Bank

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

• if Americans buy more American goods

• will make them seem more expensive

• taxing European goods

• American manufacturing will increase

• not popular in the South

• because they trade cotton with Europe

• popular in the North

• because they have an industrial economy

• 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

• building of infrastructure

• increased sectionalism

• increased nationalism

• changed the flow of rivers

• National Road and Erie Canal

• increased manufacturing

• increased urbanization