Question 1

In Gibbons v. Ogden, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that

Accepted Answer

A)  the Louisiana Purchase was unconstitutional. 
B)  Congress had the authority to create the Bank of the United States. 
C)  New York could not grant a monopoly on steamboat navigation. 
D)  corporations were illegal because they threatened individual free enterprise. 
E)  railroad workers had no right to strike because it interfered with national commerce. 
A)  the Louisiana Purchase was unconstitutional. 
B)  Congress had the authority to create the Bank of the United States. 
C)  New York could not grant a monopoly on steamboat navigation. 
D)  corporations were illegal because they threatened individual free enterprise. 
E)  railroad workers had no right to strike because it interfered with national commerce. C

Question 2

In 1800, most farm families focused on a single cash crop and bought most household goods at general stores.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Describe how the market revolution affected the lives of workers, women, and African-Americans.
Multiple Choice
1 What "holy cult" did the French writer Alexis de Tocqueville identify in America in the 1830s?

Accepted Answer

A)  "the holy cult of the Holy Ghost" 
B)  "the holy cult of individuality" 
C)  "the holy cult of the market" 
D)  "the holy cult of freedom" 
E)  "the holy cult of domesticity" 
A)  "the holy cult of the Holy Ghost" 
B)  "the holy cult of individuality" 
C)  "the holy cult of the market" 
D)  "the holy cult of freedom" 
E)  "the holy cult of domesticity" D

Question 4

For middle-class women in the nineteenth century, not working was viewed as a badge of freedom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What was the most common means of acquiring slaves to work on newly established cotton plantations in the Lower South?

Accepted Answer

A)  illegally importing them from the West Indies 
B)  through births to existing slaves 
C)  capturing and returning to slavery communities of escaped slaves in Florida 
D)  purchasing them from Spanish landowners in the territory that would become Texas 
E)  purchasing them at auction in cities such as Mobile, Natchez, and New Orleans 
A)  illegally importing them from the West Indies 
B)  through births to existing slaves 
C)  capturing and returning to slavery communities of escaped slaves in Florida 
D)  purchasing them from Spanish landowners in the territory that would become Texas 
E)  purchasing them at auction in cities such as Mobile, Natchez, and New Orleans

Question 6

The Erie Canal gave which city primacy over competing ports in accessing trade with the Northwest?

Accepted Answer

A)  Baltimore 
B)  Philadelphia 
C)  Boston 
D)  New York 
E)  Chicago 
A)  Baltimore 
B)  Philadelphia 
C)  Boston 
D)  New York 
E)  Chicago

Question 7

What best describes the "individualism" of the market revolution era?

Accepted Answer

A)  Individualism was reserved for those who owned property. 
B)  Americans were sovereign individuals who had the right to privacy. 
C)  Individualism was strictly un-American. 
D)  The key to living as an individual was division of labor between interconnected parties. 
E)  "Individual" was another word for "traitor." 
A)  Individualism was reserved for those who owned property. 
B)  Americans were sovereign individuals who had the right to privacy. 
C)  Individualism was strictly un-American. 
D)  The key to living as an individual was division of labor between interconnected parties. 
E)  "Individual" was another word for "traitor."

Question 8

Which problem with cotton did Eli Whitney solve by inventing the cotton gin?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whitney figured out how to remove the cotton-destroying boll weevil and thereby save the cotton crop. 
B)  Removing seeds from the cotton was a slow and painstaking task, but Whitney made it much easier and less labor-intensive. 
C)  Processing cotton required too many different pieces of equipment, but Whitney figured out how to change the equipment more easily and quickly, saving time and money. 
D)  Planting the cotton took too many hours to make its growth very profitable, but Whitney enabled planters to use a machine to speed the planting. 
E)  The production of southern whiskey required the use of cotton in purifying the liquor, but the cotton absorbed too much liquid; Whitney's machine changed that. 
A)  Whitney figured out how to remove the cotton-destroying boll weevil and thereby save the cotton crop. 
B)  Removing seeds from the cotton was a slow and painstaking task, but Whitney made it much easier and less labor-intensive. 
C)  Processing cotton required too many different pieces of equipment, but Whitney figured out how to change the equipment more easily and quickly, saving time and money. 
D)  Planting the cotton took too many hours to make its growth very profitable, but Whitney enabled planters to use a machine to speed the planting. 
E)  The production of southern whiskey required the use of cotton in purifying the liquor, but the cotton absorbed too much liquid; Whitney's machine changed that.

Question 9

What modern example fulfills the goals of the Workingmen's Parties?

Accepted Answer

A)  Machinery being used to handle boring and repetitive jobs in a factory. 
B)  The president intervening in a strike in order to keep the transportation system running. 
C)  Congress raising the federal minimum wage. 
D)  A company downsizing to increase its profits and its payments to shareholders. 
E)  Nurses working three twelve-hour shifts per week, with four days off. 
A)  Machinery being used to handle boring and repetitive jobs in a factory. 
B)  The president intervening in a strike in order to keep the transportation system running. 
C)  Congress raising the federal minimum wage. 
D)  A company downsizing to increase its profits and its payments to shareholders. 
E)  Nurses working three twelve-hour shifts per week, with four days off.

Question 10

What came to be redefined as a personal moral quality associated more and more closely with women?

Accepted Answer

A)  freedom 
B)  liberty 
C)  virtue 
D)  family 
E)  temperance 
A)  freedom 
B)  liberty 
C)  virtue 
D)  family 
E)  temperance

Question 11

Which statement is true about the factory system in the early to mid-nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Factories gathered large groups of workers under central supervision and replaced hand tools with power-driven machinery. 
B)  Cincinnati was the first "factory town" in the United States. 
C)  Factory work was mostly concentrated in the South. 
D)  Factories provided more autonomy for workers than traditional craft production. 
E)  Factories were mostly located in barren fields so that they wouldn't pollute towns or rivers. 
A)  Factories gathered large groups of workers under central supervision and replaced hand tools with power-driven machinery. 
B)  Cincinnati was the first "factory town" in the United States. 
C)  Factory work was mostly concentrated in the South. 
D)  Factories provided more autonomy for workers than traditional craft production. 
E)  Factories were mostly located in barren fields so that they wouldn't pollute towns or rivers.

Question 12

The African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded as a place of worship for white slave traders while in Africa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Samuel Slater

Accepted Answer

A)  developed stone-crushing technology useful for road building. 
B)  established America's first factory. 
C)  invented the cotton gin. 
D)  established the Erie Canal. 
E)  was a steamboat innovator. 
A)  developed stone-crushing technology useful for road building. 
B)  established America's first factory. 
C)  invented the cotton gin. 
D)  established the Erie Canal. 
E)  was a steamboat innovator.

Question 14

What was the significance of Robert Fulton?

Accepted Answer

A)  He was responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. 
B)  His work in designing steamboats made upstream commerce possible. 
C)  His innovations led to the revolution in turnpike construction in the early nineteenth century. 
D)  As mayor of New York, he worked to make that city a commercial center. 
E)  He sponsored congressional legislation that authorized building of the National Road. 
A)  He was responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. 
B)  His work in designing steamboats made upstream commerce possible. 
C)  His innovations led to the revolution in turnpike construction in the early nineteenth century. 
D)  As mayor of New York, he worked to make that city a commercial center. 
E)  He sponsored congressional legislation that authorized building of the National Road.

Question 15

Even though the days were long at New England textile factories, the girls were still allowed significant autonomy as to when they took their breaks and how long they took for lunch and dinner.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Irish immigrants were particularly troubling to some Americans in the 1840s because of their religion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

"Manifest destiny" refers to the idea first advanced by journalist John L. O'Sullivan that

Accepted Answer

A)  it was the divine mission of the United States to lead the world in the abolition of slavery. 
B)  it was the divine mission of the United States to return the continent to its native inhabitants. 
C)  it was the divine mission of the Catholic Church to take over the United States. 
D)  it was the divine mission of the United States to take over the continent in order to extend freedom. 
E)  it was the divine mission of the United States to venture west and explore the natural North American wilderness. 
A)  it was the divine mission of the United States to lead the world in the abolition of slavery. 
B)  it was the divine mission of the United States to return the continent to its native inhabitants. 
C)  it was the divine mission of the Catholic Church to take over the United States. 
D)  it was the divine mission of the United States to take over the continent in order to extend freedom. 
E)  it was the divine mission of the United States to venture west and explore the natural North American wilderness.

Question 18

The catalyst for the market revolution was a series of innovations in

Accepted Answer

A)  manufacturing. 
B)  agriculture. 
C)  banking and financing. 
D)  labor contracts. 
E)  transportation and communication. 
A)  manufacturing. 
B)  agriculture. 
C)  banking and financing. 
D)  labor contracts. 
E)  transportation and communication.

Question 19

What is true about the Lowell "mill girls"?

Accepted Answer

A)  They constituted the minority of workers in the early New England textile mills. 
B)  They usually spent their whole adult lives as wage-earning factory workers. 
C)  They enjoyed less personal supervision after leaving their homes to work in the factory. 
D)  Many valued the opportunity to earn money independently. 
E)  They were mostly unmarried daughters of New England immigrant families. 
A)  They constituted the minority of workers in the early New England textile mills. 
B)  They usually spent their whole adult lives as wage-earning factory workers. 
C)  They enjoyed less personal supervision after leaving their homes to work in the factory. 
D)  Many valued the opportunity to earn money independently. 
E)  They were mostly unmarried daughters of New England immigrant families.

Question 20

According to John O'Sullivan, the "manifest destiny" of the United States to occupy North America could be traced to

Accepted Answer

A)  the Treaty of Paris of 1783. 
B)  a divine mission. 
C)  the Adams-Onís Treaty. 
D)  the War of 1812. 
E)  federal treaties with Indian nations. 
A)  the Treaty of Paris of 1783. 
B)  a divine mission. 
C)  the Adams-Onís Treaty. 
D)  the War of 1812. 
E)  federal treaties with Indian nations.

Exam 9: The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

In Gibbons v. Ogden, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that

In 1800, most farm families focused on a single cash crop and bought most household goods at general stores.

Describe how the market revolution affected the lives of workers, women, and African-Americans. Multiple Choice 1 What "holy cult" did the French writer Alexis de Tocqueville identify in America in the 1830s?

For middle-class women in the nineteenth century, not working was viewed as a badge of freedom.

What was the most common means of acquiring slaves to work on newly established cotton plantations in the Lower South?

The Erie Canal gave which city primacy over competing ports in accessing trade with the Northwest?

What best describes the "individualism" of the market revolution era?

Which problem with cotton did Eli Whitney solve by inventing the cotton gin?

What modern example fulfills the goals of the Workingmen's Parties?

What came to be redefined as a personal moral quality associated more and more closely with women?

Which statement is true about the factory system in the early to mid-nineteenth century?

The African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded as a place of worship for white slave traders while in Africa.

Samuel Slater

What was the significance of Robert Fulton?

Even though the days were long at New England textile factories, the girls were still allowed significant autonomy as to when they took their breaks and how long they took for lunch and dinner.

Irish immigrants were particularly troubling to some Americans in the 1840s because of their religion.

"Manifest destiny" refers to the idea first advanced by journalist John L. O'Sullivan that

The catalyst for the market revolution was a series of innovations in

What is true about the Lowell "mill girls"?

According to John O'Sullivan, the "manifest destiny" of the United States to occupy North America could be traced to

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