WALTON/ROCKOFF, Chapter 7 (pp. 149-55):

1. What were the effects of the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 on the US economy?

2. What were the causes of the War of 1812? Economic or political?

WALTON/ROCKOFF, Chapter 8:

1. What were the two different points of view on land policy?
Summarize the evolution of land policy through 1860.

2. Describe the migration of the population into the Northwest, Southwest, and Far West
from 1790 to 1860.

3. What form of agriculture was predominant in each region?
What were the main products of each region?

WALTON/ROCKOFF, Chapter 9:

1. Summarize the development of the following forms of transportation in the early 19th century: steamboats, canals, railroads, and ocean ships. How was the development of these
forms of transportation financed (private or government)?

2. What were the main economic effects of the "transportation revolution?"

3. Summarize North's "antebellum growth hypothesis".
What are some criticisms of North's hypothesis?
What evidence supports North's hypothesis?
What has been the conclusion of this debate?