Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The industrial development had a signifi

Question 2

Which of the following statements accurately describes Irish immigrants by the start of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most of them had remarkable careers in business, especially real estate. 
B)  They had energized American trade unions. 
C)  Most of them had converted to Protestantism. 
D)  They started a new party for immigrants out of disdain for the Democrats. 
E)  They had warm relations with German immigrants and tended to live in the same communities. 
A)  Most of them had remarkable careers in business, especially real estate. 
B)  They had energized American trade unions. 
C)  Most of them had converted to Protestantism. 
D)  They started a new party for immigrants out of disdain for the Democrats. 
E)  They had warm relations with German immigrants and tended to live in the same communities.

Question 3

Discuss the unique role Catholicism played in the resistance to immigration.

Accepted Answer

Catholicism played a unique role in the

Question 4

By the 1850s, a communications revolution had been triggered by the development of the

Accepted Answer

A)  telephone. 
B)  telegraph. 
C)  Pony Express. 
D)  railroad. 
E)  post office. 
A)  telephone. 
B)  telegraph. 
C)  Pony Express. 
D)  railroad. 
E)  post office.

Question 5

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 6

The MOST popular form of indoor entertainment in the first half of the nineteenth century was

Accepted Answer

A)  theater. 
B)  cockfighting. 
C)  prizefighting. 
D)  dog fighting. 
E)  ballet. 
A)  theater. 
B)  cockfighting. 
C)  prizefighting. 
D)  dog fighting. 
E)  ballet.

Question 7

Which of the following did the public generally consider acceptable activities for women outside the home?

Accepted Answer

A)  working in professional occupations 
B)  teaching at universities 
C)  engaging in politics 
D)  working in religious and social service realms 
E)  working in international banking 
A)  working in professional occupations 
B)  teaching at universities 
C)  engaging in politics 
D)  working in religious and social service realms 
E)  working in international banking

Question 8

The first American factories produced

Accepted Answer

A)  cotton textiles. 
B)  leather goods. 
C)  tobacco products. 
D)  glass products. 
E)  muskets. 
A)  cotton textiles. 
B)  leather goods. 
C)  tobacco products. 
D)  glass products. 
E)  muskets.

Question 9

Which of the following became popular with all classes?

Accepted Answer

A)  cockfighting 
B)  bear baiting 
C)  stand-up comedy 
D)  boxing 
E)  fishing 
A)  cockfighting 
B)  bear baiting 
C)  stand-up comedy 
D)  boxing 
E)  fishing

Question 10

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
L)used his memory to bring industrial technology from Britain to the United States 
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
L)used his memory to bring industrial technology from Britain to the United States

Question 11

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 12

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 13

German immigrants in the 1850s

Accepted Answer

A)  were mostly poor and nonreligious. 
B)  almost never returned to their native country. 
C)  tended to come as groups and families. 
D)  usually spoke English already. 
E)  were not a target of the nativists. 
A)  were mostly poor and nonreligious. 
B)  almost never returned to their native country. 
C)  tended to come as groups and families. 
D)  usually spoke English already. 
E)  were not a target of the nativists.

Question 14

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 15

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 16

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

Accepted Answer

The steamship transformed the cities and

Question 17

Over the course of the nineteenth century, many regions of the United States experienced a shift from ________ agriculture to ________ agriculture.

Accepted Answer

A)  international; regional 
B)  subsistence; commercial 
C)  corporate-owned; government-owned 
D)  machine-based; labor-free 
E)  regulated; unregulated 
A)  international; regional 
B)  subsistence; commercial 
C)  corporate-owned; government-owned 
D)  machine-based; labor-free 
E)  regulated; unregulated

Question 18

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 19

Trains could operate year-round, whereas canals shut down for winter.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

The unique character of American technol

Exam 8: The Emergence of a Market Economy

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

Which of the following statements accurately describes Irish immigrants by the start of the Civil War?

Discuss the unique role Catholicism played in the resistance to immigration.

By the 1850s, a communications revolution had been triggered by the development of the

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

The MOST popular form of indoor entertainment in the first half of the nineteenth century was

Which of the following did the public generally consider acceptable activities for women outside the home?

The first American factories produced

Which of the following became popular with all classes?

Match each description with the item below. -Rainbow

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

Which of the following was a result of minstrel shows?

German immigrants in the 1850s

Which of the following statements accurately describes the cotton gin?

Why was the National Trades' Union formed?

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

Over the course of the nineteenth century, many regions of the United States experienced a shift from ________ agriculture to ________ agriculture.

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

Trains could operate year-round, whereas canals shut down for winter.

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

The Collision of Cultures

Englands Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian Era

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

Western Expansion

The Gathering Storm

The War of the Union

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

The Progressive Era

America and the Great War

A Clash of Cultures

The Reactionary Twenties

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The Second World War

The Cold War and the Fair Deal

Cold War America

A New Frontier and a Great Society

Rebellion and Reaction

Conservative Revival

Twenty-First-Century America

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Over the course of the nineteenth century, many regions of the United States experienced a shift from agriculture to agriculture.