Question 1

Which of the following statements accurately describes audiences in theaters during the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  They quietly watched performances. 
B)  They were an equal mix of men and women. 
C)  They preferred patriotic dramas to comedies. 
D)  They were reluctant to judge the quality of the acting. 
E)  They were predominantly men but from all walks of life. 
A)  They quietly watched performances. 
B)  They were an equal mix of men and women. 
C)  They preferred patriotic dramas to comedies. 
D)  They were reluctant to judge the quality of the acting. 
E)  They were predominantly men but from all walks of life.

Question 2

Explain the unique character of American technological development in the first half of the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

The unique character of American technol

Question 3

How did industrial development impact the way people worked and lived?

Accepted Answer

The industrial development had a signifi

Question 4

Which of the following statements is true of the textile plant established in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1813?

Accepted Answer

A)  It brought together the mechanized processes of spinning yarn and weaving cloth under one roof. 
B)  It refused to pay wages to its workers. 
C)  The state government owned it and the British destroyed it in the War of 1812. 
D)  It predominantly employed enslaved Africans. 
E)  It manufactured thread, which it then sold to artisan weavers who worked at home. 
A)  It brought together the mechanized processes of spinning yarn and weaving cloth under one roof. 
B)  It refused to pay wages to its workers. 
C)  The state government owned it and the British destroyed it in the War of 1812. 
D)  It predominantly employed enslaved Africans. 
E)  It manufactured thread, which it then sold to artisan weavers who worked at home.

Question 5

Compare the growth of roads, river transportation, and railroads through 1860. What were the advantages and disadvantages of each means of transport?

Accepted Answer

The growth of roads, river transportatio

Question 6

Examine the impact the War of 1812 had on American industrial development.

Accepted Answer

The War of 1812 had a significant impact

Question 7

Match each description with the item below.
-Rainbow

Accepted Answer

A) invented the telegraph 
B) invented the sewing machine 
C) with Boston Associates, formed the Boston Manufacturing Company 
D) earned a medical degree, a first of its kind 
E) was a piano maker and immigrant
F)helped found schools to train teachers and promoted the idea of free public education
G)was the first clipper ship
H)improved the steel plow, thereby making it possible to farm the Great Plains
I)was the first commercial steamboat, built by Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton
J)was a Jewish tailor who made work pants during the gold rush and would become the origin story of a major brand
K)was a famous composer whose song "Oh! Susanna" emerged as a national favorite 
A) invented the telegraph 
B) invented the sewing machine 
C) with Boston Associates, formed the Boston Manufacturing Company 
D) earned a medical degree, a first of its kind 
E) was a piano maker and immigrant
F)helped found schools to train teachers and promoted the idea of free public education
G)was the first clipper ship
H)improved the steel plow, thereby making it possible to farm the Great Plains
I)was the first commercial steamboat, built by Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton
J)was a Jewish tailor who made work pants during the gold rush and would become the origin story of a major brand
K)was a famous composer whose song "Oh! Susanna" emerged as a national favorite

Question 8

What was the largest professional occupation for men in the United States by 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  teaching 
B)  medicine 
C)  the law 
D)  nursing 
E)  engineering 
A)  teaching 
B)  medicine 
C)  the law 
D)  nursing 
E)  engineering

Question 9

Match each description with the item below.
-John Deere

Accepted Answer

A) invented the telegraph 
B) invented the sewing machine 
C) with Boston Associates, formed the Boston Manufacturing Company 
D) earned a medical degree, a first of its kind 
E) was a piano maker and immigrant
F)helped found schools to train teachers and promoted the idea of free public education
G)was the first clipper ship
H)improved the steel plow, thereby making it possible to farm the Great Plains
I)was the first commercial steamboat, built by Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton
J)was a Jewish tailor who made work pants during the gold rush and would become the origin story of a major brand
K)was a famous composer whose song "Oh! Susanna" emerged as a national favorite 
A) invented the telegraph 
B) invented the sewing machine 
C) with Boston Associates, formed the Boston Manufacturing Company 
D) earned a medical degree, a first of its kind 
E) was a piano maker and immigrant
F)helped found schools to train teachers and promoted the idea of free public education
G)was the first clipper ship
H)improved the steel plow, thereby making it possible to farm the Great Plains
I)was the first commercial steamboat, built by Robert R. Livingston and Robert Fulton
J)was a Jewish tailor who made work pants during the gold rush and would become the origin story of a major brand
K)was a famous composer whose song "Oh! Susanna" emerged as a national favorite

Question 10

Which of the following statements accurately describes the cotton gin?

Accepted Answer

A)  It made possible efficient separation of seeds from fiber. 
B)  It was an engine that manufactured cloth. 
C)  It made the South the wealthiest part of the country. 
D)  It had no significant effect on the North's economy. 
E)  It resulted from a government bounty paid to its inventor. 
A)  It made possible efficient separation of seeds from fiber. 
B)  It was an engine that manufactured cloth. 
C)  It made the South the wealthiest part of the country. 
D)  It had no significant effect on the North's economy. 
E)  It resulted from a government bounty paid to its inventor.

Question 11

Which of the following statements accurately describes Chinese immigrants in the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were by far the largest immigrant group of the period. 
B)  They primarily worked in mines and farms. 
C)  They had become eligible for citizenship under the 1790 federal naturalization law. 
D)  They earned the highest wages of any other immigrant group. 
E)  Many traveled to California because of its rapid development. 
A)  They were by far the largest immigrant group of the period. 
B)  They primarily worked in mines and farms. 
C)  They had become eligible for citizenship under the 1790 federal naturalization law. 
D)  They earned the highest wages of any other immigrant group. 
E)  Many traveled to California because of its rapid development.

Question 12

How did the steamship transform the cities and economies along America's major rivers?

Accepted Answer

The steamship transformed the cities and

Question 13

Which of the following statements accurately describes the role of the government in the development of transportation in the nineteenth-century United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  The government successfully sabotaged such projects as a means of slowing the rise of capitalism. 
B)  State governments took on the full burden of financially supporting transportation projects. 
C)  The government was unable to contribute to such projects because long-distance communication was virtually nonexistent. 
D)  The government took a backseat in the development of transportation projects out of fear of disrupting the lives of Native Americans. 
E)  State governments, the federal government, and private investors all contributed to such projects in their own ways financially. 
A)  The government successfully sabotaged such projects as a means of slowing the rise of capitalism. 
B)  State governments took on the full burden of financially supporting transportation projects. 
C)  The government was unable to contribute to such projects because long-distance communication was virtually nonexistent. 
D)  The government took a backseat in the development of transportation projects out of fear of disrupting the lives of Native Americans. 
E)  State governments, the federal government, and private investors all contributed to such projects in their own ways financially.

Question 14

Which of the following notable developments took place in Ohio between 1811 and 1818?

Accepted Answer

A)  the successful curbing of westward expansion due to a focus on local construction projects 
B)  the building of the first interstate roadway financed by the federal government 
C)  the invention of the flatboat, which came to surpass the steamboat in efficiency 
D)  the virtual replacement of the outdated turnpike system with a railroad network 
E)  a major increase in transportation costs that limited the movement of goods and people 
A)  the successful curbing of westward expansion due to a focus on local construction projects 
B)  the building of the first interstate roadway financed by the federal government 
C)  the invention of the flatboat, which came to surpass the steamboat in efficiency 
D)  the virtual replacement of the outdated turnpike system with a railroad network 
E)  a major increase in transportation costs that limited the movement of goods and people

Question 15

The major impetus for the huge Irish immigration to the United States after 1845 was

Accepted Answer

A)  religious freedom in the United States. 
B)  an abundance of cheap land. 
C)  high wages in factories. 
D)  a deadly potato famine. 
E)  hatred of British rule in Ireland. 
A)  religious freedom in the United States. 
B)  an abundance of cheap land. 
C)  high wages in factories. 
D)  a deadly potato famine. 
E)  hatred of British rule in Ireland.

Question 16

By the start of the Civil War, Irish immigrants had become the most important ethnic group to support the Democrats.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following was one of the desires of the various Workingmen's parties?

Accepted Answer

A)  higher taxes for the wealthy 
B)  less government oversight 
C)  the abolishment of trade unions 
D)  laws regulating banks 
E)  an increase in the imprisonment of debtors 
A)  higher taxes for the wealthy 
B)  less government oversight 
C)  the abolishment of trade unions 
D)  laws regulating banks 
E)  an increase in the imprisonment of debtors

Question 18

What were the major developments that John C. Calhoun saw as imperative to "binding" together the growing "market-economy" of the United States?

Accepted Answer

John C. Calhoun saw several major develo

Question 19

Why was the National Trades' Union formed?

Accepted Answer

A)  to confine labor unions to only textile workers 
B)  to organize local trade unions into a stronger national association 
C)  to prevent the formation of craft unions 
D)  to restrict women from joining unions of any type 
E)  to increase the number of foreign imports and limit tariffs 
A)  to confine labor unions to only textile workers 
B)  to organize local trade unions into a stronger national association 
C)  to prevent the formation of craft unions 
D)  to restrict women from joining unions of any type 
E)  to increase the number of foreign imports and limit tariffs

Question 20

The Know-Nothings campaigned primarily to

Accepted Answer

A)  cut taxes. 
B)  establish public schools. 
C)  promote Christianity. 
D)  prohibit drinking. 
E)  limit immigrant influence. 
A)  cut taxes. 
B)  establish public schools. 
C)  promote Christianity. 
D)  prohibit drinking. 
E)  limit immigrant influence.

Exam 8: The Emergence of a Market Economy

Which of the following statements accurately describes audiences in theaters during the first half of the nineteenth century?

Explain the unique character of American technological development in the first half of the nineteenth century.

How did industrial development impact the way people worked and lived?

Which of the following statements is true of the textile plant established in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1813?

Compare the growth of roads, river transportation, and railroads through 1860. What were the advantages and disadvantages of each means of transport?

Examine the impact the War of 1812 had on American industrial development.

Match each description with the item below. -Rainbow

What was the largest professional occupation for men in the United States by 1860?

Match each description with the item below. -John Deere

Which of the following statements accurately describes the cotton gin?

Which of the following statements accurately describes Chinese immigrants in the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century?

How did the steamship transform the cities and economies along America's major rivers?

Which of the following statements accurately describes the role of the government in the development of transportation in the nineteenth-century United States?

Which of the following notable developments took place in Ohio between 1811 and 1818?

The major impetus for the huge Irish immigration to the United States after 1845 was

By the start of the Civil War, Irish immigrants had become the most important ethnic group to support the Democrats.

Which of the following was one of the desires of the various Workingmen's parties?

What were the major developments that John C. Calhoun saw as imperative to "binding" together the growing "market-economy" of the United States?

Why was the National Trades' Union formed?

The Know-Nothings campaigned primarily to

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