Exam 9: The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

Thoroughly describe the arguments made that linked American freedom to westward expansion. Who or what were obstacles to freedom in the pursuit of expansion? How did Americans deal with those obstacles?

Which is evidence of women's power over family affairs during the nineteenth century?

During the Revolutionary period, virtue was considered an essential component of a male's character for the survival of the republic. The founding fathers often spoke of a virtuous citizenry as the key to liberty and freedom taking hold. Fifty years later, however, virtue had shifted to become a character sought after in women. Describe why this shift occurred and what consequences resulted.

In 1860, approximately 1,000 miles of telegraph wire were operational in the United States, almost all of it in New York City.

In Northeast cities during the market revolution,

Which describes a way in which the American legal system influenced the market revolution?

Which was a reason that nativists in the 1840s and 1850s resented immigrants?

How did the market revolution change the way Americans conceived of time?

Which statement is true about the mid-nineteenth-century phenomenon known as the "cult of domesticity"?

Comment on what Alexis de Tocqueville meant when he said that Americans "combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other." How accurate do you think that observation was?

What choice best describes the concept of a "family wage"?

The Erie Canal

What was a slave coffle?

The market revolution resulted in economic leveling, with a significant decline in economic inequality occurring between 1800 and 1840 in the Northeast.

What innovation does the textbook identify as the first to advance overland transportation and contribute to the market revolution?

How was most transportation infrastructure funded prior to 1850?

Prior to 1800, why did many Americans expect slavery to end in America?

An advantage of water transportation over road transportation was that

Which is true of the Second Great Awakening?

Most of the states that joined the Union in the six years immediately following the War of 1812 were located