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Market Revolution: Industrialization (College Board AP® US History): Exam Questions

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"This solemnity at this place on the first arrival of vessels from Lake Erie, is intended to indicate and commemorate the navigable communication, which has been accomplished between our Mediterranean Seas and the Atlantic Ocean, in about eight years, to the extent of more than four hundred and twenty-five miles, by the wisdom, public spirit, and energy of the State of New York; and may the God of Heavens and Earth smile most propitiously on this work, and render it subservient to the best interests of the human race."

Governor DeWitt Clinton, An account of the Commemoration of the Completion of the Erie Canal by the Corporation of the City of New York, 1825

Which of the following developments in the national economy represented the change shown in the excerpt? 

  • The expansion of transportation networks to support regional and national markets

  • The increasing reliance on wage labor in industrializing urban centers 

  • The reliance on foreign goods due to the lack of domestic infrastructure 

  • The shift from substance economy to market economy 

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"This solemnity at this place on the first arrival of vessels from Lake Erie, is intended to indicate and commemorate the navigable communication, which has been accomplished between our Mediterranean Seas and the Atlantic Ocean, in about eight years, to the extent of more than four hundred and twenty-five miles, by the wisdom, public spirit, and energy of the State of New York; and may the God of Heavens and Earth smile most propitiously on this work, and render it subservient to the best interests of the human race."

Governor DeWitt Clinton, An account of the Commemoration of the Completion of the Erie Canal by the Corporation of the City of New York, 1825

The developments outlined in the extract can be most directly compared with the 

  • Expansion of cotton production in the Deep South

  • Construction of the Cumberland Road  

  • Expansion of steamboat transportation along major U.S. rivers

  • Development of turnpikes to improve overland transportation 

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"This solemnity at this place on the first arrival of vessels from Lake Erie, is intended to indicate and commemorate the navigable communication, which has been accomplished between our Mediterranean Seas and the Atlantic Ocean, in about eight years, to the extent of more than four hundred and twenty-five miles, by the wisdom, public spirit, and energy of the State of New York; and may the God of Heavens and Earth smile most propitiously on this work, and render it subservient to the best interests of the human race."

Governor DeWitt Clinton, An account of the Commemoration of the Completion of the Erie Canal by the Corporation of the City of New York, 1825

Which of the following developments most directly undermined the economic impact of the Erie Canal?

  • The Panic of 1819, which disrupted economic growth

  • The expansion of steamboat travel on the Mississippi River 

  • The increased use of horse-drawn wagons for interstate trade 

  • The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 

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"This solemnity at this place on the first arrival of vessels from Lake Erie, is intended to indicate and commemorate the navigable communication, which has been accomplished between our Mediterranean Seas and the Atlantic Ocean, in about eight years, to the extent of more than four hundred and twenty-five miles, by the wisdom, public spirit, and energy of the State of New York; and may the God of Heavens and Earth smile most propitiously on this work, and render it subservient to the best interests of the human race."

Governor DeWitt Clinton, An account of the Commemoration of the Completion of the Erie Canal by the Corporation of the City of New York, 1825

The extract demonstrates how American merchants profited from the developments made as the

  • Expansion of slavery fueled economic growth and trade

  • Large-scale textile manufacturing economy grew in New England

  • Cost of transporting goods nationally significantly reduced

  • Tariff policies encouraged local production over international trade

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