Question 1

Henry David Thoreau celebrated the innovations of the market revolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

John O'Sullivan coined the term "manifest destiny" to describe America's divinely appointed mission to settle all of North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The "German triangle" in the mid-nineteenth century referred to:

Accepted Answer

A)  a Baltimore neighborhood with a large German immigrant population. 
B)  the identifying patch German immigrants were forced to wear in some American cities. 
C)  Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Milwaukee-cities with large German populations. 
D)  the special kind of ballot Democrats gave German-speaking voters. 
E)  the superior plow that German immigrant Thomas Mannheim introduced to the United States. 
A)  a Baltimore neighborhood with a large German immigrant population. 
B)  the identifying patch German immigrants were forced to wear in some American cities. 
C)  Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Milwaukee-cities with large German populations. 
D)  the special kind of ballot Democrats gave German-speaking voters. 
E)  the superior plow that German immigrant Thomas Mannheim introduced to the United States.

Question 4

Which denomination enjoyed the largest membership in the United States by the 1840s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Methodist. 
B)  Roman Catholic. 
C)  Quaker. 
D)  Presbyterian. 
E)  Episcopal. 
A)  Methodist. 
B)  Roman Catholic. 
C)  Quaker. 
D)  Presbyterian. 
E)  Episcopal.

Question 5

Even though the days were long at New England textile factories,the girls were still allowed significant autonomy as to when they took their breaks and how long they took for lunch and dinner.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Charles Grandison Finney was a prominent

Question 7

What helped to encourage Richard Allen to establish the African Methodist Episcopal Church?

Accepted Answer

A)  Refused admission to Princeton Seminary because of his color, he decided to set up his own religious organization. 
B)  He was forcibly removed from praying at the altar rail at his former place of worship. 
C)  He wanted to see an integrated church that combined the elements he admired most in the Methodist and Episcopal denominations. 
D)  Frederick Douglass gave him a generous grant to establish a new church. 
E)  Charles Grandison Finney persuaded Allen to build a black church, since Finney believed worship should be segregated. 
A)  Refused admission to Princeton Seminary because of his color, he decided to set up his own religious organization. 
B)  He was forcibly removed from praying at the altar rail at his former place of worship. 
C)  He wanted to see an integrated church that combined the elements he admired most in the Methodist and Episcopal denominations. 
D)  Frederick Douglass gave him a generous grant to establish a new church. 
E)  Charles Grandison Finney persuaded Allen to build a black church, since Finney believed worship should be segregated.

Question 8

Thoroughly describe the arguments made that linked American freedom to westward expansion.Who or what were obstacles to freedom in the pursuit of expansion? How did Americans deal with those obstacles?

Accepted Answer

The argument linking American freedom to

Question 9

By the 1850s,Massachusetts had become the second most industrialized region of the world,after Great Britain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which improvement most dramatically increased the speed and lowered the expense of commerce in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The transcontinental railroad. 
B)  Canals and steamboats. 
C)  The factory system. 
D)  A system of federally financed roads. 
E)  The establishment of an efficient postal system. 
A)  The transcontinental railroad. 
B)  Canals and steamboats. 
C)  The factory system. 
D)  A system of federally financed roads. 
E)  The establishment of an efficient postal system.

Question 11

The idea of the United States as a refuge for those seeking economic opportunity or as an escape from oppression has always coexisted with suspicion of and hostility to foreign newcomers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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 sermon preaching religious toleration was published and widely circulated. 
C)  Congressional passage of an Act of Religious Toleration that gave Catholics political rights. 
D)  The dramatic increase in the number of Italian 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 sermon preaching religious toleration was published and widely circulated. 
C)  Congressional passage of an Act of Religious Toleration that gave Catholics political rights. 
D)  The dramatic increase in the number of Italian Catholic immigrants. 
E)  Archbishop John Hughes's wave of revivals that converted thousands to Catholicism.

Question 13

The Erie Canal gave which city primacy over competing ports in accessing trade with the Northwest?

Accepted Answer

A)  Baltimore. 
B)  Philadelphia. 
C)  Boston. 
D)  New York. 
E)  Chicago. 
A)  Baltimore. 
B)  Philadelphia. 
C)  Boston. 
D)  New York. 
E)  Chicago.

Question 14

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-John Deere

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 15

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 16

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-nativism

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 17

What was a result of the Second Great Awakening?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Second Great Awakening popularized Deism. 
B)  Charles Grandison Finney was pressured to leave the eastern United States. 
C)  The Second Great Awakening complemented the idea of self-reliance. 
D)  The Second Great Awakening led to the Baptists losing a majority of their parishioners, who switched to Catholicism. 
E)  The market revolution did not aid revivalist ministers. 
A)  The Second Great Awakening popularized Deism. 
B)  Charles Grandison Finney was pressured to leave the eastern United States. 
C)  The Second Great Awakening complemented the idea of self-reliance. 
D)  The Second Great Awakening led to the Baptists losing a majority of their parishioners, who switched to Catholicism. 
E)  The market revolution did not aid revivalist ministers.

Question 18

Joseph Smith never made it to Utah with his Mormon followers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-virtue

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 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

Henry David Thoreau celebrated the innovations of the market revolution.

John O'Sullivan coined the term "manifest destiny" to describe America's divinely appointed mission to settle all of North America.

The "German triangle" in the mid-nineteenth century referred to:

Which denomination enjoyed the largest membership in the United States by the 1840s?

Even though the days were long at New England textile factories,the girls were still allowed significant autonomy as to when they took their breaks and how long they took for lunch and dinner.

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

What helped to encourage Richard Allen to establish the African Methodist Episcopal Church?

Thoroughly describe the arguments made that linked American freedom to westward expansion.Who or what were obstacles to freedom in the pursuit of expansion? How did Americans deal with those obstacles?

By the 1850s,Massachusetts had become the second most industrialized region of the world,after Great Britain.

Which improvement most dramatically increased the speed and lowered the expense of commerce in the first half of the nineteenth century?

The idea of the United States as a refuge for those seeking economic opportunity or as an escape from oppression has always coexisted with suspicion of and hostility to foreign newcomers.

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

The Erie Canal gave which city primacy over competing ports in accessing trade with the Northwest?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Deere

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.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -nativism

What was a result of the Second Great Awakening?

Joseph Smith never made it to Utah with his Mormon followers.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -virtue

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

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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