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Released Questions in Standard "3.0 Geography"

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Which of the following was an accomplishment of the construction of the Erie Canal?

  1. A.
    It increased the nation’s reliance on railroads to transport goods from the North to the South.
  2. B.
    It strengthened economic interactions between eastern cities and western farms.
  3. C.
    It increased the South’s advantage over the North in clothing and textile manufacturing.
  4. D.
    It helped improve agricultural production in eastern farms and western ranches.

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Select three impacts of technological changes on the United States during the 1800s and drag them to the boxes in any order.

lower taxes increased migration decline of the factory system increase in national unity economic growth introduction of popular sovereignty increased travel time
Impacts of Technological Changes on the
United States during the 1800s

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Select two impacts of the Proclamation of 1763 and drag them to the boxes in any order.

taxed paper products such as newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards reduced conflicts with American Indians forbade American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains required colonists to provide food and shelter for the British reduced colonial representation in Parliament
Impacts of the Proclamation of 1763

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Use your knowledge of U.S. history to answer the constructed response question.

  • Identify two countries of origin for European immigrants to the United States in the 1800s.
  • Explain how nativism impacted the lives of these immigrants in the United States.
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What was one effect that the rapid population growth in California in the late 1840s had on the sectionalism debate?

  1. A.
    Congress tried to maintain the balance between free and slave states.
  2. B.
    The slave trade was expanded in Washington, D.C.
  3. C.
    The Supreme Court declared the Fugitive Slave Act to be unconstitutional.
  4. D.
    Congress finalized the terms of the Gadsden Purchase.

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Which diagram accurately shows how new technologies unified the United States geographically during the early industrial period?

  1. A.
    interchangeable parts, arrow, jobs for new immigrants in southern cotton fields
  2. B.
    steamboats, arrow, increased tobacco exports to Great Britain
  3. C.
    railroads in the West, arrow, jobs for farmers in northeastern cities
  4. D.
    New England textile mills, arrow, increased cotton production in the South

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Study the diagram.

The diagram has an oval at the top with a question mark on a blank line. The oval has lines to rectangles with text. Rectangle 1 says included many people in the Western United States. Rectangle 2 says wanted the British to stop interfering with American expansion westward. Rectangle 3 says put political pressure on President James Madison.

Which group completes the title of this diagram?

  1. A.
    Whigs
  2. B.
    Nativists
  3. C.
    War Hawks
  4. D.
    Loyalists