Exam 10: America’s Economic Revolution

By 1860, as a result of the social expectations expressed in the "cult of domesticity,"

In New York City, the construction of ________, which began in the 1850s, resulted from the desire of residents to make the city as important as London or Paris.

For most Americans in the nineteenth century, vacations were rare.

Elaborate rooms with lush dark colors and heavy furniture and drapes were characteristic of the ________ era.

Skilled craftsmen organized trade unions due to the rise of the "factory system."

Samuel Morse invented the ________, which burst into American life in 1844.

By 1860, over half of the manufacturing establishments in the United States were located west of the Mississippi River.

The "Know-Nothing" movement was partially directed at reducing the influence of

The growth of commerce and industry allowed more Americans the chance to become prosperous without

Before 1860, American middle-class families

How did the emergence of the factory system change the face of American labor during the first half of the nineteenth century?

Which city did NOT owe its growth to the Great Lakes?

How did the rise of the factory system change the American family?

In the 1840s, P. T. Barnum's American Museum in New York showcased

The Massachusetts court case of Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842) declared that

Examine technological developments in America between 1800 and 1860. What are the characteristic features in the advances made throughout this period?

Prior to 1860, the fastest-growing segment in American society was the

Immigration contributed little to the American population in the first three decades of the nineteenth century.

What factors encouraged the growth of a labor union movement in the United States? Why did it ultimately fail to develop into a powerful force before the Civil War?

Railroads played a relatively minor role in American transportation during the 1820s and 1830s.