Question 1

What invention helped turn Western agriculture from subsistence farming to food production for domestic and international markets?

Accepted Answer

A)  The cotton gin 
B)  Fulton´s steam harvester 
C)  Deere´s wooden plow 
D)  Burpee´s seed drill 
E)  McCormick´s reaper 
A)  The cotton gin 
B)  Fulton´s steam harvester 
C)  Deere´s wooden plow 
D)  Burpee´s seed drill 
E)  McCormick´s reaper

Question 2

In 1820,children under the age of ten accounted for around ____ of the nation´s industrial workers.

Accepted Answer

A)  ten percent 
B)  one quarter 
C)  one third 
D)  one half 
E)  nearly all 
A)  ten percent 
B)  one quarter 
C)  one third 
D)  one half 
E)  nearly all

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John Jacob Astor

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-DeWitt Clinton

Accepted Answer

DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828) was an Americ

Question 5

Why was industrialization slow to start in the United States,compared to Britain and Europe? What factors helped jumpstart American industrialization eventually?

Accepted Answer

Industrialization was slow to start in t

Question 6

How much was America´s rapid economic development between the War of 1812 and the Civil War a product of the way businesses were organized and the laws that governed them? Were these factors more or less important than the technological breakthroughs in machinery,transport,and communications of these years?

Accepted Answer

America's rapid economic development bet

Question 7

What changes in family life occurred in the first half of the nineteenth century? How were the lives of children in various classes and regions changing?

Accepted Answer

In the first half of the nineteenth cent

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Cyrus McCormick

Accepted Answer

Cyrus McCormick (1809-1884) was an Ameri

Question 9

In what specific ways did the federal and state governments contribute to and promote America´s industrial growth and economic expansion in the early nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

The federal and state governments played

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-free incorporation

Accepted Answer

Free incorporation, also known as genera

Question 11

Factories sprouted up in New England first partly because

Accepted Answer

A)  its soil was well adapted to producing raw materials for textiles. 
B)  the rapid rivers of the region provided abundant water power for factory machinery. 
C)  proximity to Canada facilitated exports to the British empire. 
D)  its lack of financial infrastructure made other paths to economic development attractive. 
E)  the region hosted a large population of English immigrants with experience in textile production. 
A)  its soil was well adapted to producing raw materials for textiles. 
B)  the rapid rivers of the region provided abundant water power for factory machinery. 
C)  proximity to Canada facilitated exports to the British empire. 
D)  its lack of financial infrastructure made other paths to economic development attractive. 
E)  the region hosted a large population of English immigrants with experience in textile production.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Interchangeable parts refer to component

Question 13

Advances in manufacturing and transportation brought

Accepted Answer

A)  a narrowing of the gap between rich and poor in America. 
B)  a widespread increase in life spans. 
C)  innumerable cases of "rags-to-riches" economic mobility for ordinary Americans. 
D)  increased immigration from Europe to the United States. 
E)  economic reliance on the export of manufactured goods. 
A)  a narrowing of the gap between rich and poor in America. 
B)  a widespread increase in life spans. 
C)  innumerable cases of "rags-to-riches" economic mobility for ordinary Americans. 
D)  increased immigration from Europe to the United States. 
E)  economic reliance on the export of manufactured goods.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Samuel Slater

Accepted Answer

Samuel Slater (1768-1835) was an English

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-market revolution

Accepted Answer

The Market Revolution refers to the peri

Question 16

Most early railroads in the United States were built in

Accepted Answer

A)  the North. 
B)  the Upper South. 
C)  the lower Mississippi Valley. 
D)  the Far West. 
E)  New York and New England. 
A)  the North. 
B)  the Upper South. 
C)  the lower Mississippi Valley. 
D)  the Far West. 
E)  New York and New England.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Industrial Revolution

Accepted Answer

The Industrial Revolution was a period o

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Awful Disclosures

Accepted Answer

"Awful Disclosures" refers to the book "

Question 19

The text's authors claim that on the eve of the Civil War,"a truly continental economy had emerged" in which "the principle of division of labor...applied on a national scale." Explain the operation of this regionally organized "national" economy and its political implications.

Accepted Answer

The operation of the regionally organize

Question 20

In the new continental economy,each region specialized in a particular economic activity: the South ____ for export;the West grew grains and livestock to feed ____;and the East ____ for the other two regions.

Accepted Answer

A)  raised grain, southern slaves, processed meat 
B)  grew cotton, southern slaves, made machines and textiles 
C)  grew cotton, eastern factory workers, made machines and textiles 
D)  raised grain, eastern factory workers, made furniture and tools 
E)  processed meat, southern slaves, raised grain 
A)  raised grain, southern slaves, processed meat 
B)  grew cotton, southern slaves, made machines and textiles 
C)  grew cotton, eastern factory workers, made machines and textiles 
D)  raised grain, eastern factory workers, made furniture and tools 
E)  processed meat, southern slaves, raised grain

Exam 14: Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

What invention helped turn Western agriculture from subsistence farming to food production for domestic and international markets?

In 1820,children under the age of ten accounted for around ____ of the nation´s industrial workers.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Jacob Astor

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -DeWitt Clinton

Why was industrialization slow to start in the United States,compared to Britain and Europe? What factors helped jumpstart American industrialization eventually?

What changes in family life occurred in the first half of the nineteenth century? How were the lives of children in various classes and regions changing?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Cyrus McCormick

In what specific ways did the federal and state governments contribute to and promote America´s industrial growth and economic expansion in the early nineteenth century?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -free incorporation

Factories sprouted up in New England first partly because

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

Advances in manufacturing and transportation brought

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Samuel Slater

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -market revolution

Most early railroads in the United States were built in

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Industrial Revolution

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Awful Disclosures

The text's authors claim that on the eve of the Civil War,"a truly continental economy had emerged" in which "the principle of division of labor...applied on a national scale." Explain the operation of this regionally organized "national" economy and its political implications.

In the new continental economy,each region specialized in a particular economic activity: the South ____ for export;the West grew grains and livestock to feed ____;and the East ____ for the other two regions.

New World Beginnings

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

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In the new continental economy,each region specialized in a particular economic activity: the South for export;the West grew grains and livestock to feed ;and the East for the other two regions.