Question 1

Which of the following was a result of minstrel shows?

Accepted Answer

A)  They made museums the center of recreation and leisure. 
B)  They reinforced the idea that America still did not have its own unique forms of entertainment. 
C)  They brought professional productions of Shakespeare to the United States. 
D)  They helped whites become more racially tolerant. 
E)  They helped perpetuate familiar stereotypes of African Americans. 
A)  They made museums the center of recreation and leisure. 
B)  They reinforced the idea that America still did not have its own unique forms of entertainment. 
C)  They brought professional productions of Shakespeare to the United States. 
D)  They helped whites become more racially tolerant. 
E)  They helped perpetuate familiar stereotypes of African Americans.

Question 2

Anti-Irish prejudice was especially based upon

Accepted Answer

A)  fear of growing Catholic influence. 
B)  Irish sympathy for black equality. 
C)  Irish support for the Republican party. 
D)  jealousy over the fact that so many Irish were well educated. 
E)  competition for housing in industrial cities. 
A)  fear of growing Catholic influence. 
B)  Irish sympathy for black equality. 
C)  Irish support for the Republican party. 
D)  jealousy over the fact that so many Irish were well educated. 
E)  competition for housing in industrial cities.

Question 3

Describe the Lowell system and both its short-term and long-term effects on American industry.

Accepted Answer

The Lowell system was a labor and produc

Question 4

Match each description with the item below.
-Horace Mann

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 5

Match each description with the item below.
-Elizabeth Blackwell

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 6

Which of the following statements accurately describes trains by the 1850s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They moved much slower than stagecoaches and steamboats. 
B)  Their role in transporting people west helped protect Native American culture. 
C)  They failed to reduce transportation costs. 
D)  They could operate year-round and on all types of terrain. 
E)  They transported only freight, not people. 
A)  They moved much slower than stagecoaches and steamboats. 
B)  Their role in transporting people west helped protect Native American culture. 
C)  They failed to reduce transportation costs. 
D)  They could operate year-round and on all types of terrain. 
E)  They transported only freight, not people.

Question 7

Jefferson's embargo in 1807 and the War of 1812

Accepted Answer

A)  almost destroyed American manufacturing. 
B)  had little effect on the growth of textile manufacturing in America. 
C)  encouraged rapid growth in domestic American textile manufacturing. 
D)  restricted exports and thereby hurt the growth of American manufacturing. 
E)  encouraged Americans to live more simply because consumer goods were scarce. 
A)  almost destroyed American manufacturing. 
B)  had little effect on the growth of textile manufacturing in America. 
C)  encouraged rapid growth in domestic American textile manufacturing. 
D)  restricted exports and thereby hurt the growth of American manufacturing. 
E)  encouraged Americans to live more simply because consumer goods were scarce.

Question 8

The Erie Canal led to the growth of which city as a major processing center of wheat and corn?

Accepted Answer

A)  Savannah, Georgia 
B)  Louisville, Kentucky 
C)  Columbus, Ohio 
D)  Rochester, New York 
E)  Omaha, Nebraska 
A)  Savannah, Georgia 
B)  Louisville, Kentucky 
C)  Columbus, Ohio 
D)  Rochester, New York 
E)  Omaha, Nebraska

Question 9

In the dormitories where workers of the Lowell System lived, the staff enforced rules such as church attendance and curfews.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Railroads created the first

Accepted Answer

A)  big corporations employing thousands of workers. 
B)  steam-powered means of transportation. 
C)  bans on canal construction. 
D)  fast-food restaurants. 
E)  type of transportation that was free of noise pollution. 
A)  big corporations employing thousands of workers. 
B)  steam-powered means of transportation. 
C)  bans on canal construction. 
D)  fast-food restaurants. 
E)  type of transportation that was free of noise pollution.

Question 11

Of all the immigrant groups that came to the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century, which was LEAST tolerant of free African Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chinese 
B)  free blacks 
C)  Irish 
D)  Mexicans 
E)  Germans 
A)  Chinese 
B)  free blacks 
C)  Irish 
D)  Mexicans 
E)  Germans

Question 12

What became a major problem in the Lowell mills by the middle 1830s?

Accepted Answer

A)  a shortage in cotton and other materials needed to create cloth 
B)  the growing dominance of textile mills in the South 
C)  the long commute of workers from out of state 
D)  labor unrest due to working and living conditions 
E)  their reliance on the work of enslaved Africans 
A)  a shortage in cotton and other materials needed to create cloth 
B)  the growing dominance of textile mills in the South 
C)  the long commute of workers from out of state 
D)  labor unrest due to working and living conditions 
E)  their reliance on the work of enslaved Africans

Question 13

New England became the first major industrialized region in the United States due to

Accepted Answer

A)  labor-saving machines and water- and steam-powered industries. 
B)  its rocky and sandy soil that was well suited to farming. 
C)  its status as the first place where all immigrants arrived. 
D)  the rapid expansion of slavery there. 
E)  the extensive cultivation of cotton in the region. 
A)  labor-saving machines and water- and steam-powered industries. 
B)  its rocky and sandy soil that was well suited to farming. 
C)  its status as the first place where all immigrants arrived. 
D)  the rapid expansion of slavery there. 
E)  the extensive cultivation of cotton in the region.

Question 14

In the nineteenth-century United States, the overwhelming consensus was that private corporations alone must begin and fund transportation projects.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 8: The Emergence of a Market Economy

Which of the following was a result of minstrel shows?

Anti-Irish prejudice was especially based upon

Describe the Lowell system and both its short-term and long-term effects on American industry.

Match each description with the item below. -Horace Mann

Match each description with the item below. -Elizabeth Blackwell

Which of the following statements accurately describes trains by the 1850s?

Jefferson's embargo in 1807 and the War of 1812

The Erie Canal led to the growth of which city as a major processing center of wheat and corn?

In the dormitories where workers of the Lowell System lived, the staff enforced rules such as church attendance and curfews.

Railroads created the first

Of all the immigrant groups that came to the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century, which was LEAST tolerant of free African Americans?

What became a major problem in the Lowell mills by the middle 1830s?

New England became the first major industrialized region in the United States due to

In the nineteenth-century United States, the overwhelming consensus was that private corporations alone must begin and fund transportation projects.

The Collision of Cultures

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From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

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Nationalism and Sectionalism

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The Era of Reconstruction

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

The New South and the New West

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

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America and the Great War

A Clash of Cultures

The Reactionary Twenties

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