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Heavy Load (2008) IMDB rating: 7.20 Plot: A year in the life of punk band, Heavy Load, whose members include some musicians with learning disabilities.

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U.S History questions. please help?
1. Which of the following did Benjamin Franklin invent or develop?
(Points: 3)
bifocal eyeglasses, a clean-burning stove, and the U.S. postal system

electricity, postage stamps, and the printing press

lightning rod, mousetrap, and the fountain pen

swivel chair, carriage, and the U.S. treasury

2. Who is credited with putting the concept of using mass-produced interchangeable parts into practice?
(Points: 3)
DeWitt Clinton

Eli Whitney

Cyrus McCormick

Peter Cooper

3. Which two innovators improved American factory production by using methods from England?
(Points: 3)
Samuel Slater and Francis Cabot Lowell

Eli Whitney and Cyrus McCormick

John Deere and George Stephenson

Robert Townshend and Phillip Goodman

4. Cyrus McCormick and John Deere invented machines to make large-scale agriculture possible, especially on midwestern prairies. What were those machines?
(Points: 3)
silo and corn crib

tractor and baler

planter and harvester

reaper and steel plow

5. Which area of the country became the center of the American Industrial Revolution?
(Points: 3)
New England

Mid-Atlantic

South

Midwest

6. What effect did nineteenth century trade embargoes and the War of 1812 have on American industry?
(Points: 3)
Americans could not import British goods, so they increased their own production.

Americans stockpiled British goods so they would have them during the war.

American industry suffered because raw materials from Britain were not available.

British soldiers took over American factories and limited their production.

7. What was a key element in developing a market economy in nineteenth century America?
(Points: 3)
retooling the Conestoga wagon to carry a heavier load

creating a system of toll roads to generate federal revenue

developing a merchant marine to promote water transport

improving the roads to transport goods

8. Which construction project connected the Great Lakes to New York City?
(Points: 3)
the National Road

the Erie Canal

the Lancaster Turnpike

the George Washington Bridge

9. What was an effect of Robert Fulton’s development of steamboat travel?
(Points: 3)
More people were willing to vacation along the waterways.

The cost of transporting goods became more expensive for farmers.

Westward expansion became much easier.

Trade along the Mississippi River began moving in both directions.

10. Which transportation improvement did not make more rapid movement of goods and people across large areas possible?
(Points: 3)
Conestoga wagons

steamboats

canals

railroads

11. What two areas benefited most from Morse’s invention of the telegraph and the speed it brought to communication?
(Points: 3)
industry and entertainment

politics and transportation

trade and agriculture

commerce and news

12. How did this invention change the nature of communication in nineteenth century America?

Telegraph (Points: 3)
The wire feeder helped bring the telegraph to many towns and homes.

The printing key allowed the presses to be stopped and started as news was breaking.

The electric battery provided the basis for the development of the telegraph.

The telegraph increased the speed of communication for both commerce and news.

13. How had the American electorate changed by the election of 1828?
(Points: 3)
Thanks to the suffragette movement, women in some states were eligible to vote.

With landholding requirements still in place, fewer men were eligible to vote.

With landholding requirements eliminated, most white men were eligible to vote.

Property requirements for voting continued to keep African American men from voting.

14. How did John Quincy Adams become President in 1824?
(Points: 3)
Henry Clay threw his support to Adams when the contest went to the House of Representatives.

Andrew Jackson withdrew from the election when he did not win enough electoral votes.

William Crawford and Henry Clay cancelled each other out, so Adams gained a majority.

John Quincy Adams had served in the House of Representatives, so they supported him.

15. What was the main objection that people had to John Quincy Adams’s election by the House of Representatives?
(Points: 3)
William Crawford won the popular vote, so people felt that the House of Representatives had disregarded the will of the people.

John Quincy Adams believed in a strong federal government, so many people objected to having him serve as presiden

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I think that if you Google these names, you might be able to do your own homework…… but the name Eli Whitney rings a bell.
Hardhat | Nov 20, 2009