Question 1

German immigrants

Accepted Answer

A)  sought to assimilate rapidly into American culture. 
B)  quickly abandoned the German language. 
C)  often became craftsmen, shopkeepers, and farmers. 
D)  included fewer skilled craftsmen than the Irish. 
E)  remained in eastern cities and ventured west rarely. 
A)  sought to assimilate rapidly into American culture. 
B)  quickly abandoned the German language. 
C)  often became craftsmen, shopkeepers, and farmers. 
D)  included fewer skilled craftsmen than the Irish. 
E)  remained in eastern cities and ventured west rarely.

Question 2

One significant way that blacks were able to enjoy economic independence was by settling in the West on federally provided public land.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What was an irony about the cotton gin?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves did not really need it. 
B)  Most slaves did not know how to work it. 
C)  Cotton demand actually decreased. 
D)  The device did not need gin to work properly. 
E)  The inventor of the machine was from the North. 
A)  Slaves did not really need it. 
B)  Most slaves did not know how to work it. 
C)  Cotton demand actually decreased. 
D)  The device did not need gin to work properly. 
E)  The inventor of the machine was from the North.

Question 4

What was a factor in the increasing involvement of Old Northwest farmers in the market economy?

Accepted Answer

A)  The best cotton-growing land was along the banks of the Erie Canal. 
B)  The steel plow and the reaper were replaced by newer, more efficient technologies. 
C)  Farmers no longer needed to rely on eastern banks as a source of credit and loans. 
D)  A new ethos of self-sufficiency inspired more and more farmers to claim land in the Old Northwest. 
E)  Loans originating with eastern banks and insurance companies financed the acquisition of land and supplies. 
A)  The best cotton-growing land was along the banks of the Erie Canal. 
B)  The steel plow and the reaper were replaced by newer, more efficient technologies. 
C)  Farmers no longer needed to rely on eastern banks as a source of credit and loans. 
D)  A new ethos of self-sufficiency inspired more and more farmers to claim land in the Old Northwest. 
E)  Loans originating with eastern banks and insurance companies financed the acquisition of land and supplies.

Question 5

Cincinnati and St. Louis grew rapidly due to interregional trade.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which statement is true about the difference between farming in the Old Northwest and the Northeast?

Accepted Answer

A)  Farming in the Northeast needed slave labor. 
B)  Wheat farming in the Northeast made New York the flour capital. 
C)  Old Northwest farms depended on the cotton gin. 
D)  Farming was done on a much bigger scale in the Old Northwest. 
E)  Farming in the Old Northwest required slaves. 
A)  Farming in the Northeast needed slave labor. 
B)  Wheat farming in the Northeast made New York the flour capital. 
C)  Old Northwest farms depended on the cotton gin. 
D)  Farming was done on a much bigger scale in the Old Northwest. 
E)  Farming in the Old Northwest required slaves.

Question 7

During the period from 1810 to 1840, national boundaries prevented Americans from settling in Texas or Florida.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

How did the ideals represented by the cult of domesticity differ from feminine ideals of the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  They acknowledged that women had a role to play in the market economy as the "holders of the purse strings" in the family. 
B)  They focused on the dangers that might befall women-such as falling into prostitution-who gave into their passions. 
C)  They encouraged women to be emotionally distant from their husbands, so that men would be more free to participate in the market economy. 
D)  They represented a shift into a purely private world, dominated by the family and emotion. 
E)  They lifted the burden of household work from married women and shifted it to young, unmarried women, many of them immigrants. 
A)  They acknowledged that women had a role to play in the market economy as the "holders of the purse strings" in the family. 
B)  They focused on the dangers that might befall women-such as falling into prostitution-who gave into their passions. 
C)  They encouraged women to be emotionally distant from their husbands, so that men would be more free to participate in the market economy. 
D)  They represented a shift into a purely private world, dominated by the family and emotion. 
E)  They lifted the burden of household work from married women and shifted it to young, unmarried women, many of them immigrants.

Question 9

The religious revivals of the early nineteenth century were originally organized by established religious leaders alarmed by the low levels of church attendance in the young republic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following is true of Lafayette's 1824 visit to the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  He made a series of speeches supporting the emancipation of slaves. 
B)  Federalists strongly protested the visit because of Lafayette's connections with the French Revolution. 
C)  Southern states banned "persons of color" from ceremonies honoring him. 
D)  He negotiated a trade agreement that demonstrated the rising economic influence of the United States. 
E)  He came to attend the funeral of his good friend, Thomas Jefferson. 
A)  He made a series of speeches supporting the emancipation of slaves. 
B)  Federalists strongly protested the visit because of Lafayette's connections with the French Revolution. 
C)  Southern states banned "persons of color" from ceremonies honoring him. 
D)  He negotiated a trade agreement that demonstrated the rising economic influence of the United States. 
E)  He came to attend the funeral of his good friend, Thomas Jefferson.

Question 11

In her 1850 letter to her family, what circumstance does Margaret McCarthy describe as a blessing from God?

Accepted Answer

A)  successfully making it across the Atlantic 
B)  finding work in America 
C)  encountering old family friends in America 
D)  recovering from an illness 
E)  not having been married in Ireland 
A)  successfully making it across the Atlantic 
B)  finding work in America 
C)  encountering old family friends in America 
D)  recovering from an illness 
E)  not having been married in Ireland

Question 12

Which denomination enjoyed the largest membership in the United States by the 1840s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Methodist 
B)  Roman Catholic 
C)  Quaker 
D)  Presbyterian 
E)  Episcopal 
A)  Methodist 
B)  Roman Catholic 
C)  Quaker 
D)  Presbyterian 
E)  Episcopal

Question 13

The first industry to be shaped by the large factory system was

Accepted Answer

A)  textiles. 
B)  guns. 
C)  ironworks. 
D)  pottery. 
E)  shoemaking. 
A)  textiles. 
B)  guns. 
C)  ironworks. 
D)  pottery. 
E)  shoemaking.

Question 14

How does Sarah Bagley explain her employment in a Lowell mill in the Voice of Industry?

Accepted Answer

A)  She chooses to work there to escape the constrictive culture of her small town. 
B)  She is made to work there in order to provide money for her family back home. 
C)  She is made to work there by court order, as she was previously homeless. 
D)  She chooses to work there for the sake of female companionship, as she has no sisters at home. 
E)  She chooses to work there in order to have spending money to treat herself to small luxuries. 
A)  She chooses to work there to escape the constrictive culture of her small town. 
B)  She is made to work there in order to provide money for her family back home. 
C)  She is made to work there by court order, as she was previously homeless. 
D)  She chooses to work there for the sake of female companionship, as she has no sisters at home. 
E)  She chooses to work there in order to have spending money to treat herself to small luxuries.

Question 15

The Marquis de Lafayette, who fought for American independence and revisited the United States fifty years later, wrote, "I would never have drawn my sword in the cause of America if I could have conceived that thereby I was founding a land of slavery." What might Lafayette have seen in 1824 America that would impel him to make such a statement? How had slavery evolved? Was it expanding? How entrenched in American life was it at this time?

Accepted Answer

In 1824, when Lafayette revisited the Un

Question 16

What was culturally expected of a white middle-class woman in the period from 1800 to 1840?

Accepted Answer

A)  She would pursue a college education before marriage. 
B)  Once her children were in school, she would take a job outside the home to supplement the family's disposable income. 
C)  She would give birth to 6-10 children, in order to increase the population. 
D)  She would find fulfillment by focusing her energies on her family and home. 
E)  She would be responsible for producing the daily foodstuffs and necessities that her household required. 
A)  She would pursue a college education before marriage. 
B)  Once her children were in school, she would take a job outside the home to supplement the family's disposable income. 
C)  She would give birth to 6-10 children, in order to increase the population. 
D)  She would find fulfillment by focusing her energies on her family and home. 
E)  She would be responsible for producing the daily foodstuffs and necessities that her household required.

Question 17

Which statement is true about Irish immigrants to the United States between 1840 and 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  They worked exclusively as railroad builders. 
B)  Most competed with native-born white Americans for low-wage unskilled jobs. 
C)  About half of them lived in the Northeast. 
D)  Many lived in urban ghetto neighborhoods where crime and disease rates were high. 
E)  Native-born farm daughters replaced Irish immigrants as the main labor force at the Lowell textile mills by the late 1850s. 
A)  They worked exclusively as railroad builders. 
B)  Most competed with native-born white Americans for low-wage unskilled jobs. 
C)  About half of them lived in the Northeast. 
D)  Many lived in urban ghetto neighborhoods where crime and disease rates were high. 
E)  Native-born farm daughters replaced Irish immigrants as the main labor force at the Lowell textile mills by the late 1850s.

Question 18

The catalyst for the market revolution was a series of innovations in transportation and communication.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

One German newcomer wrote that "there aren't any masters [in America], here everyone is a free agent." How accurate a statement was that? Why would a German immigrant view America as free? Do you think an Irish immigrant would feel the same way about America? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The statement made by the German newcome

Question 20

The market revolution produced a new middle class.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

German immigrants

One significant way that blacks were able to enjoy economic independence was by settling in the West on federally provided public land.

What was an irony about the cotton gin?

What was a factor in the increasing involvement of Old Northwest farmers in the market economy?

Cincinnati and St. Louis grew rapidly due to interregional trade.

Which statement is true about the difference between farming in the Old Northwest and the Northeast?

During the period from 1810 to 1840, national boundaries prevented Americans from settling in Texas or Florida.

How did the ideals represented by the cult of domesticity differ from feminine ideals of the eighteenth century?

The religious revivals of the early nineteenth century were originally organized by established religious leaders alarmed by the low levels of church attendance in the young republic.

Which of the following is true of Lafayette's 1824 visit to the United States?

In her 1850 letter to her family, what circumstance does Margaret McCarthy describe as a blessing from God?

Which denomination enjoyed the largest membership in the United States by the 1840s?

The first industry to be shaped by the large factory system was

How does Sarah Bagley explain her employment in a Lowell mill in the Voice of Industry?

What was culturally expected of a white middle-class woman in the period from 1800 to 1840?

Which statement is true about Irish immigrants to the United States between 1840 and 1860?

The catalyst for the market revolution was a series of innovations in transportation and communication.

One German newcomer wrote that "there aren't any masters [in America], here everyone is a free agent." How accurate a statement was that? Why would a German immigrant view America as free? Do you think an Irish immigrant would feel the same way about America? Why or why not?

The market revolution produced a new middle class.

A New World

Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation, 1783-1791

Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

Democracy in America, 1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

A House Divided, 1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861-1865

What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Sixties, 1960-1968

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

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