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Study Guide - The Early Republic - Section Three
"New Jersey--Drones and Workers--A Scene on the Morris Canal near
Lake Hopatcong," Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 26, 1885.
1. What was the Society for Useful Manufactures and what were its plans for economic development in New Jersey?
2. What was the Associates of the Jersey Company and what were its plans for economic development in New Jersey?
3. What were the events that led to the Hamilton-Burr duel in Weehawken?
4. How had New Jersey women and free black residents been given the right to vote? How did they loose the privilege in 1807?
5. What was New Jersey's political reaction to the War of 1812? How did New Jersey participate in the war effort?
6. What was the significant national outcome of the Supreme Court case of Ogden v. Gibbons in 1824 involving New Jersey?
7. How did New Jersey transportation system develop during the early national period?
8. What was the significance of the construction of the Morris Canal for New Jersey?
9. What were New Jersey's early railroad interests? What impact did the railroad have on the Morris Canal?
10. What political involvement did New Jersey have in railway transportation? How did it affect the consumer and taxpayer?
11. How did the NJ Constitution of 1844 address the deficiencies of the state's first constitution?
12. Describe the terms of New Jersey's 1804 Gradual Abolition Plan.
13. What argument is presented supporting the American Colonization Society? How does the author argue against the colonization plan
14. What position did New Jersey take on a proposed fugitive slave law in 1846?
15. How did Dorothea Dix make her case for hospital reform for the mentally ill?