Question 1

Match each description with the item below.
-Stephen Foster

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 2

How did changes in transportation and communication alter the economic landscape during the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

The changes in transportation and commun

Question 3

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 4

Match each description with the item below.
-Levi Strauss

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 5

Which of the following statements about steamboats is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Steamboats were commercially profitable by the 1790s. 
B)  Steamboats were only able to travel downstream. 
C)  Steamboats brought cheaper and faster two-way traffic to the Mississippi Valley. 
D)  Steamboats contributed to a widespread increase in the cost of shipping goods. 
E)  Steamboats soon made railroads obsolete. 
A)  Steamboats were commercially profitable by the 1790s. 
B)  Steamboats were only able to travel downstream. 
C)  Steamboats brought cheaper and faster two-way traffic to the Mississippi Valley. 
D)  Steamboats contributed to a widespread increase in the cost of shipping goods. 
E)  Steamboats soon made railroads obsolete.

Question 6

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 7

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.

Question 8

Most of the growth of the Catholic Church in America in the mid-nineteenth century can be attributed to immigration from Ireland.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Match each description with the item below.
-Elias Howe

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 10

How did the opening of the Erie Canal economically transform the Midwest?

Accepted Answer

The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 ha

Question 11

What encouraged migration to the West?

Accepted Answer

A)  land made available by the government 
B)  poor soil 
C)  advances in industrial production technology in factories 
D)  the desert 
E)  construction of numerous frontier forts 
A)  land made available by the government 
B)  poor soil 
C)  advances in industrial production technology in factories 
D)  the desert 
E)  construction of numerous frontier forts

Question 12

Match each description with the item below.
-Samuel
B. Morse
F.

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 13

The cotton gin made cotton the most profitable agricultural product in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following MOST contributed to the development of a market economy in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  internal transportation and communication projects that increased the flow of goods 
B)  a general trend toward farming for consumption alone 
C)  lines in the Constitution stipulating the role of the federal government in infrastructure 
D)  a decreasing standard of living overall due to more limited job opportunities 
E)  the decline of the lumber industry due to the growing scarcity of natural resources 
A)  internal transportation and communication projects that increased the flow of goods 
B)  a general trend toward farming for consumption alone 
C)  lines in the Constitution stipulating the role of the federal government in infrastructure 
D)  a decreasing standard of living overall due to more limited job opportunities 
E)  the decline of the lumber industry due to the growing scarcity of natural resources

Question 15

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 16

Which of the following was a result of the invention of the cotton gin?

Accepted Answer

A)  It meant that fewer slaves were needed. 
B)  It made cotton a major export item. 
C)  It spurred immigration to the South. 
D)  It caused slavery to spread to Ohio and Illinois. 
E)  It increased imports from Britain. 
A)  It meant that fewer slaves were needed. 
B)  It made cotton a major export item. 
C)  It spurred immigration to the South. 
D)  It caused slavery to spread to Ohio and Illinois. 
E)  It increased imports from Britain.

Question 17

By 1860, one would MOST likely encounter Norwegian and Swedish immigrants in

Accepted Answer

A)  New York and New Jersey. 
B)  Ohio and Pennsylvania. 
C)  California and Oregon. 
D)  Wisconsin and Minnesota. 
E)  Texas and Louisiana. 
A)  New York and New Jersey. 
B)  Ohio and Pennsylvania. 
C)  California and Oregon. 
D)  Wisconsin and Minnesota. 
E)  Texas and Louisiana.

Question 18

By the early 1800s, the largest American cities were all major

Accepted Answer

A)  military centers. 
B)  seaports. 
C)  iron-producing centers. 
D)  cotton exporters. 
E)  state capitals. 
A)  military centers. 
B)  seaports. 
C)  iron-producing centers. 
D)  cotton exporters. 
E)  state capitals.

Question 19

During the first half of the nineteenth century, professionalization increased with the development of education, law, medicine, and engineering. Examine this development.

Accepted Answer

During the first half of the nineteenth

Question 20

What was a result of the increase in jobs in mills and factories?

Accepted Answer

A)  The North and South maintained the same political alliances as one another. 
B)  Americans left towns and cities for the countryside in droves. 
C)  Social values managed to stay consistent with those before the rise of an industrial economy. 
D)  An urban middle class developed. 
E)  The cotton economy suffered and was outsourced mainly to Europe. 
A)  The North and South maintained the same political alliances as one another. 
B)  Americans left towns and cities for the countryside in droves. 
C)  Social values managed to stay consistent with those before the rise of an industrial economy. 
D)  An urban middle class developed. 
E)  The cotton economy suffered and was outsourced mainly to Europe.

Exam 8: The Emergence of a Market Economy

Match each description with the item below. -Stephen Foster

How did changes in transportation and communication alter the economic landscape during the first half of the nineteenth century?

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

Match each description with the item below. -Levi Strauss

Which of the following statements about steamboats is accurate?

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

The Know-Nothings campaigned primarily to

Most of the growth of the Catholic Church in America in the mid-nineteenth century can be attributed to immigration from Ireland.

Match each description with the item below. -Elias Howe

How did the opening of the Erie Canal economically transform the Midwest?

What encouraged migration to the West?

Match each description with the item below. -Samuel B. Morse F.

The cotton gin made cotton the most profitable agricultural product in the United States.

Which of the following MOST contributed to the development of a market economy in the United States?

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

Which of the following was a result of the invention of the cotton gin?

By 1860, one would MOST likely encounter Norwegian and Swedish immigrants in

By the early 1800s, the largest American cities were all major

During the first half of the nineteenth century, professionalization increased with the development of education, law, medicine, and engineering. Examine this development.

What was a result of the increase in jobs in mills and factories?

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Englands Colonies

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The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

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Nationalism and Sectionalism

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Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

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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

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