Question 1

During the first half of the nineteenth century, individualism

Accepted Answer

A)  came under attack from Henry David Thoreau. 
B)  was defined in a way that distinguished it completely from the idea of privacy. 
C)  hampered efforts to spread democracy because it reduced interest in suffrage. 
D)  was rooted in the idea of self-sufficiency. 
E)  was a subject on which all transcendentalists agreed. 
A)  came under attack from Henry David Thoreau. 
B)  was defined in a way that distinguished it completely from the idea of privacy. 
C)  hampered efforts to spread democracy because it reduced interest in suffrage. 
D)  was rooted in the idea of self-sufficiency. 
E)  was a subject on which all transcendentalists agreed.

Question 2

Some women worked in the mills, relishing the freedom and independence they felt away from the farm for the first time, while others developed a cult of domesticity, thinking themselves free to not have to work outside the home. Compare the meaning of freedom for these two groups of women. Think back to previous chapters and compare the role of women during the market revolution with the "republican motherhood" role of women during the American Revolution.

Accepted Answer

The meaning of freedom for the women who

Question 3

The market revolution led to the rise of a new middle class. By the early 1820s, approximately how many physicians lived in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  50 
B)  600 
C)  2,000 
D)  5,500 
E)  10,000 
A)  50 
B)  600 
C)  2,000 
D)  5,500 
E)  10,000

Question 4

Which of the following meets the ideals embodied by the "cult of domesticity"?

Accepted Answer

A)  two widows living together to help support one another 
B)  an unmarried female factory worker 
C)  an independent woman writer 
D)  a female minister 
E)  a wife who was submissive to her husband in all important decisions 
A)  two widows living together to help support one another 
B)  an unmarried female factory worker 
C)  an independent woman writer 
D)  a female minister 
E)  a wife who was submissive to her husband in all important decisions

Question 5

Why was Joseph Smith driven from New York State?

Accepted Answer

A)  his claims of having communicated with an angel 
B)  his embrace of polygamy 
C)  his role in a riot that destroyed an anti-Mormon newspaper 
D)  the Mormon practice of posthumous baptism 
E)  the Mormon practice of admitting African-Americans to the church 
A)  his claims of having communicated with an angel 
B)  his embrace of polygamy 
C)  his role in a riot that destroyed an anti-Mormon newspaper 
D)  the Mormon practice of posthumous baptism 
E)  the Mormon practice of admitting African-Americans to the church

Question 6

What is the role of Joseph Smith in the Mormon religion?

Accepted Answer

A)  head of a family who, with God's guidance, traveled from the ancient Middle East to the Americas 
B)  prophet who predicted that the Second Coming of Christ, and the end of the world, would occur in 1841 
C)  leader of an exodus of people seeking religious freedom to the shores of the Great Salt Lake 
D)  translator of the Bible into three dozen known Native American languages 
E)  prophet who, though divine intervention, received the Book of Mormon 
A)  head of a family who, with God's guidance, traveled from the ancient Middle East to the Americas 
B)  prophet who predicted that the Second Coming of Christ, and the end of the world, would occur in 1841 
C)  leader of an exodus of people seeking religious freedom to the shores of the Great Salt Lake 
D)  translator of the Bible into three dozen known Native American languages 
E)  prophet who, though divine intervention, received the Book of Mormon

Question 7

What did Noah Webster's American Dictionary define as "a state of exemption from the power or control of another"?

Accepted Answer

A)  masculinity 
B)  individualism 
C)  artisanship 
D)  freedom 
E)  weakness 
A)  masculinity 
B)  individualism 
C)  artisanship 
D)  freedom 
E)  weakness

Question 8

Joseph Smith never made it to Utah with his Mormon followers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What sparked the rapid growth of Chicago from a small settlement in 1830 to America's fourth-largest city by 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  The city became a major marketplace for cotton. 
B)  Railroads connected Chicago to numerous eastern marketplaces. 
C)  It was home to the most escaped slaves in the United States. 
D)  The city built the first skyscrapers. 
E)  The Erie Canal connected directly to Chicago. 
A)  The city became a major marketplace for cotton. 
B)  Railroads connected Chicago to numerous eastern marketplaces. 
C)  It was home to the most escaped slaves in the United States. 
D)  The city built the first skyscrapers. 
E)  The Erie Canal connected directly to Chicago.

Question 10

Explain how transcendentalism and the Second Great Awakening affected the definitions of freedom. How were both movements a response to the market revolution?

Accepted Answer

Transcendentalism and the Second Great A

Question 11

The majority of the nearly 4 million immigrants that entered the United States between 1840 and 1860 were from

Accepted Answer

A)  England and Germany. 
B)  Germany and Ireland. 
C)  China and Ireland. 
D)  Mexico and England. 
E)  Germany and China. 
A)  England and Germany. 
B)  Germany and Ireland. 
C)  China and Ireland. 
D)  Mexico and England. 
E)  Germany and China.

Question 12

Which is an example of how farming changed in America between 1800 and 1840?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cyrus McCormick's reaper made possible a boom in cotton production. 
B)  Farmers in the Old Northwest increasingly relied on slave labor. 
C)  Farmers in the West were able to ship crops and livestock to eastern markets. 
D)  Corn production shifted to the "hill farms" of the New England and Mid-Atlantic states. 
E)  America became one of the world's leading exporters of wheat. 
A)  Cyrus McCormick's reaper made possible a boom in cotton production. 
B)  Farmers in the Old Northwest increasingly relied on slave labor. 
C)  Farmers in the West were able to ship crops and livestock to eastern markets. 
D)  Corn production shifted to the "hill farms" of the New England and Mid-Atlantic states. 
E)  America became one of the world's leading exporters of wheat.

Question 13

Which of the following describes the experience of the "mill girls"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Working Sunday mornings, they had no opportunity to attend church services. 
B)  Most walked to work after completing morning chores on their family farms. 
C)  They worked rotating eight-hour shifts, with the mills running constantly. 
D)  The majority never married and worked at the mills for decades before retiring. 
E)  They were required to live in closely supervised boardinghouses. 
A)  Working Sunday mornings, they had no opportunity to attend church services. 
B)  Most walked to work after completing morning chores on their family farms. 
C)  They worked rotating eight-hour shifts, with the mills running constantly. 
D)  The majority never married and worked at the mills for decades before retiring. 
E)  They were required to live in closely supervised boardinghouses.

Question 14

What was the most important export from the United States by the mid-nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  tobacco 
B)  coal 
C)  timber 
D)  cotton 
E)  wheat 
A)  tobacco 
B)  coal 
C)  timber 
D)  cotton 
E)  wheat

Question 15

To satisfy the need for slave labor in the Cotton Kingdom, an estimated 1 million slaves were relocated to the Deep South from the older slave states between 1800 and 1860.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

During the market revolution, the separation of classes shrunk as wealth was more evenly distributed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In his "The Laboring Classes," Orestes Brownson argued that

Accepted Answer

A)  wealth and labor were at war. 
B)  each worker's problems had to be understood individually. 
C)  government was the cause of workers' problems. 
D)  workers were lazy and easily tempted by alcohol. 
E)  workers had achieved true freedom thanks to free enterprise. 
A)  wealth and labor were at war. 
B)  each worker's problems had to be understood individually. 
C)  government was the cause of workers' problems. 
D)  workers were lazy and easily tempted by alcohol. 
E)  workers had achieved true freedom thanks to free enterprise.

Question 18

During the period of westward expansion, in national myth and ideology, what did the West represent?

Accepted Answer

A)  isolation and loneliness 
B)  war and instability 
C)  the chance to create a communal society 
D)  the chance to achieve economic independence 
E)  the chance to recreate the hierarchical society of Europe 
A)  isolation and loneliness 
B)  war and instability 
C)  the chance to create a communal society 
D)  the chance to achieve economic independence 
E)  the chance to recreate the hierarchical society of Europe

Question 19

Which statement describes the status of free people of color during the market revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were embraced by northern craft guilds. 
B)  White employers only employed black workers in menial positions. 
C)  They sought opportunities available in the West. 
D)  They suffered economically and thus emigrated to Canadian cities. 
E)  They were increasingly employed as skilled laborers and artisans. 
A)  They were embraced by northern craft guilds. 
B)  White employers only employed black workers in menial positions. 
C)  They sought opportunities available in the West. 
D)  They suffered economically and thus emigrated to Canadian cities. 
E)  They were increasingly employed as skilled laborers and artisans.

Question 20

How does Sarah Bagley characterize the practices at Lowell mill in the Voice of Industry?

Accepted Answer

A)  as a moral wrong 
B)  as an affront to individual rights 
C)  as a stage in an economic revolution 
D)  as class warfare 
E)  as an insult to female sensibilities 
A)  as a moral wrong 
B)  as an affront to individual rights 
C)  as a stage in an economic revolution 
D)  as class warfare 
E)  as an insult to female sensibilities

Exam 9: The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

During the first half of the nineteenth century, individualism

The market revolution led to the rise of a new middle class. By the early 1820s, approximately how many physicians lived in the United States?

Which of the following meets the ideals embodied by the "cult of domesticity"?

Why was Joseph Smith driven from New York State?

What is the role of Joseph Smith in the Mormon religion?

What did Noah Webster's American Dictionary define as "a state of exemption from the power or control of another"?

Joseph Smith never made it to Utah with his Mormon followers.

What sparked the rapid growth of Chicago from a small settlement in 1830 to America's fourth-largest city by 1860?

Explain how transcendentalism and the Second Great Awakening affected the definitions of freedom. How were both movements a response to the market revolution?

The majority of the nearly 4 million immigrants that entered the United States between 1840 and 1860 were from

Which is an example of how farming changed in America between 1800 and 1840?

Which of the following describes the experience of the "mill girls"?

What was the most important export from the United States by the mid-nineteenth century?

To satisfy the need for slave labor in the Cotton Kingdom, an estimated 1 million slaves were relocated to the Deep South from the older slave states between 1800 and 1860.

During the market revolution, the separation of classes shrunk as wealth was more evenly distributed.

In his "The Laboring Classes," Orestes Brownson argued that

During the period of westward expansion, in national myth and ideology, what did the West represent?

Which statement describes the status of free people of color during the market revolution?

How does Sarah Bagley characterize the practices at Lowell mill in the Voice of Industry?

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Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

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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

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The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

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