1) The accelerating growth of a national market was due in large measure to the fact that the cost of __________ dropped by 95% between 1825 and 1855.

    A) transportation

    B) construction

    C) imported goods

    D) borrowing money



2) The main effort by the national government to connect the east and the west prior to the civil war was the

    A) Erie Canal.

    B) Gallatin Plan.

    C) National Road.

    D) Lancaster Turnpike



3) The Erie Canal

    A) was made financially feasible by the development of the steamboat.

    B) connected the Hudson and Ohio Rivers.

    C) never repaid the original public investment, but stimulated migratino and economic growth.

    D) stimulated construction of other canals by other cities and states.



4) The steamboat was first introduced __________, but had its greatest impact __________.

    A) from Europe ... when Americans invented improvements

    B) on the Hudson River ... on western rivers

    C) as a low-cost, democratic innovation ... on the wealthy classes, who could continue to enjoy its amenities even after fares skyrocketed

    D) with exaggerated claims as to its future importance ... in leterature rather than as an economic tool.



5) States funded the construction of canals even after railroads were proven to be a better, more financially feasible, form of transportation. True False

6) By the 1850s, canals were replaced by as the principle means of taking goods to market.

7) pioneered development of the steamboat.

8) Prior to the development of the steamboat, westerners used flatboats to transport goods from the Ohio Valley to New Orleans. True False

9) The "canal era" in America began with the construction of the

    A) Mainline Canal in Pennsylvania.

    B) James RIver and Kanasha Canal from Virginia to Ohio.

    C) Wabash Canal in Indiana.

    D) Erie Canal in New York.



10) Compared to canals, railroads

    A) were more expensive to construct.

    B) transported freight more slowly.

    C) could be built almost anywhere.

    D) were susceptible to weather delays.



11) As a result of the transportation revolution,

    A) division of labor became a thing of the past.

    B) New Orleans became an even more important port.

    C) each region in the nation specialized in a particular type of economic activity.

    D) self-sufficiency became easier achieve for American families.



12) One result of the transportation revolution was that a national, rather than a regional or local marketplace, developed. True False