Question 1

A market-based economy characteristically produces boom-and-bust cycles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

British cotton manufacturers preferred cotton from the American South to other types from around the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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 trade unions. 
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 trade unions. 
D)  jealousy over the fact that so many Irish were well educated. 
E)  competition for housing in industrial cities.

Question 4

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 5

The greatest proportional influx of German immigrants in the history of the United States came in the 1820s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In 1817, Senator John C. Calhoun refused to believe that canals would benefit the growth of the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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 8

Match each description with the item below.
-Clermont

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 9

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 10

Describe the general immigration trends of the period. What forms did the nativist response to this immigration take?

Accepted Answer

During the period of increased immigrati

Question 11

Because they, too, had suffered discrimination, Irish immigrants tended to be sympathetic to blacks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The advantage clipper ships had over traditional merchant vessels was their

Accepted Answer

A)  greater cargo space. 
B)  speed. 
C)  ability to sail up rivers. 
D)  comfort for passengers. 
E)  durability. 
A)  greater cargo space. 
B)  speed. 
C)  ability to sail up rivers. 
D)  comfort for passengers. 
E)  durability.

Question 13

In which of the following ways was Cyrus McCormick's grain reaper significant?

Accepted Answer

A)  It transformed the economy of the South. 
B)  It required farmers to rely more on muscle power than ever before. 
C)  It was powered by gasoline engines rather than horses. 
D)  It helped bring mechanical power to the Midwest, Old Northwest, and Great Plains. 
E)  It had to be assembled by farmers. 
A)  It transformed the economy of the South. 
B)  It required farmers to rely more on muscle power than ever before. 
C)  It was powered by gasoline engines rather than horses. 
D)  It helped bring mechanical power to the Midwest, Old Northwest, and Great Plains. 
E)  It had to be assembled by farmers.

Question 14

Despite the rapid progress in education and professional activities in the first half of the nineteenth century, most women still primarily worked in the home or on the farm.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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 16

Trace the development of organized labor in early America. Be sure to include both the early union movement and the development of labor politics.

Accepted Answer

Organized labor in early America began t

Question 17

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 18

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 the gold rush attracted them. 
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 the gold rush attracted them.

Question 19

In what ways did immigration alter the nation's population and shape its politics?

Accepted Answer

Immigration has significantly altered th

Question 20

Industrialization drove the rapid expansion of towns and cities throughout New England.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 8: The Emergence of a Market Economy

A market-based economy characteristically produces boom-and-bust cycles.

British cotton manufacturers preferred cotton from the American South to other types from around the world.

Anti-Irish prejudice was especially based upon

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?

The greatest proportional influx of German immigrants in the history of the United States came in the 1820s.

In 1817, Senator John C. Calhoun refused to believe that canals would benefit the growth of the United States.

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

Match each description with the item below. -Clermont

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

Describe the general immigration trends of the period. What forms did the nativist response to this immigration take?

Because they, too, had suffered discrimination, Irish immigrants tended to be sympathetic to blacks.

The advantage clipper ships had over traditional merchant vessels was their

In which of the following ways was Cyrus McCormick's grain reaper significant?

Despite the rapid progress in education and professional activities in the first half of the nineteenth century, most women still primarily worked in the home or on the farm.

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

Trace the development of organized labor in early America. Be sure to include both the early union movement and the development of labor politics.

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

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

In what ways did immigration alter the nation's population and shape its politics?

Industrialization drove the rapid expansion of towns and cities throughout New England.

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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

Western Expansion

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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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