Question 1

What physical geographical feature in the Old Northwest served as an internal borderland?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Appalachian Mountains. 
B)  Lake Erie. 
C)  The Mississippi River. 
D)  Lake Michigan. 
E)  The Ohio River. 
A)  The Appalachian Mountains. 
B)  Lake Erie. 
C)  The Mississippi River. 
D)  Lake Michigan. 
E)  The Ohio River.

Question 2

John Jacob Astor,who seemed to exemplify the "self-made man":

Accepted Answer

A)  turned out to be a fraud, for it was discovered he counterfeited much of his fortune. 
B)  used his great wealth to finance the North during the Civil War. 
C)  made huge profits from distributing the machines built by Thomas Rodgers. 
D)  began his economic ascent through the purchase of Philadelphia real estate. 
E)  became wealthy by trading goods between the United States and China. 
A)  turned out to be a fraud, for it was discovered he counterfeited much of his fortune. 
B)  used his great wealth to finance the North during the Civil War. 
C)  made huge profits from distributing the machines built by Thomas Rodgers. 
D)  began his economic ascent through the purchase of Philadelphia real estate. 
E)  became wealthy by trading goods between the United States and China.

Question 3

During the first half of the nineteenth century,individualism:

Accepted Answer

A)  came under attack from Henry David Thoreau. 
B)  was defined in a way that distinguished it completely from the idea of privacy. 
C)  hampered efforts to spread democracy because it reduced interest in suffrage. 
D)  was rooted in the idea of self-sufficiency. 
E)  was a subject on which all transcendentalists agreed. 
A)  came under attack from Henry David Thoreau. 
B)  was defined in a way that distinguished it completely from the idea of privacy. 
C)  hampered efforts to spread democracy because it reduced interest in suffrage. 
D)  was rooted in the idea of self-sufficiency. 
E)  was a subject on which all transcendentalists agreed.

Question 4

The Marquis de Lafayette,who fought for American independence and revisited the United States fifty years later,wrote,"I would never have drawn my sword in the cause of America if I could have conceived that thereby I was founding a land of slavery." What might Lafayette have seen in 1824 America that would impel him to make such a statement? How had slavery evolved? Was it expanding? How entrenched in American life was it at this time?

Accepted Answer

In 1824, when Lafayette revisited the Un

Question 5

The role of a white middle-class woman in antebellum America was primarily to:

Accepted Answer

A)  pursue a college education. 
B)  take a job outside the home to supplement the family's disposable income. 
C)  have as large a family as possible. 
D)  focus her energies on the home and children. 
E)  produce the daily foodstuffs and necessities that her household required. 
A)  pursue a college education. 
B)  take a job outside the home to supplement the family's disposable income. 
C)  have as large a family as possible. 
D)  focus her energies on the home and children. 
E)  produce the daily foodstuffs and necessities that her household required.

Question 6

Squatters:

Accepted Answer

A)  set up farms on unoccupied land. 
B)  were corporate charters issued by states as contracts. 
C)  strung telegraph lines between poles. 
D)  set the dynamite as part of railroad construction crews. 
E)  is a derogatory name for the girls who worked in the mill factories. 
A)  set up farms on unoccupied land. 
B)  were corporate charters issued by states as contracts. 
C)  strung telegraph lines between poles. 
D)  set the dynamite as part of railroad construction crews. 
E)  is a derogatory name for the girls who worked in the mill factories.

Question 7

How did the market revolution change the way Americans conceived of time?

Accepted Answer

A)  It led Congress to create time zones in 1823. 
B)  Clocks increasingly regulated the separation of work and leisure time. 
C)  Artisans began spending their lunch hours in political discussions rather than just taking breaks as they worked throughout the day. 
D)  It lengthened life expectancy because Americans no longer had to work from sunrise to sunset as they had on farms. 
E)  It enhanced the individual American's sense of independence to be able to walk away from work at a certain time. 
A)  It led Congress to create time zones in 1823. 
B)  Clocks increasingly regulated the separation of work and leisure time. 
C)  Artisans began spending their lunch hours in political discussions rather than just taking breaks as they worked throughout the day. 
D)  It lengthened life expectancy because Americans no longer had to work from sunrise to sunset as they had on farms. 
E)  It enhanced the individual American's sense of independence to be able to walk away from work at a certain time.

Question 8

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Robert Fulton

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 9

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Cyrus McCormick

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 10

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 workers responded?

Accepted Answer

The shift from artisan to factory worker

Question 11

The market revolution produced a new middle class.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In the first half of the nineteenth century,what city became known as "Porkopolis"?

Accepted Answer

A)  New York. 
B)  Boston. 
C)  St. Louis. 
D)  Chicago. 
E)  Cincinnati. 
A)  New York. 
B)  Boston. 
C)  St. Louis. 
D)  Chicago. 
E)  Cincinnati.

Question 13

In Gibbons v.Ogden,the U.S.Supreme Court ruled that:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Louisiana Purchase was unconstitutional. 
B)  Congress had the authority to create the Bank of the United States. 
C)  New York could not grant a monopoly on steamboat navigation between New York and New Jersey. 
D)  corporations were illegal because their potential to become monopolistic posed a threat to individual free enterprise. 
E)  railroad workers had no right to strike since it interfered with national commerce. 
A)  the Louisiana Purchase was unconstitutional. 
B)  Congress had the authority to create the Bank of the United States. 
C)  New York could not grant a monopoly on steamboat navigation between New York and New Jersey. 
D)  corporations were illegal because their potential to become monopolistic posed a threat to individual free enterprise. 
E)  railroad workers had no right to strike since it interfered with national commerce.

Question 14

In 1829,Lydia Maria Child wrote a popular book called:

Accepted Answer

A)  A Housewife No More. 
B)  The Feminine Mystique. 
C)  National Mother, Virtuous Wife. 
D)  Save a Penny for the Family. 
E)  The Frugal Housewife. 
A)  A Housewife No More. 
B)  The Feminine Mystique. 
C)  National Mother, Virtuous Wife. 
D)  Save a Penny for the Family. 
E)  The Frugal Housewife.

Question 15

In response to the market revolution:

Accepted Answer

A)  the legal system worked with local governments to find better ways to regulate entrepreneurs. 
B)  Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that legislatures could not alter or rescind charters and contracts that previous legislatures had created. 
C)  local judges protected businessmen from paying property damages associated with factory construction and from workers seeking to unionize. 
D)  Massachusetts Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw held in Commonwealth v. Hunt that workers had no right to organize. 
E)  corporations proved less able to raise capital than chartered companies did. 
A)  the legal system worked with local governments to find better ways to regulate entrepreneurs. 
B)  Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that legislatures could not alter or rescind charters and contracts that previous legislatures had created. 
C)  local judges protected businessmen from paying property damages associated with factory construction and from workers seeking to unionize. 
D)  Massachusetts Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw held in Commonwealth v. Hunt that workers had no right to organize. 
E)  corporations proved less able to raise capital than chartered companies did.

Question 16

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-manifest destiny

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

Racism in the North resulted in:

Accepted Answer

A)  limited economic opportunities for African-Americans. 
B)  more opportunities for land for Native Americans. 
C)  a reestablishment of slavery. 
D)  African-Americans being the majority of factory workers. 
E)  a civil rights movement that focused on segregation instead of abolition. 
A)  limited economic opportunities for African-Americans. 
B)  more opportunities for land for Native Americans. 
C)  a reestablishment of slavery. 
D)  African-Americans being the majority of factory workers. 
E)  a civil rights movement that focused on segregation instead of abolition.

Question 18

The catalyst for the market revolution was a series of innovations in:

Accepted Answer

A)  manufacturing. 
B)  agriculture. 
C)  banking and financing. 
D)  labor contracts. 
E)  transportation and communication. 
A)  manufacturing. 
B)  agriculture. 
C)  banking and financing. 
D)  labor contracts. 
E)  transportation and communication.

Question 19

Discuss the impact of the market revolution on women and African-Americans (both free and slave).

Accepted Answer

The market revolution had a significant

Question 20

The transcendentalist movement:

Accepted Answer

A)  emphasized individual judgment, not tradition. 
B)  is also known as the Second Great Awakening. 
C)  stressed teamwork in order to industrialize. 
D)  was largely based in the South. 
E)  celebrated the economic developments of the market revolution. 
A)  emphasized individual judgment, not tradition. 
B)  is also known as the Second Great Awakening. 
C)  stressed teamwork in order to industrialize. 
D)  was largely based in the South. 
E)  celebrated the economic developments of the market revolution.

Exam 9: The Market Revolution,1800-1840

What physical geographical feature in the Old Northwest served as an internal borderland?

John Jacob Astor,who seemed to exemplify the "self-made man":

During the first half of the nineteenth century,individualism:

The role of a white middle-class woman in antebellum America was primarily to:

Squatters:

How did the market revolution change the way Americans conceived of time?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Robert Fulton

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Cyrus McCormick

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 workers responded?

The market revolution produced a new middle class.

In the first half of the nineteenth century,what city became known as "Porkopolis"?

In Gibbons v.Ogden,the U.S.Supreme Court ruled that:

In 1829,Lydia Maria Child wrote a popular book called:

In response to the market revolution:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -manifest destiny

Racism in the North resulted in:

The catalyst for the market revolution was a series of innovations in:

Discuss the impact of the market revolution on women and African-Americans (both free and slave).

The transcendentalist movement:

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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