Question 1

The boom-and-bust economic cycles from 1815 to 1860 were the direct result of

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A)  droughts and resulting crop failures. 
B)  the development and expansion of the new market economy. 
C)  government intervention in the economy. 
D)  the nation's overdependence on foreign trade. 
A)  droughts and resulting crop failures. 
B)  the development and expansion of the new market economy. 
C)  government intervention in the economy. 
D)  the nation's overdependence on foreign trade.

Question 2

During the 1830s and 1840s, wide distribution of pamphlets and periodicals was made possible by

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A)  the advent of Rural Free Delivery. 
B)  the establishment of the United States Postal Service. 
C)  parcel post delivery. 
D)  power printing presses and better transportation. 
A)  the advent of Rural Free Delivery. 
B)  the establishment of the United States Postal Service. 
C)  parcel post delivery. 
D)  power printing presses and better transportation.

Question 3

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the Erie Canal

Accepted Answer

The Erie Canal was a 363-mile long water

Question 4

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-New Harmony

Accepted Answer

New Harmony is a small town on the Wabas

Question 5

To adequately staff the Lowell textile mill at Waltham, Massachusetts, mill managers first turned to

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A)  runaway slaves from the South. 
B)  newly arrived European immigrants. 
C)  young girls from New England farms. 
D)  farmers who could no longer support themselves through farming. 
A)  runaway slaves from the South. 
B)  newly arrived European immigrants. 
C)  young girls from New England farms. 
D)  farmers who could no longer support themselves through farming.

Question 6

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-ethnic enclaves

Accepted Answer

Ethnic enclaves are specific areas withi

Question 7

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-Walker's Appeal. to the Colored Citizens

Accepted Answer

The Walker's Appeal to the Colored Citiz

Question 8

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-John Humphrey Noyes

Accepted Answer

John Humphrey Noyes was a prominent Amer

Question 9

Which of the following was true of factory work in the 1840s?

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A)  Workers in large factories continued to have a close personal relationship with the factory owner. 
B)  The shortage of labor meant that most factory workers had job security. 
C)  The flow of work was governed by bells or steam whistles that marked stop and start times. 
D)  Workers usually had far more opportunities for advancement than would have been true in pre-industrial artisan shops. 
A)  Workers in large factories continued to have a close personal relationship with the factory owner. 
B)  The shortage of labor meant that most factory workers had job security. 
C)  The flow of work was governed by bells or steam whistles that marked stop and start times. 
D)  Workers usually had far more opportunities for advancement than would have been true in pre-industrial artisan shops.

Question 10

Which of the following best explains the deterioration of the working and living conditions of workers in New England textile mills in the 1830s and 1840s?

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A)  Living and working conditions deteriorated primarily because of the economic depression of the late 1830s. 
B)  Working and living conditions deteriorated primarily because of the growing labor surplus. 
C)  As the economy deteriorated, management's emphasis shifted from providing decent working and living conditions for the workers to maximizing profits. 
D)  Competition from English imports was the primary reason for the deterioration of working and living conditions. 
A)  Living and working conditions deteriorated primarily because of the economic depression of the late 1830s. 
B)  Working and living conditions deteriorated primarily because of the growing labor surplus. 
C)  As the economy deteriorated, management's emphasis shifted from providing decent working and living conditions for the workers to maximizing profits. 
D)  Competition from English imports was the primary reason for the deterioration of working and living conditions.

Question 11

Discuss changes in the workplace and in the nature of work during the first half of the nineteenth century. What impact did these changes have on workers? How did workers react to these changes?

Accepted Answer

During the first half of the nineteenth

Question 12

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the transportation revolution

Accepted Answer

The transportation revolution refers to

Question 13

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the "Burned-Over District"

Accepted Answer

The "Burned-Over District" refers to a r

Question 14

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-baseball

Accepted Answer

Baseball is a sport that originated in t

Question 15

What did the people associated with the Shaker community, the Mormon community, and Brook Farm have in common?

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A)  They wanted to establish a more communal environment to replace the excessive individualism associated with the emergence of a market economy. 
B)  They wanted to withdraw completely from civilized society. 
C)  They wanted to return to a state of nature. 
D)  They wanted to establish societies based on Biblical law. 
A)  They wanted to establish a more communal environment to replace the excessive individualism associated with the emergence of a market economy. 
B)  They wanted to withdraw completely from civilized society. 
C)  They wanted to return to a state of nature. 
D)  They wanted to establish societies based on Biblical law.

Question 16

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the American system of manufacturing

Accepted Answer

The American system of manufacturing, al

Question 17

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the American Renaissance

Accepted Answer

The item "" refers to the American Renai

Question 18

Instructions:
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0Identify each item. Give an explanation or description of the item. Answer the questions who, what, where, and when.
Explain the historical significance of each item. Establish the historical context in which the
S1U1B1∙S1U1B0S1U1B1 S1U1B0item exists. Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study. Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic,
and/or cultural consequences of this item?
-the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society

Accepted Answer

The American and Foreign Anti-Slavery So

Question 19

How did New England farm families respond to competition from the West?

Accepted Answer

A)  They gave up attempting to improve their livestock and turned to raising poultry. 
B)  They opened more land to the production of wheat and corn. 
C)  They began to raise livestock and to specialize in vegetable and fruit production. 
D)  They returned to subsistence farming. 
A)  They gave up attempting to improve their livestock and turned to raising poultry. 
B)  They opened more land to the production of wheat and corn. 
C)  They began to raise livestock and to specialize in vegetable and fruit production. 
D)  They returned to subsistence farming.

Question 20

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the ideas preached by Charles G. Finney?

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A)  All humans are condemned to misery because of the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. 
B)  All souls are predestined to either heaven or hell. 
C)  The United States, like Sodom and Gomorrah, will be destroyed by God because of the depravity of its citizens. 
D)  Because sin is avoidable, anyone can achieve salvation. 
A)  All humans are condemned to misery because of the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. 
B)  All souls are predestined to either heaven or hell. 
C)  The United States, like Sodom and Gomorrah, will be destroyed by God because of the depravity of its citizens. 
D)  Because sin is avoidable, anyone can achieve salvation.

The boom-and-bust economic cycles from 1815 to 1860 were the direct result of

During the 1830s and 1840s, wide distribution of pamphlets and periodicals was made possible by

To adequately staff the Lowell textile mill at Waltham, Massachusetts, mill managers first turned to

Which of the following was true of factory work in the 1840s?

Which of the following best explains the deterioration of the working and living conditions of workers in New England textile mills in the 1830s and 1840s?

Discuss changes in the workplace and in the nature of work during the first half of the nineteenth century. What impact did these changes have on workers? How did workers react to these changes?

What did the people associated with the Shaker community, the Mormon community, and Brook Farm have in common?

How did New England farm families respond to competition from the West?

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the ideas preached by Charles G. Finney?

Three Old Worlds Create a New

Europeans Colonize North America

North America in the Atlantic World

Becoming America

The Ends of Empire

American Revolutions

Forging a Nation

Defining the Nation

The Rise of the South

The Contested West

Politics and the Fate of the Union

Transforming Fire: the Civil War

Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution

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Exam 10: The Restless North

The boom-and-bust economic cycles from 1815 to 1860 were the direct result of

During the 1830s and 1840s, wide distribution of pamphlets and periodicals was made possible by

To adequately staff the Lowell textile mill at Waltham, Massachusetts, mill managers first turned to

Which of the following was true of factory work in the 1840s?

Which of the following best explains the deterioration of the working and living conditions of workers in New England textile mills in the 1830s and 1840s?

Discuss changes in the workplace and in the nature of work during the first half of the nineteenth century. What impact did these changes have on workers? How did workers react to these changes?

What did the people associated with the Shaker community, the Mormon community, and Brook Farm have in common?

How did New England farm families respond to competition from the West?

Which of the following statements is most consistent with the ideas preached by Charles G. Finney?

Three Old Worlds Create a New

Europeans Colonize North America

North America in the Atlantic World

Becoming America

The Ends of Empire

American Revolutions

Forging a Nation

Defining the Nation

The Rise of the South

The Contested West

Politics and the Fate of the Union

Transforming Fire: the Civil War

Reconstruction: an Unfinished Revolution

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