Question 1

Life on the frontier was

Accepted Answer

A)  fairly comfortable for women but not for men. 
B)  downright grim for most pioneer families. 
C)  more highly cultured than often realized. 
D)  a place where lone heroes battled Indians and outlaws. 
E)  based on tight-knit communities. 
A)  fairly comfortable for women but not for men. 
B)  downright grim for most pioneer families. 
C)  more highly cultured than often realized. 
D)  a place where lone heroes battled Indians and outlaws. 
E)  based on tight-knit communities.

Question 2

As the new continental market economy grew

Accepted Answer

A)  individual households became increasingly self-sufficient. 
B)  the home came to be viewed as a refuge from the workday world. 
C)  traditional women's work became more highly valued and increasingly important. 
D)  respect for women as homemakers declined. 
E)  the home lost most of its importance for family life. 
A)  individual households became increasingly self-sufficient. 
B)  the home came to be viewed as a refuge from the workday world. 
C)  traditional women's work became more highly valued and increasingly important. 
D)  respect for women as homemakers declined. 
E)  the home lost most of its importance for family life.

Question 3

Which invention,known for its interchangeable parts,created the basis for modern mass production?

Accepted Answer

A)  Robert Fulton´s steamboat 
B)  Elias Howe´s sewing machine 
C)  Eli Whitney´s musket 
D)  Samuel Slater´s mechanical spinner 
E)  Eli Whitney´s cotton gin 
A)  Robert Fulton´s steamboat 
B)  Elias Howe´s sewing machine 
C)  Eli Whitney´s musket 
D)  Samuel Slater´s mechanical spinner 
E)  Eli Whitney´s cotton gin

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Catharine Beecher

Accepted Answer

Catharine Beecher (1800-1878) was a prom

Question 5

The growth of industry and the factory system in the United States was slowed by

Accepted Answer

A)  the high price of land. 
B)  the scarcity of capital. 
C)  the traditional American revulsion to wealth. 
D)  the absence of any political support for manufacturers. 
E)  the lack of a patent system to protect inventions. 
A)  the high price of land. 
B)  the scarcity of capital. 
C)  the traditional American revulsion to wealth. 
D)  the absence of any political support for manufacturers. 
E)  the lack of a patent system to protect inventions.

Life on the frontier was

As the new continental market economy grew

Which invention,known for its interchangeable parts,created the basis for modern mass production?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Catharine Beecher

The growth of industry and the factory system in the United States was slowed by

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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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Exam 14: Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

Life on the frontier was

As the new continental market economy grew

Which invention,known for its interchangeable parts,created the basis for modern mass production?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Catharine Beecher

The growth of industry and the factory system in the United States was slowed by

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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