What helped New Jersey suburbs expand during the twentieth century?
Correct answer(s):
- Highway construction and metropolitan growth
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What major disagreement divided large and small states in the 1787 Convention?
Correct answer(s):
- How states should be represented in Congress
Which protected site commemorates Washington’s winter encampments in New Jersey?
Correct answer(s):
- Morristown National Historical Park
Which National Park Service site links New Jersey’s waterfalls with early manufacturing?
Correct answer(s):
- Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
Which groups held different loyalties during New Jersey’s Revolutionary War years?
Correct answer(s):
- Loyalists, Patriots, British troops, and civilians
How did New Jersey’s 1776 state constitution differ from its 1787 federal ratification?
Correct answer(s):
- They were distinct legal and political events
Which early American leader supported manufacturing at Paterson’s Great Falls?
Correct answer(s):
- Alexander Hamilton
When was the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures founded?
Correct answer(s):
- 1791
How did early Paterson mills use the Passaic River’s energy?
Correct answer(s):
- By directing water through industrial raceways
After which New Jersey governor was Paterson named?
Correct answer(s):
- William Paterson
Which industry was central to Paterson’s early industrial development?
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- Textiles
In what year was the original New Jersey State House completed?
Correct answer(s):
- 1792
Which textile gave Paterson a well-known industrial nickname?
Correct answer(s):
- Silk
Which states ratified the U.S. Constitution before New Jersey?
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- Delaware and Pennsylvania
What infrastructure helped expand New Jersey industries in the nineteenth century?
Correct answer(s):
- Canals and railroads
Where did New Jersey delegates meet to approve the proposed U.S. Constitution in 1787?
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- Trenton
How did industrial employment affect New Jersey settlements?
Correct answer(s):
- It attracted workers to growing towns and cities
Who presented the New Jersey Plan at the Constitutional Convention?
Correct answer(s):
- William Paterson
What kind of legislative representation did the New Jersey Plan defend?
Correct answer(s):
- Equal representation for states
How does the U.S. Congress balance state equality and population today?
Correct answer(s):
- Equal Senate seats and population-based House seats