Question : History Help! 10 Points! Multiple Choice!?
21. What was John Marshall’s main role in the development of the United States?

First Speaker of the House of Representatives

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court for almost 35 years

Senate Majority Leader for 40 years

Commander-in-Chief after the Revolutionary War

22. What issue was addressed by the Missouri Compromise?

slavery

Native American rights

exploration

western expansion

23. How did Cyrus McCormick’s reaper and John Deere’s steel plow affect agriculture?

They made large-scale agriculture possible and profitable.

They reduced the need for slaves on southern plantations.

They opened up more of New England to farming.

They allowed small farmers to keep up with large landowners.

24. What was one result of the construction of the Erie Canal?

Construction costs dropped.

Federal financing increased across the nation.

Transportation costs dropped.

Immigrant unemployment grew.

25. What invention changed the nature of communication and commerce in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Bell’s telephone

Morse’s telegraph

Volta’s battery

Franklin’s printing press

26. Who won both the popular vote and a plurality of electoral votes in 1824, but did not become president?

John Quincy Adams

Henry Clay

John C. Calhoun

Andrew Jackson

28. A crisis erupted in the 1830s over nullification. What was nullification?

the Supreme Court declaring laws to be unconstitutional

the result of a presidential veto that Congress failed to override

the idea that states could change their votes in Congress within 10 days

the idea that states could declare federal legislation invalid, prevent its enforcement, and secede

29. What legislation was passed in 1830 relocating the “five civilized tribes” from their lands in the east to others further west?

Native American Relocation Act

Jackson Clay Indian Compromise Bill

Cherokee Land Grant Act

Indian Removal Act

31. Why did people immigrate to the United States in the nineteenth century?

women’s rights and religious freedom

gold, potatoes, and the right to vote

fertile land, jobs, and the chance for a better life

rich water sources, high wages, and labor protection

32. Which does not describe the North in the early 1800s?

rapidly growing cities

widespread commercial agriculture

new factories being built

immigrants seeking jobs
commercial relocation

Best answer:

Answer by Pipingbob
21 b
22 a
23 a
24 c
25 b