Question 1

The dramatic growth of American cities between 1800 and 1860

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A) led to a lower death rate. 
B) contributed to a decline in the birthrate. 
C) resulted in unsanitary conditions in many communities. 
D) forced the federal government to slow immigration. 
E) sparked federal, state, and local governments to develop urban public transportation networks and an array of social services to manage this growth during this period. 
A) led to a lower death rate. 
B) contributed to a decline in the birthrate. 
C) resulted in unsanitary conditions in many communities. 
D) forced the federal government to slow immigration. 
E) sparked federal, state, and local governments to develop urban public transportation networks and an array of social services to manage this growth during this period.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-interchangeable parts

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Interchangeable parts refer to component

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-sewing machine

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The sewing machine is a significant inve

Question 4

All of the following are true statements about the workers in the Lowell factory system except

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A) they were virtually all New England farm girls. 
B) they were carefully supervised on and off the job by watchful matrons. 
C) they lived in company boardinghouses and were forbidden to form unions. 
D) they worked a maximum five days a week for eight hours a day. 
E) they labored under grueling working conditions. 
A) they were virtually all New England farm girls. 
B) they were carefully supervised on and off the job by watchful matrons. 
C) they lived in company boardinghouses and were forbidden to form unions. 
D) they worked a maximum five days a week for eight hours a day. 
E) they labored under grueling working conditions.

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Tammany Hall

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Tammany Hall was a political organizatio

Question 6

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: ​
​
Major Canals, Lakes, and Roads Linking the East and West, 1810-1860
​
  
-____ Ohio and Erie Canal

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The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-​Erie Canal

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

Question 8

The first major transportation project in the United States, which ran sixty-two miles and was completed in the 1790s, that proved to be a stimulus for western economic developments was the

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A) Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
B) National (Cumberland) Road. 
C) Erie Canal. 
D) St.Lawrence Seaway. 
E) Lancaster Turnpike. 
A) Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
B) National (Cumberland) Road. 
C) Erie Canal. 
D) St.Lawrence Seaway. 
E) Lancaster Turnpike.

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"Molly Maguires"

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The Molly Maguires were a secret society

Question 10

With the development of cash-crop agriculture in the trans-Allegheny West

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A) subsistence farming became common. 
B) farmers began to support the idea of slave labor. 
C) farmers quickly faced mounting indebtedness. 
D) the South could harvest a larger crop. 
E) the issue of farm surpluses came to the fore. 
A) subsistence farming became common. 
B) farmers began to support the idea of slave labor. 
C) farmers quickly faced mounting indebtedness. 
D) the South could harvest a larger crop. 
E) the issue of farm surpluses came to the fore.

Question 11

Native-born Protestant Americans feared that Catholic immigrants to the United States would

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A) want to attend public schools with Protestants. 
B) wrest control of the American Catholic Church from native-born English and Welsh Catholics. 
C) outbreed, outvote, and eventually overwhelm politically, socially, and culturally the Protestant native-born citizens and culture of America. 
D) assume control of the Know-Nothing party. 
E) ignite internecine Catholic armed conflict within the United States. 
A) want to attend public schools with Protestants. 
B) wrest control of the American Catholic Church from native-born English and Welsh Catholics. 
C) outbreed, outvote, and eventually overwhelm politically, socially, and culturally the Protestant native-born citizens and culture of America. 
D) assume control of the Know-Nothing party. 
E) ignite internecine Catholic armed conflict within the United States.

Question 12

Analyze and evaluate the positive and negative impacts of the Industrial Revolution on American labor, on the rich and the poor, and on families and home life.

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The Industrial Revolution had both posit

Question 13

The overwhelming event for Ireland in the 1840s was

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A) the rebellion against British rule and potato famine. 
B) influx of immigrants from mostly Eastern European countries. 
C) the granting of limited home rule to most of Ireland by Great Britain. 
D) the migration from the countryside to the city. 
E) the increasing use of English instead of Gaelic. 
A) the rebellion against British rule and potato famine. 
B) influx of immigrants from mostly Eastern European countries. 
C) the granting of limited home rule to most of Ireland by Great Britain. 
D) the migration from the countryside to the city. 
E) the increasing use of English instead of Gaelic.

Question 14

Life on the frontier was

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A) fairly comfortable for women but not for men. 
B) downright grim for most pioneer families. 
C) free of disease and premature death. 
D) rarely portrayed in popular literature. 
E) based on tight-knit communities. 
A) fairly comfortable for women but not for men. 
B) downright grim for most pioneer families. 
C) free of disease and premature death. 
D) rarely portrayed in popular literature. 
E) based on tight-knit communities.

Question 15

Ireland's great export in the 1840s was

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A) people. 
B) potatoes. 
C) wool. 
D) whiskey. 
E) music. 
A) people. 
B) potatoes. 
C) wool. 
D) whiskey. 
E) music.

Question 16

All of the following are true statements about the relationship between Irish immigrants and U.S. citizens except

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A) the Irish were seen as wage-depressing competitors for jobs by many Protestant American workers. 
B) Nativist Americans from the middle and upper classes generally hated the Irish. 
C) the Irish often saw signs on factory gates that said "No Irish Need Apply." 
D) race riots between blacks and Irish were common. 
E) Irish immigrants became fiercely supportive of the abolitionist cause. 
A) the Irish were seen as wage-depressing competitors for jobs by many Protestant American workers. 
B) Nativist Americans from the middle and upper classes generally hated the Irish. 
C) the Irish often saw signs on factory gates that said "No Irish Need Apply." 
D) race riots between blacks and Irish were common. 
E) Irish immigrants became fiercely supportive of the abolitionist cause.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-cult of domesticity

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

Question 18

All of the following gave rise to a more dynamic, market-oriented, national economy in early nineteenth-century America except

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A) the push west in search of cheap land. 
B) government regulation of all major economic activity. 
C) a vast number of European immigrants settling in the cities. 
D) newly invented machinery. 
E) better roads, faster steamboats, further-reaching canals, and tentacle-stretching railroads. 
A) the push west in search of cheap land. 
B) government regulation of all major economic activity. 
C) a vast number of European immigrants settling in the cities. 
D) newly invented machinery. 
E) better roads, faster steamboats, further-reaching canals, and tentacle-stretching railroads.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Eli Whitney

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Eli Whitney (December 8, 1765 – January

Question 20

Assess the validity of the following statement, "The Erie Canal was the single most important accomplishment contributing to economic expansion prior to the coming of the railroad."

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The answer of Assess the validity of the following statement,...

Exam 14: Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

The dramatic growth of American cities between 1800 and 1860

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -interchangeable parts

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -sewing machine

All of the following are true statements about the workers in the Lowell factory system except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Tammany Hall

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: ​ ​ Major Canals, Lakes, and Roads Linking the East and West, 1810-1860 ​ -____ Ohio and Erie Canal

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -​Erie Canal

The first major transportation project in the United States, which ran sixty-two miles and was completed in the 1790s, that proved to be a stimulus for western economic developments was the

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"Molly Maguires"

With the development of cash-crop agriculture in the trans-Allegheny West

Native-born Protestant Americans feared that Catholic immigrants to the United States would

Analyze and evaluate the positive and negative impacts of the Industrial Revolution on American labor, on the rich and the poor, and on families and home life.

The overwhelming event for Ireland in the 1840s was

Life on the frontier was

Ireland's great export in the 1840s was

All of the following are true statements about the relationship between Irish immigrants and U.S. citizens except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -cult of domesticity

All of the following gave rise to a more dynamic, market-oriented, national economy in early nineteenth-century America except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Eli Whitney

Assess the validity of the following statement, "The Erie Canal was the single most important accomplishment contributing to economic expansion prior to the coming of the railroad."

New World Beginnings, 33,000 Bce-1769 Ce

The Planting of English America, 1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775

The Duel for North America, 1608-1763

The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775

America Secedes From the Empire, 1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, 1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840

The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861

Girding for War: the North and the South, 1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865

The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900

America Moves to the City, 1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896

Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War, 1913-1920

American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1920-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal 1933-1939

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War 1933-1941

America in World War Ii 1941-1945

The Cold War Begins 1945-1952

American Zenith 1952-1963

The Stormy Sixties 1963-1973

Challenges to the Postwar Order 1973-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2000

The American People Face a New Century, 2001-2014

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Locate the following places by reference number on the map: Major Canals, Lakes, and Roads Linking the East and West, 1810-1860 -____ Ohio and Erie Canal

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Erie Canal