Question 1

Which of the following best expresses the belief of William Lloyd Garrison?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slavery must be ended gradually. 
B)  A political solution is necessary to bring an end to slavery. 
C)  To end slavery, we must convince either the Whig party or the Democratic party to include an antislavery plank in their national platform. 
D)  Slavery can be ended by winning over the hearts of slavery owners and slavery supporters to Christ. 
A)  Slavery must be ended gradually. 
B)  A political solution is necessary to bring an end to slavery. 
C)  To end slavery, we must convince either the Whig party or the Democratic party to include an antislavery plank in their national platform. 
D)  Slavery can be ended by winning over the hearts of slavery owners and slavery supporters to Christ.

Question 2

Which of the following is a reason that the South built fewer railroads than the North?

Accepted Answer

A)  Research clearly indicated that such investments would be of no economic benefit to the South. 
B)  The South saw the industrial and transportation revolutions as threats to republican ideology. 
C)  The Southern states believed that such construction should be the responsibility of the federal government. 
D)  Southern states had smaller free populations so they collected fewer taxes and had less money to invest in railroads. 
A)  Research clearly indicated that such investments would be of no economic benefit to the South. 
B)  The South saw the industrial and transportation revolutions as threats to republican ideology. 
C)  The Southern states believed that such construction should be the responsibility of the federal government. 
D)  Southern states had smaller free populations so they collected fewer taxes and had less money to invest in railroads.

Question 3

The financial resources for the spread of evangelical reform often came from ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Northern state governments 
B)  the members of Masonic lodges 
C)  wealthy industrialists and merchants 
D)  groups associated with recent Catholic immigrants 
A)  Northern state governments 
B)  the members of Masonic lodges 
C)  wealthy industrialists and merchants 
D)  groups associated with recent Catholic immigrants

Question 4

Which of the following was true of the nation's canals and railroads by 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  The national transportation network they created promoted a sense of national unity. 
B)  Construction was so haphazard that they hampered the emergence of a national marketplace. 
C)  They did little to unite the North and the South. 
D)  They had been completely financed by the federal government. 
A)  The national transportation network they created promoted a sense of national unity. 
B)  Construction was so haphazard that they hampered the emergence of a national marketplace. 
C)  They did little to unite the North and the South. 
D)  They had been completely financed by the federal government.

Question 5

By the 1850s, which of the following was a consequence of internal improvements in the North?

Accepted Answer

A)  The canals and railroads built in the North only benefited factory owners and financiers. 
B)  The canals and railroads built in the North had a unifying effect by linking the Northeast with the Old Northwest. 
C)  The canals and railroads built in the North benefited the entire nation and helped to integrate both the South and the Old Northwest into the North's market economy. 
D)  The canals and railroads built in the North severely strained the economy of many Northern states, causing some of those states to declare their state treasuries bankrupt. 
A)  The canals and railroads built in the North only benefited factory owners and financiers. 
B)  The canals and railroads built in the North had a unifying effect by linking the Northeast with the Old Northwest. 
C)  The canals and railroads built in the North benefited the entire nation and helped to integrate both the South and the Old Northwest into the North's market economy. 
D)  The canals and railroads built in the North severely strained the economy of many Northern states, causing some of those states to declare their state treasuries bankrupt.

Question 6

Why did city governments eventually take over the task of supplying water to urban dwellers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Private interests did not have the capital necessary to build adequate water supply systems. 
B)  Wealthy citizens demanded the extension of services to industry and business. 
C)  Cities were judged to be liable for illnesses and deaths caused by contaminated drinking water. 
D)  Arguments at neighborhood wells over water rights became a major source of violence and disorder. 
A)  Private interests did not have the capital necessary to build adequate water supply systems. 
B)  Wealthy citizens demanded the extension of services to industry and business. 
C)  Cities were judged to be liable for illnesses and deaths caused by contaminated drinking water. 
D)  Arguments at neighborhood wells over water rights became a major source of violence and disorder.

Question 7

The "benevolent empire" refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reform associations in the 1830s and 1840s that were inspired by the Second Great Awakening 
B)  The international relief organizations in the United States that gave aid to the impoverished of the earth 
C)  A loosely knit organization of Northern factory owners dedicated to the abolition of slavery. 
D)  The slave society of the Cotton South 
A)  Reform associations in the 1830s and 1840s that were inspired by the Second Great Awakening 
B)  The international relief organizations in the United States that gave aid to the impoverished of the earth 
C)  A loosely knit organization of Northern factory owners dedicated to the abolition of slavery. 
D)  The slave society of the Cotton South

Question 8

Which of the following touched the lives of more Americans than any other reform movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  The temperance movement 
B)  The antigambling movement 
C)  The public education movement 
D)  The antiprostitution movement 
A)  The temperance movement 
B)  The antigambling movement 
C)  The public education movement 
D)  The antiprostitution movement

Question 9

Which of the following most hindered the development of a national railroad system?

Accepted Answer

A)  The absence of a national standard for track width 
B)  The public's fear concerning the safety of rail travel 
C)  The refusal of most financial institutions to grant loans for rail construction 
D)  The cost of both buying land and hiring the number of workers necessary to lay track over rough terrain 
A)  The absence of a national standard for track width 
B)  The public's fear concerning the safety of rail travel 
C)  The refusal of most financial institutions to grant loans for rail construction 
D)  The cost of both buying land and hiring the number of workers necessary to lay track over rough terrain

Question 10

The labor parties formed in Pennsylvania, New York, and Massachusetts in the 1820s advocated which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  An end to imprisonment for debt 
B)  A four-day work week 
C)  A pension plan guaranteed by employers 
D)  Free room and board for mill workers 
A)  An end to imprisonment for debt 
B)  A four-day work week 
C)  A pension plan guaranteed by employers 
D)  Free room and board for mill workers

Question 11

Which of the following is true of the Brook Farm community?

Accepted Answer

A)  The community's leaders encouraged the use of hallucinogenic drugs to achieve pure thought. 
B)  The community's members believed that Jesus had returned and that the Last Judgment had begun. 
C)  The residents rejected formal education and intellectual endeavors. 
D)  The community's members believed that the spiritual transcends the worldly. 
A)  The community's leaders encouraged the use of hallucinogenic drugs to achieve pure thought. 
B)  The community's members believed that Jesus had returned and that the Last Judgment had begun. 
C)  The residents rejected formal education and intellectual endeavors. 
D)  The community's members believed that the spiritual transcends the worldly.

Question 12

The founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Martin Delany 
B)  William Lloyd Garrison 
C)  Arthur Tappan 
D)  Theodore Weld 
A)  Martin Delany 
B)  William Lloyd Garrison 
C)  Arthur Tappan 
D)  Theodore Weld

Question 13

In the 1850s, which of the following cities was the center of the clothing trade?

Accepted Answer

A)  Boston 
B)  Cincinnati 
C)  New Orleans 
D)  New York 
A)  Boston 
B)  Cincinnati 
C)  New Orleans 
D)  New York

Question 14

Which of the following was the largest of the communal utopian experiments in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Brook Haven 
B)  The Davidians 
C)  The Shakers 
D)  New Harmony 
A)  Brook Haven 
B)  The Davidians 
C)  The Shakers 
D)  New Harmony

Question 15

After having been arrested and jailed for treason, Joseph Smith _________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  wrote the Book of Mormon 
B)  renounced the Mormon religion 
C)  escaped from prison and led his followers to the Great Salt Lake Valley 
D)  was murdered by opponents 
A)  wrote the Book of Mormon 
B)  renounced the Mormon religion 
C)  escaped from prison and led his followers to the Great Salt Lake Valley 
D)  was murdered by opponents

Question 16

Individual farmers in the new market economy of the 1800s:

Accepted Answer

A)  Specialized in growing crops that could be sold for cash on the market 
B)  Started trading surplus crops with their neighbors 
C)  Were self-sufficient 
D)  Raised a wide variety of crops 
A)  Specialized in growing crops that could be sold for cash on the market 
B)  Started trading surplus crops with their neighbors 
C)  Were self-sufficient 
D)  Raised a wide variety of crops

Question 17

The Liberty Party was formed by:

Accepted Answer

A)  The American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society 
B)  The American Colonization Society 
C)  William Lloyd Garrison 
D)  Frederick Douglass 
A)  The American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society 
B)  The American Colonization Society 
C)  William Lloyd Garrison 
D)  Frederick Douglass

Question 18

Why was the pace of economic development uneven between 1815 and 1860? Discuss the impact of boom-and-bust cycles on workers and their families.

Accepted Answer

The pace of economic development was une

Question 19

Which of the following is true concerning the distribution of wealth in the United States between 1800 and 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wealth was distributed more equitably throughout society than in the previous century. 
B)  There was no significant change in the distribution of wealth during that time. 
C)  Wealth was concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of people. 
D)  There was a redistribution of wealth from the wealthiest families to middle-class families. 
A)  Wealth was distributed more equitably throughout society than in the previous century. 
B)  There was no significant change in the distribution of wealth during that time. 
C)  Wealth was concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of people. 
D)  There was a redistribution of wealth from the wealthiest families to middle-class families.

Question 20

In which year did the "railroad era" in the United States begin?

Accepted Answer

A)  1830 
B)  1820 
C)  1860 
D)  1833 
A)  1830 
B)  1820 
C)  1860 
D)  1833

Exam 10: The Restless North, 1815-1860

Which of the following best expresses the belief of William Lloyd Garrison?

Which of the following is a reason that the South built fewer railroads than the North?

The financial resources for the spread of evangelical reform often came from ______________.

Which of the following was true of the nation's canals and railroads by 1860?

By the 1850s, which of the following was a consequence of internal improvements in the North?

Why did city governments eventually take over the task of supplying water to urban dwellers?

The "benevolent empire" refers to which of the following?

Which of the following touched the lives of more Americans than any other reform movement?

Which of the following most hindered the development of a national railroad system?

The labor parties formed in Pennsylvania, New York, and Massachusetts in the 1820s advocated which of the following?

Which of the following is true of the Brook Farm community?

The founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society was:

In the 1850s, which of the following cities was the center of the clothing trade?

Which of the following was the largest of the communal utopian experiments in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century?

After having been arrested and jailed for treason, Joseph Smith _________________.

Individual farmers in the new market economy of the 1800s:

The Liberty Party was formed by:

Why was the pace of economic development uneven between 1815 and 1860? Discuss the impact of boom-and-bust cycles on workers and their families.

Which of the following is true concerning the distribution of wealth in the United States between 1800 and 1860?

In which year did the "railroad era" in the United States begin?

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American Revolutions, 1775-1783

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