- Chapter 10.1 Questions
Building America
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- DIRECTIONS:
Answer the following questions on a blank piece of note book paper.
Each question is worth 1 point.
Write your name, date and class period on each page.
When you are done, work on your vocab list, workbook or map .
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- Introduction
- ____________1. The American population explosion went from 4 million in
1790 to how many by 1840
- ____________2. By 1840, most of the U.S> was considered what type of
society?
- ____________3. 6 out of 10 Americans made their living from what type of
economy?
- ____________4. An urban area is classified as a place having over how many
people?
- ____________5. What percent of Americans lived in cities by 1840?
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- Diversified Economy/Nature’s Nation
- ____________6. Did Americans at this time favor the development of
manufacturing & growth of cities?
- ____________7. What was the chief resource of land for the U.S. since the
1600s?
- ____________8. Owing land was what type of sign or symbol at this time?
- ____________9. Thomas Jefferson wrote that …”those who labor in the
earth” were what kind of people?
- ____________10. What does “Nature’s Nation” mean?
- ____________11. Why did people fear industrialization?
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- The Turn Towards Manufacturing
- ____________12. Who was the 1st
to speak of having a diversified economy?
- ____________13. What is a diversified economy?
- ____________14. According to whom, did political
freedom mean what w/out economic freedom?
- ____________15. During the American Revolution,
the army depended on whom for supplies?
- ____________16. The ability of a federal
government to place high taxes on imported goods is called what?
- ____________17. Why did Americans start to invest
and put their money into manufacturing?
- ____________18. What did Thomas Jefferson write
about federal government aid to industry?
- ____________19. What is a duty?
- ____________20. What is the purpose of a duty?
- ____________21. What happened to the 1st
Bank of the U.S. in 1811?
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