Question 1

As a result of the development of the cotton gin,

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A)  slavery revived and expanded. 
B)  there was less need for reliance on slaves to work in the cotton fields. 
C)  technology assumed a large role in cotton production. 
D)  the South diversified its economy. 
E)  the textile industry moved to the South. 
A)  slavery revived and expanded. 
B)  there was less need for reliance on slaves to work in the cotton fields. 
C)  technology assumed a large role in cotton production. 
D)  the South diversified its economy. 
E)  the textile industry moved to the South.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-potato famine

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The Potato Famine, also known as the Gre

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-sewing machine

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The sewing machine is a significant inve

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Ancient Order of Hibernians

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The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) is

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-National Road,or Cumberland Road

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The National Road, also known as the Cum

Question 6

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Robert Fulton

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Robert Fulton (1765-1815) was an America

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Isaac Singer

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Isaac Merritt Singer (1811–1875) was an

Question 8

What pushed large numbers of Irish people to immigrate to the United States in the 1840s?

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A)  Potato rot 
B)  Religious warfare between Protestants and Catholics 
C)  The failed war for Irish independence 
D)  Drought compounded by a typhoid epidemic 
E)  Wheat blight 
A)  Potato rot 
B)  Religious warfare between Protestants and Catholics 
C)  The failed war for Irish independence 
D)  Drought compounded by a typhoid epidemic 
E)  Wheat blight

Question 9

The major effect of early-nineteenth-century industrialization on the trans-Allegheny West was to encourage

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A)  specialized, cash-crop agriculture. 
B)  slavery. 
C)  self-sufficient farming. 
D)  more trade between the West and the South. 
E)  higher tariffs. 
A)  specialized, cash-crop agriculture. 
B)  slavery. 
C)  self-sufficient farming. 
D)  more trade between the West and the South. 
E)  higher tariffs.

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Patent Office

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The Patent Office, often referred to in

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Yellowstone Park

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Yellowstone National Park is a vast natu

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-limited liability

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Limited liability is a legal principle t

Question 13

In what sense might Eli Whitney have been of more significance to the course of early-nineteenth-century American history than most political leaders?

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Eli Whitney's significance to early-nine

Question 14

What factors drove millions of Europeans to emigrate in the nineteenth century? What drove so many Irish and Germans in particular to depart their homelands for the United States in the 1840s and 1850s? How typical were their situations of emigrants in general?

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Several factors drove millions of Europe

Question 15

New England "factory girls" were typically

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A)  local farm wives. 
B)  German immigrant daughters. 
C)  yeoman farmers´ daughters transplanted from struggling areas of the South. 
D)  indentured immigrants from Canada. 
E)  daughters of Yankee farming families. 
A)  local farm wives. 
B)  German immigrant daughters. 
C)  yeoman farmers´ daughters transplanted from struggling areas of the South. 
D)  indentured immigrants from Canada. 
E)  daughters of Yankee farming families.

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Elias Howe

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Elias Howe (1819-1867) was an American i

Question 17

Native-born Americans especially distrusted and resented the Irish because these immigrants

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A)  were poor. 
B)  often drank too much liquor. 
C)  were almost all Roman Catholics. 
D)  frequently became police officers. 
E)  were slow to learn English. 
A)  were poor. 
B)  often drank too much liquor. 
C)  were almost all Roman Catholics. 
D)  frequently became police officers. 
E)  were slow to learn English.

Question 18

Clipper ships and the Pony Express had in common

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A)  the use of the most advanced technology. 
B)  speedy service. 
C)  a brief existence. 
D)  low cost. 
E)  support from the federal government. 
A)  the use of the most advanced technology. 
B)  speedy service. 
C)  a brief existence. 
D)  low cost. 
E)  support from the federal government.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-clipper ships

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Clipper ships were a type of mid-19th ce

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Erie Canal

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

Exam 14: Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

As a result of the development of the cotton gin,

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -potato famine

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -sewing machine

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Ancient Order of Hibernians

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -National Road,or Cumberland Road

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Robert Fulton

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Isaac Singer

What pushed large numbers of Irish people to immigrate to the United States in the 1840s?

The major effect of early-nineteenth-century industrialization on the trans-Allegheny West was to encourage

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Patent Office

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Yellowstone Park

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -limited liability

In what sense might Eli Whitney have been of more significance to the course of early-nineteenth-century American history than most political leaders?

What factors drove millions of Europeans to emigrate in the nineteenth century? What drove so many Irish and Germans in particular to depart their homelands for the United States in the 1840s and 1850s? How typical were their situations of emigrants in general?

New England "factory girls" were typically

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Elias Howe

Native-born Americans especially distrusted and resented the Irish because these immigrants

Clipper ships and the Pony Express had in common

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -clipper ships

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Erie Canal

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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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