Question 1

During the first half of the nineteenth century,free black Americans:

Accepted Answer

A)  could not, under federal law, obtain public land. 
B)  found, as whites did, that the West offered the best opportunities for economic advancement. 
C)  rose in economic status, but more slowly than whites. 
D)  joined with white artisans in biracial unions that successfully struck for higher wages. 
E)  formed predominantly upper-middle-class communities in the North. 
A)  could not, under federal law, obtain public land. 
B)  found, as whites did, that the West offered the best opportunities for economic advancement. 
C)  rose in economic status, but more slowly than whites. 
D)  joined with white artisans in biracial unions that successfully struck for higher wages. 
E)  formed predominantly upper-middle-class communities in the North. A

Question 2

Samuel Slater:

Accepted Answer

A)  developed stone-crushing technology useful for road building. 
B)  established America's first factory. 
C)  invented the cotton gin. 
D)  established the Erie Canal. 
E)  was a steamboat innovator. 
A)  developed stone-crushing technology useful for road building. 
B)  established America's first factory. 
C)  invented the cotton gin. 
D)  established the Erie Canal. 
E)  was a steamboat innovator. B

Question 3

Most of the states that joined the Union in the six years immediately following the War of 1812 were located:

Accepted Answer

A)  west of the Mississippi River. 
B)  in the Old Northwest. 
C)  south of the Mason-Dixon Line. 
D)  in the Louisiana Purchase territory. 
E)  west of the Appalachian Mountains. 
A)  west of the Mississippi River. 
B)  in the Old Northwest. 
C)  south of the Mason-Dixon Line. 
D)  in the Louisiana Purchase territory. 
E)  west of the Appalachian Mountains. E

Question 4

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-John O'Sullivan

Accepted Answer

A) Supreme Court chief justice 
B) transcendentalist 
C) coined the term "manifest destiny" 
D) established America's first factory 
E) steamboat innovator
F)African Methodist Episcopal Church
G)steel plow
H)self-made millionaire
I)preacher in New York
J)reaper
K)The American Frugal Housewife
L)called for a radical change in the wage labor system 
A) Supreme Court chief justice 
B) transcendentalist 
C) coined the term "manifest destiny" 
D) established America's first factory 
E) steamboat innovator
F)African Methodist Episcopal Church
G)steel plow
H)self-made millionaire
I)preacher in New York
J)reaper
K)The American Frugal Housewife
L)called for a radical change in the wage labor system

Question 5

John Jacob Astor was seen as an example of the "self-made man."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What is the significance of Eli Whitney's cotton gin?

Accepted Answer

A)  The internal slave trade within the United States grew dramatically. 
B)  The Atlantic slave trade continued to bring slaves in large numbers to the United States up until 1860. 
C)  The Erie Canal became the primary waterway for shipping cotton. 
D)  Cotton production decreased dramatically for twenty-five years. 
E)  The federal government recommended using Indians as slaves. 
A)  The internal slave trade within the United States grew dramatically. 
B)  The Atlantic slave trade continued to bring slaves in large numbers to the United States up until 1860. 
C)  The Erie Canal became the primary waterway for shipping cotton. 
D)  Cotton production decreased dramatically for twenty-five years. 
E)  The federal government recommended using Indians as slaves.

Question 7

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Lydia Maria Child

Accepted Answer

A) Supreme Court chief justice 
B) transcendentalist 
C) coined the term "manifest destiny" 
D) established America's first factory 
E) steamboat innovator
F)African Methodist Episcopal Church
G)steel plow
H)self-made millionaire
I)preacher in New York
J)reaper
K)The American Frugal Housewife
L)called for a radical change in the wage labor system 
A) Supreme Court chief justice 
B) transcendentalist 
C) coined the term "manifest destiny" 
D) established America's first factory 
E) steamboat innovator
F)African Methodist Episcopal Church
G)steel plow
H)self-made millionaire
I)preacher in New York
J)reaper
K)The American Frugal Housewife
L)called for a radical change in the wage labor system

Question 8

What was a factor in the nation's acquisition of Florida from Spain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Andrew Jackson led an army to invade Florida, subsequently killing British agents. 
B)  Spain no longer mined for gold in Florida. 
C)  Abolitionists hoped to create a refuge for fugitive slaves. 
D)  Businessmen hoped soft sandy beaches would bring in tourist money. 
E)  The United States seized Tallahassee. 
A)  Andrew Jackson led an army to invade Florida, subsequently killing British agents. 
B)  Spain no longer mined for gold in Florida. 
C)  Abolitionists hoped to create a refuge for fugitive slaves. 
D)  Businessmen hoped soft sandy beaches would bring in tourist money. 
E)  The United States seized Tallahassee.

Question 9

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 10

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

Accepted Answer

Corporations are large, legal entities t

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

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 13

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-cotton gin

Accepted Answer

A) a celebration of the home 
B) revolutionized American slavery 
C) mass production of interchangeable parts 
D) a personal moral quality associated with women 
E) a belief that American expansion was divinely appointed
F)religious revival
G)a decree that labor organization was legal
H)a literary and philosophical movement
I)groups chained together while migrating to the Deep South
J)a chartered entity that has rights and liabilities distinct from those of its members
K)prejudice against immigrants
L)waterway linking New York City to the Great Lakes 
A) a celebration of the home 
B) revolutionized American slavery 
C) mass production of interchangeable parts 
D) a personal moral quality associated with women 
E) a belief that American expansion was divinely appointed
F)religious revival
G)a decree that labor organization was legal
H)a literary and philosophical movement
I)groups chained together while migrating to the Deep South
J)a chartered entity that has rights and liabilities distinct from those of its members
K)prejudice against immigrants
L)waterway linking New York City to the Great Lakes

Question 14

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 15

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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 17

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

Accepted Answer

A)  50. 
B)  100. 
C)  150. 
D)  200. 
E)  250. 
A)  50. 
B)  100. 
C)  150. 
D)  200. 
E)  250.

Question 18

The "American System of manufactures":

Accepted Answer

A)  owed a great deal to Eli Terry's development of interchangeable parts in clockmaking. 
B)  originated among entrepreneurs in the Old Northwest before spreading to New England. 
C)  referred to the production of specialty handmade goods by highly skilled artisans. 
D)  was centered entirely on agricultural machinery. 
E)  was nearly derailed by Chief Justice John Marshall's hostility to economic development. 
A)  owed a great deal to Eli Terry's development of interchangeable parts in clockmaking. 
B)  originated among entrepreneurs in the Old Northwest before spreading to New England. 
C)  referred to the production of specialty handmade goods by highly skilled artisans. 
D)  was centered entirely on agricultural machinery. 
E)  was nearly derailed by Chief Justice John Marshall's hostility to economic development.

Question 19

Besides religious phrases,what did Charles Grandison Finney emphasize in his sermons?

Accepted Answer

A)  People needed to improve themselves economically. 
B)  People had to make choices in their lives similar to making political decisions. 
C)  Themes from classical Greek literature. 
D)  People needed to make strategic moves in their lives, like a military commander. 
E)  They needed to convert Native Americans. 
A)  People needed to improve themselves economically. 
B)  People had to make choices in their lives similar to making political decisions. 
C)  Themes from classical Greek literature. 
D)  People needed to make strategic moves in their lives, like a military commander. 
E)  They needed to convert Native Americans.

Question 20

Which of the following is true of Lafayette's 1824 visit to the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  He made a series of speeches supporting the emancipation of slaves. 
B)  Federalists strongly protested the visit because of Lafayette's connections with the French Revolution. 
C)  Southern states banned "persons of color" from ceremonies honoring him. 
D)  He negotiated a trade agreement that demonstrated the rising economic influence of the United States. 
E)  He came to attend the funeral of his good friend, Thomas Jefferson. 
A)  He made a series of speeches supporting the emancipation of slaves. 
B)  Federalists strongly protested the visit because of Lafayette's connections with the French Revolution. 
C)  Southern states banned "persons of color" from ceremonies honoring him. 
D)  He negotiated a trade agreement that demonstrated the rising economic influence of the United States. 
E)  He came to attend the funeral of his good friend, Thomas Jefferson.

Exam 9: The Market Revolution,1800-1840

During the first half of the nineteenth century,free black Americans:

Samuel Slater:

Most of the states that joined the Union in the six years immediately following the War of 1812 were located:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John O'Sullivan

John Jacob Astor was seen as an example of the "self-made man."

What is the significance of Eli Whitney's cotton gin?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Lydia Maria Child

What was a factor in the nation's acquisition of Florida from Spain?

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

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

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

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -cotton gin

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

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

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.

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

The "American System of manufactures":

Besides religious phrases,what did Charles Grandison Finney emphasize in his sermons?

Which of the following is true of Lafayette's 1824 visit to the United States?

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

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s 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 Triumph of Conservatism,1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy,1989–2001

A New Century and New Crises

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