Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Individualism is a social and political

Question 2

The idea of leveling the playing field between worker and management was best personified in the writings of which American?

Accepted Answer

A)  Karl Marx 
B)  Ralph Waldo Emerson 
C)  Orestes Brownson 
D)  Henry David Thoreau 
E)  Joseph Smith 
A)  Karl Marx 
B)  Ralph Waldo Emerson 
C)  Orestes Brownson 
D)  Henry David Thoreau 
E)  Joseph Smith

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Wage earners are individuals who earn a

Question 4

Explain the shift from artisan to factory worker, and discuss the factory system. What were the advantages and disadvantages? Who was left out? Who benefited? What were some ways in which workers responded?

Accepted Answer

The shift from artisan to factory worker

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Free blacks were African Americans who w

Question 6

Which statement about corporations was true in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most Americans favored corporate charters with special privileges. 
B)  The corporation was only a small part of the new market economy. 
C)  Charters from the government strictly controlled corporations. 
D)  Corporations were able to raise far more capital than the traditional forms of enterprise. 
E)  A corporation could fail, leading to jail time for its directors and stockholders. 
A)  Most Americans favored corporate charters with special privileges. 
B)  The corporation was only a small part of the new market economy. 
C)  Charters from the government strictly controlled corporations. 
D)  Corporations were able to raise far more capital than the traditional forms of enterprise. 
E)  A corporation could fail, leading to jail time for its directors and stockholders.

Question 7

In an 1837 case involving the Charles River in Massachusetts, Chief Justice Roger Taney

Accepted Answer

A)  declared that the community had a legitimate interest in promoting transportation and prosperity. 
B)  held that adding a second bridge over the river violated the charter rights of the company that built the first bridge. 
C)  granted Robert Fulton's steamboat company a monopoly in the ferry business on the river. 
D)  issued an opinion in which the U.S. Supreme Court, for the first time, overturned a state law. 
E)  officially declared that capitalism was the economic system of the United States. 
A)  declared that the community had a legitimate interest in promoting transportation and prosperity. 
B)  held that adding a second bridge over the river violated the charter rights of the company that built the first bridge. 
C)  granted Robert Fulton's steamboat company a monopoly in the ferry business on the river. 
D)  issued an opinion in which the U.S. Supreme Court, for the first time, overturned a state law. 
E)  officially declared that capitalism was the economic system of the United States.

Question 8

The American railroad industry in the first half of the nineteenth century

Accepted Answer

A)  was exclusively in the North. 
B)  stimulated the coal mining industry. 
C)  was smaller in terms of total miles of track than the European rail system. 
D)  mainly connected one waterway to another waterway. 
E)  encouraged entrepreneurs to begin building extensive canal systems for the first time. 
A)  was exclusively in the North. 
B)  stimulated the coal mining industry. 
C)  was smaller in terms of total miles of track than the European rail system. 
D)  mainly connected one waterway to another waterway. 
E)  encouraged entrepreneurs to begin building extensive canal systems for the first time.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 11

The Erie Canal

Accepted Answer

A)  was far longer than any other canal in the United States at that time. 
B)  attracted an influx of farmers migrating from Virginia and the Carolinas to the Northwest. 
C)  was strongly opposed by residents of Buffalo and Rochester, who feared their cities would lose business. 
D)  was championed by Pennsylvania governor William Findlay. 
E)  proved economically unviable and was abandoned within a decade of its opening. 
A)  was far longer than any other canal in the United States at that time. 
B)  attracted an influx of farmers migrating from Virginia and the Carolinas to the Northwest. 
C)  was strongly opposed by residents of Buffalo and Rochester, who feared their cities would lose business. 
D)  was championed by Pennsylvania governor William Findlay. 
E)  proved economically unviable and was abandoned within a decade of its opening.

Question 12

How many cities in 1850 had a population of more than 5,000?

Accepted Answer

A)  50 
B)  100 
C)  nearly 150 
D)  more than 200 
E)  254 
A)  50 
B)  100 
C)  nearly 150 
D)  more than 200 
E)  254

Question 13

Which group did American Protestants fear threatened American identity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Irish immigrants, who were Catholics 
B)  English immigrants, who were suspected of being hostile to Americans 
C)  German immigrants, who did not speak English 
D)  single male immigrants, who were marrying American women 
E)  children of immigrants, who required special attention at school 
A)  Irish immigrants, who were Catholics 
B)  English immigrants, who were suspected of being hostile to Americans 
C)  German immigrants, who did not speak English 
D)  single male immigrants, who were marrying American women 
E)  children of immigrants, who required special attention at school

Question 14

How did Mormonism challenge societal norms?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Mormon leadership wanted to allow women in leadership positions. 
B)  The Mormons came to endorse the doctrine of polygamy. 
C)  The Mormons believed that Jesus Christ never existed. 
D)  The Mormons believed the Native Americans came from East Asia and brought Buddhism. 
E)  The Mormons used alcohol in religious services. 
A)  The Mormon leadership wanted to allow women in leadership positions. 
B)  The Mormons came to endorse the doctrine of polygamy. 
C)  The Mormons believed that Jesus Christ never existed. 
D)  The Mormons believed the Native Americans came from East Asia and brought Buddhism. 
E)  The Mormons used alcohol in religious services.

Question 15

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were two prominent members of

Accepted Answer

A)  the American Methodist Church. 
B)  the Massachusetts state legislature. 
C)  the transcendentalist movement. 
D)  the early labor movement. 
E)  the nativist movement. 
A)  the American Methodist Church. 
B)  the Massachusetts state legislature. 
C)  the transcendentalist movement. 
D)  the early labor movement. 
E)  the nativist movement.

Question 16

In the early decades of the nineteenth century, what group helped shape southern Ohio?

Accepted Answer

A)  New England settlers who moved there 
B)  slaveholders from Kentucky 
C)  migrants from St. Louis 
D)  merchants from northern Ohio 
E)  immigrants from Mexico 
A)  New England settlers who moved there 
B)  slaveholders from Kentucky 
C)  migrants from St. Louis 
D)  merchants from northern Ohio 
E)  immigrants from Mexico

Exam 9: The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

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

The idea of leveling the playing field between worker and management was best personified in the writings of which American?

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

Explain the shift from artisan to factory worker, and discuss the factory system. What were the advantages and disadvantages? Who was left out? Who benefited? What were some ways in which workers responded?

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

Which statement about corporations was true in the first half of the nineteenth century?

In an 1837 case involving the Charles River in Massachusetts, Chief Justice Roger Taney

The American railroad industry in the first half of the nineteenth century

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

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

The Erie Canal

How many cities in 1850 had a population of more than 5,000?

Which group did American Protestants fear threatened American identity?

How did Mormonism challenge societal norms?

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were two prominent members of

In the early decades of the nineteenth century, what group helped shape southern Ohio?

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