Exam 1

A  A large number of French migrants from Canada’s Quebec moving to Boston and New York City in the 1840s

B  Anger at the free trade policies at the time of the Democratic Party

C  The increased migration of people from Ireland, Germany and Scotland during the early and mid-1800s

D  The quick movement of America’s settlements westward which led to people native to those westward areas moving to the Northeastern United States

A  Inventions that increased the productivity of cotton farming

B  Increased demand for cotton

C  Increased supply of tobacco from other parts of the world

D  Higher prices of tobacco

A  Provided subsidies to farmers to grow crops there paid for by taxes on Southern states

B  Allowed the settlers to hire boring economics teachers to lecture them on supply and demand

C  Increased the size of the land parcels offered

D  Decreased the price charged per acre

A  The federal government was given the sole power to apply tariffs

B  It established that the federal government had the power to tax

C  It granted the states the power to print their own money

D  The federal government was given the power to build roads

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Increase the price

B  Decrease the price

C  Leave the price unchanged

D  Unclear

A  It has nothing to do with health and education

B  It did not happen during the colonial period or even 50 years after Independence

C  It only takes place when an economy shrinks in economic output

D  None of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Colonists migrating back to Europe

B  Some American property owners

C  European migrants to the US looking to move west to settle down

D  None of the above

A  Very low due to the power of the English and later British monarchy who always watched and tightly controlled colonial policy

B  High because of the governors being financially dependent on the colonists and the British government in London having little interest in colonial policy

C  Very low due to the power of the colonial governors

D  High until 1685 when King James II was deposed and power moved from the monarchy to Parliament

A  The year 2036

B  The year 2138

C  The year 2254

D  None of the above

A  The desire for British landowners for tax relief

B  The different beliefs about whether to have slavery

C  The desire to prevent further conflict between Native Americans and settlers

D  The desire to help a company considered by some British to be important

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Some people in America benefited from it

B  Some people in Britain benefited from it, some people in America benefited from it and were hurt by it

C  Some people in America benefited from it and were hurt by it

D  Some people in Britain benefited from it

A  It led to the colonists viewing the British government as free riders

B  It was supported by almost all the American colonists

C  Britain’s victory actually led to a change in priorities regarding the frontiers which contributed to the Revolutionary War

D  While it lasted several years, it did not require much spending by the British government

A  The increase in commerce tended to decrease wealth inequality

B  Wealth inequality was present from the very founding of the colonies

C  Wealth inequality emerged over time as initial settlements transformed into towns and sometimes cities

D  None of the above

A  It was less than 1

B  It was greater than 1

C  PED was never discussed in this course

D  It was equal to 1

A  Due to other factors like the decline in piracy and decreasing the time stuck at ports

B  Doubling every 14 years

C  Faster in the South during the 18th century than in the Middle Colonies

D  Due to technological advances like faster speeds

A  The forms of money used in the colonies did not change at all from 1675 to 1775

B  Thomas Jefferson thought the use of money was oppressive

C  Whether with friends or strangers, people found bartering to be convenient

D  Each colony eventually had its own fiat money

A  Policies that decreased immigration from Europe into the US

B  Closing off more and more land in the West from settlement

C  President giving speeches to encourage people to specialize more

D  None of the above

A  At its beginning, it was meant as a place to welcome Spanish tourists from Florida

B  At its beginning, the state outlawed slavery

C  From its beginning, it had the strictest laws on dealing with people in debt

D  It was once the center of manufacturing in the American colonies

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  They helped the colonial government adopt and stick with Britain’s currency

B  They ensured people migrating from Britain to America returned to Britain within 10 years

C  They helped the British to transport their physical capital and technology to the colonies

D  They helped raise the country’s population in America which helped greatly for Britain to defeat its rivals in America

A  People there had never heard of slavery

B  Large number of European laborers in the North who were willing to work for very low wages

C  The North’s climate was not conducive to slavery

D  Strong opposition to the idea of owning other people

A  Inelastic

B  Nazarov elastic

C  Elastic

D  None of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Longer than 4 years

B  Exactly 4 years

C  Shorter than 4 years

D  None of the above

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  It had no navy

B  They were not interested in permanent settlements

C  They were more interested in attaining gold and silver and forcibly converting the population to Catholicism

D  None of the above

A  The study of past economic development and economic events

B  The study of decision-making of how to allocate scarce resources

C  The study of being boring on an individual and national scale

D  The study of decision-making of how to allocate scarce resources at the national level

A  The study of decision-making of how to allocate scarce resources by individual persons and firms

B  The study of decision-making of how to allocate scarce resources

C  The study of decision-making of how to allocate scarce resources at the national level

D  The study of being boring (your teacher sure is a natural)