Question 1

In the 1840s, nativists blamed immigrants for

Accepted Answer

A)  epidemics in American cities. 
B)  an increase in Protestant revivalism. 
C)  terrorism. 
D)  a decline in the sale of alcohol. 
E)  urban crime and political corruption. 
A)  epidemics in American cities. 
B)  an increase in Protestant revivalism. 
C)  terrorism. 
D)  a decline in the sale of alcohol. 
E)  urban crime and political corruption.

Question 2

Which of the following describes the role westward migration played in the development of the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Canals dug west of the Mississippi created short-term prosperity, but soon failed due to flooding. 
B)  A slave-based plantation economy was quickly established in states like Alabama and Mississippi. 
C)  The area west of the Mississippi, both in the South and the North, became economically isolated from the eastern United States. 
D)  The South developed an extensive railroad system to transport goods from west to east. 
E)  Southern congressmen voted to reopen the slave trade with Africa to supply new tobacco plantations west of the Mississippi. 
A)  Canals dug west of the Mississippi created short-term prosperity, but soon failed due to flooding. 
B)  A slave-based plantation economy was quickly established in states like Alabama and Mississippi. 
C)  The area west of the Mississippi, both in the South and the North, became economically isolated from the eastern United States. 
D)  The South developed an extensive railroad system to transport goods from west to east. 
E)  Southern congressmen voted to reopen the slave trade with Africa to supply new tobacco plantations west of the Mississippi.

Question 3

Because an English law forbade the export of machinery blueprints, Samuel Slater memorized the plans for the power-driven spinning jenny before immigrating to America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following helped to increase the visibility and power of the Catholic Church in America in the mid-nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  the fact that President Jackson was Catholic 
B)  Minister Lyman Beecher's sermons preaching religious toleration 
C)  congressional passage of an Act of Religious Toleration that gave Catholics political rights 
D)  the dramatic increase in the number of Irish-Catholic immigrants 
E)  Archbishop John Hughes's wave of revivals that converted thousands to Catholicism 
A)  the fact that President Jackson was Catholic 
B)  Minister Lyman Beecher's sermons preaching religious toleration 
C)  congressional passage of an Act of Religious Toleration that gave Catholics political rights 
D)  the dramatic increase in the number of Irish-Catholic immigrants 
E)  Archbishop John Hughes's wave of revivals that converted thousands to Catholicism

Question 5

The Book of Mormon states that

Accepted Answer

A)  Joseph Smith was divine. 
B)  the second coming of Christ would occur in Europe. 
C)  Native Americans were descended from people from the Middle East. 
D)  Joseph Smith's visions were untrue. 
E)  the market revolution needed more infrastructure to be successful. 
A)  Joseph Smith was divine. 
B)  the second coming of Christ would occur in Europe. 
C)  Native Americans were descended from people from the Middle East. 
D)  Joseph Smith's visions were untrue. 
E)  the market revolution needed more infrastructure to be successful.

Question 6

What qualities did the British writer Harriet Martineau and the French writer Alexis de Tocqueville find notable about Americans in the 1830s?

Accepted Answer

A)  their ethnic and racial diversity 
B)  their literacy level and the sophistication of their political discourse 
C)  their religious piety and biblical knowledge 
D)  their energy and materialism 
E)  the informality of their dress and manners 
A)  their ethnic and racial diversity 
B)  their literacy level and the sophistication of their political discourse 
C)  their religious piety and biblical knowledge 
D)  their energy and materialism 
E)  the informality of their dress and manners

Question 7

Squatters

Accepted Answer

A)  set up farms on unoccupied land. 
B)  were corporate charters issued by states as contracts. 
C)  strung telegraph lines between poles. 
D)  set the dynamite as part of railroad construction crews. 
E)  is a derogatory name for the girls who worked in the mill factories. 
A)  set up farms on unoccupied land. 
B)  were corporate charters issued by states as contracts. 
C)  strung telegraph lines between poles. 
D)  set the dynamite as part of railroad construction crews. 
E)  is a derogatory name for the girls who worked in the mill factories.

Question 8

John Jacob Astor, who seemed to exemplify the "self-made man,"

Accepted Answer

A)  turned out to be a fraud, for it was discovered he counterfeited much of his fortune. 
B)  used his great wealth to finance the North during the Civil War. 
C)  made huge profits from distributing the machines built by Thomas Rodgers. 
D)  began his economic ascent through the purchase of Philadelphia real estate. 
E)  became wealthy by trading goods between the United States and China. 
A)  turned out to be a fraud, for it was discovered he counterfeited much of his fortune. 
B)  used his great wealth to finance the North during the Civil War. 
C)  made huge profits from distributing the machines built by Thomas Rodgers. 
D)  began his economic ascent through the purchase of Philadelphia real estate. 
E)  became wealthy by trading goods between the United States and China.

Question 9

What encouraged the building of factories in coastal towns such as New Bedford and even large inland cities such as Chicago by the 1840s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Such places generally had cheaper labor (usually consisting of African-Americans) than existed in the earlier, highly unionized factory towns such as Lowell and Pawtucket. 
B)  Under Henry Clay's American System, federal and state governments subsidized factories in those locations. 
C)  Steam power meant factories no longer had to be near waterfalls and rapids to generate the power. 
D)  Factory owners were attracted by the highly skilled labor pool of German immigrants who settled in those areas. 
E)  The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Gibbons v. Ogden removed obstacles to the placement of factories in densely populated areas. 
A)  Such places generally had cheaper labor (usually consisting of African-Americans) than existed in the earlier, highly unionized factory towns such as Lowell and Pawtucket. 
B)  Under Henry Clay's American System, federal and state governments subsidized factories in those locations. 
C)  Steam power meant factories no longer had to be near waterfalls and rapids to generate the power. 
D)  Factory owners were attracted by the highly skilled labor pool of German immigrants who settled in those areas. 
E)  The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Gibbons v. Ogden removed obstacles to the placement of factories in densely populated areas.

Question 10

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-transcendentalism

Accepted Answer

Transcendentalism is a philosophical and

Question 11

What was the biggest motivating factor in moving westward in the 1820s and 1830s?

Accepted Answer

A)  People sought to acquire cheap land. 
B)  Gold existed just beyond the Appalachian Mountains. 
C)  Slaves could escape to safe havens. 
D)  Cotton could be grown in Ohio and Indiana. 
E)  People were escaping religious persecution. 
A)  People sought to acquire cheap land. 
B)  Gold existed just beyond the Appalachian Mountains. 
C)  Slaves could escape to safe havens. 
D)  Cotton could be grown in Ohio and Indiana. 
E)  People were escaping religious persecution.

Question 12

Irish immigrants tended to be more skilled than the German immigrants arriving around the same time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which event led to the establishment of the African Methodist Episcopal Church?

Accepted Answer

A)  Richard Allen was refused admission to Princeton Seminary because of his color 
B)  Richard Allen was forcibly removed from praying at the altar rail at his former place of worship. 
C)  The Methodist and Episcopal denominations merged following a conference in Philadelphia in 1829. 
D)  Frederick Douglass committed a generous grant for the establishment of a black northern church. 
E)  Charles Grandison Finney delivered a series of lectures calling for a black American church. 
A)  Richard Allen was refused admission to Princeton Seminary because of his color 
B)  Richard Allen was forcibly removed from praying at the altar rail at his former place of worship. 
C)  The Methodist and Episcopal denominations merged following a conference in Philadelphia in 1829. 
D)  Frederick Douglass committed a generous grant for the establishment of a black northern church. 
E)  Charles Grandison Finney delivered a series of lectures calling for a black American church.

Question 14

Which geographic area was the first to adopt an industrial system of manufacturing?

Accepted Answer

A)  New England 
B)  the Old Northwest 
C)  states in the "Cotton Kingdom" 
D)  western territories 
E)  southern states with large port cities 
A)  New England 
B)  the Old Northwest 
C)  states in the "Cotton Kingdom" 
D)  western territories 
E)  southern states with large port cities

Question 15

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-internal borderland

Accepted Answer

An internal borderland refers to a regio

Question 16

Explain how improvements in transportation and communication made possible the rise of the West as a powerful, self-conscious region of the new nation. Discuss the internal borderlands within the West.

Accepted Answer

The improvements in transportation and c

Question 17

The Workingmen's Parties of the late 1820s attempted to mobilize support for candidates who would

Accepted Answer

A)  press for free public education. 
B)  create legislation limiting the workday to eight hours. 
C)  end the existence of unions. 
D)  support a five-dollar hourly minimum wage. 
E)  create rehabilitation programs in debtors' prisons. 
A)  press for free public education. 
B)  create legislation limiting the workday to eight hours. 
C)  end the existence of unions. 
D)  support a five-dollar hourly minimum wage. 
E)  create rehabilitation programs in debtors' prisons.

Question 18

What is one major reason an increasing number of emigrants left Europe for the United States between 1840 and 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  Factory life in eastern American cities appealed to traditional European peasant values. 
B)  Industrialization in Europe enhanced the jobs of many craft workers. 
C)  Steamships and railroads were replaced by more efficient travel technologies. 
D)  The Irish potato famine created many refugees who were escaping starvation. 
E)  Immigrants were attracted to the idea of becoming slaveowners. 
A)  Factory life in eastern American cities appealed to traditional European peasant values. 
B)  Industrialization in Europe enhanced the jobs of many craft workers. 
C)  Steamships and railroads were replaced by more efficient travel technologies. 
D)  The Irish potato famine created many refugees who were escaping starvation. 
E)  Immigrants were attracted to the idea of becoming slaveowners.

Question 19

Henry David Thoreau celebrated the innovations of the market revolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

From Abraham Lincoln's life, which would be an example from the old economy when compared to the newly transformed market economy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lincoln working as a lawyer for the Illinois Central Railroad. 
B)  Lincoln as a state legislator promoting river transportation. 
C)  Lincoln getting paid in cash and then purchasing clothing from a store. 
D)  Lincoln settling family debt by doing labor for the neighbor. 
E)  Lincoln's father taking livestock to a faraway marketplace. 
A)  Lincoln working as a lawyer for the Illinois Central Railroad. 
B)  Lincoln as a state legislator promoting river transportation. 
C)  Lincoln getting paid in cash and then purchasing clothing from a store. 
D)  Lincoln settling family debt by doing labor for the neighbor. 
E)  Lincoln's father taking livestock to a faraway marketplace.

Exam 9: The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

In the 1840s, nativists blamed immigrants for

Which of the following describes the role westward migration played in the development of the South?

Because an English law forbade the export of machinery blueprints, Samuel Slater memorized the plans for the power-driven spinning jenny before immigrating to America.

Which of the following helped to increase the visibility and power of the Catholic Church in America in the mid-nineteenth century?

The Book of Mormon states that

What qualities did the British writer Harriet Martineau and the French writer Alexis de Tocqueville find notable about Americans in the 1830s?

Squatters

John Jacob Astor, who seemed to exemplify the "self-made man,"

What encouraged the building of factories in coastal towns such as New Bedford and even large inland cities such as Chicago by the 1840s?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -transcendentalism

What was the biggest motivating factor in moving westward in the 1820s and 1830s?

Irish immigrants tended to be more skilled than the German immigrants arriving around the same time.

Which event led to the establishment of the African Methodist Episcopal Church?

Which geographic area was the first to adopt an industrial system of manufacturing?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -internal borderland

Explain how improvements in transportation and communication made possible the rise of the West as a powerful, self-conscious region of the new nation. Discuss the internal borderlands within the West.

The Workingmen's Parties of the late 1820s attempted to mobilize support for candidates who would

What is one major reason an increasing number of emigrants left Europe for the United States between 1840 and 1860?

Henry David Thoreau celebrated the innovations of the market revolution.

From Abraham Lincoln's life, which would be an example from the old economy when compared to the newly transformed market economy?

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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