Question 1

Immigrants coming to the United States before 1860

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A)  depressed the economy due to their poverty. 
B)  found themselves involved in few cultural conflicts. 
C)  had little impact on society until after the Civil War. 
D)  settled mostly in the South. 
E)  helped to fuel economic expansion. 
A)  depressed the economy due to their poverty. 
B)  found themselves involved in few cultural conflicts. 
C)  had little impact on society until after the Civil War. 
D)  settled mostly in the South. 
E)  helped to fuel economic expansion.

Question 2

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

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Limited liability is a legal principle t

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-"twisting the lion's tail"

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"Twisting the lion's tail" is a phrase t

Question 4

Pioneering Americans marooned by geography

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A)  never took the time to explore the beauty of the natural landscape. 
B)  grew to depend on other people for most of their basic needs. 
C)  abandoned the rugged individualism of colonial Americans. 
D)  never looked for any help beyond their immediate family. 
E)  were often ill informed, superstitious, provincial, and fiercely individualistic. 
A)  never took the time to explore the beauty of the natural landscape. 
B)  grew to depend on other people for most of their basic needs. 
C)  abandoned the rugged individualism of colonial Americans. 
D)  never looked for any help beyond their immediate family. 
E)  were often ill informed, superstitious, provincial, and fiercely individualistic.

Question 5

Eli Whitney was instrumental in the invention of the

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A)  steamboat. 
B)  cotton gin. 
C)  railroad locomotive. 
D)  telegraph. 
E)  repeating revolver. 
A)  steamboat. 
B)  cotton gin. 
C)  railroad locomotive. 
D)  telegraph. 
E)  repeating revolver.

Question 6

The American workforce in the early nineteenth century was characterized by

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A)  substantial employment of women and children in factories. 
B)  strikes by workers that were few in number but usually effective. 
C)  a general lengthening of the workday from ten to fourteen hours. 
D)  extensive political activity among workers. 
E)  reliance on the system of apprentices and masters. 
A)  substantial employment of women and children in factories. 
B)  strikes by workers that were few in number but usually effective. 
C)  a general lengthening of the workday from ten to fourteen hours. 
D)  extensive political activity among workers. 
E)  reliance on the system of apprentices and masters.

Question 7

As a result of the development of the cotton gin

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A)  slavery revived and expanded. 
B)  American industry bought more southern cotton than did British manufacturers. 
C)  a nationwide depression ensued. 
D)  the South diversified its economy. 
E)  the textile industry moved to the South. 
A)  slavery revived and expanded. 
B)  American industry bought more southern cotton than did British manufacturers. 
C)  a nationwide depression ensued. 
D)  the South diversified its economy. 
E)  the textile industry moved to the South.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-scabs

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"Scabs" is a term used to describe worke

Question 9

Identify the following statement that is false.

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A)  Land was cheap in America; this helped fuel the immigration flux. 
B)  Money for capital investment was not plentiful in pioneering America. 
C)  Foreign capital was dependent upon security in property rights, sufficient infrastructure, an adequate work force, and political stability. 
D)  Even though capital was lacking, raw materials were widely developed and discovered in America. 
E)  The country had a difficult time producing goods of high quality and cheap cost to compete with mass-produced European products. 
A)  Land was cheap in America; this helped fuel the immigration flux. 
B)  Money for capital investment was not plentiful in pioneering America. 
C)  Foreign capital was dependent upon security in property rights, sufficient infrastructure, an adequate work force, and political stability. 
D)  Even though capital was lacking, raw materials were widely developed and discovered in America. 
E)  The country had a difficult time producing goods of high quality and cheap cost to compete with mass-produced European products.

Question 10

America's early-nineteenth-century population was notable for its

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A)  restlessness. 
B)  wastefulness. 
C)  youthfulness. 
D)  aggressiveness. 
E)  thoughtfulness. 
A)  restlessness. 
B)  wastefulness. 
C)  youthfulness. 
D)  aggressiveness. 
E)  thoughtfulness.

Question 11

All of the following were legal questions raised as a result of the new market economy except

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A)  how tightly should patents protect inventions? 
B)  should the government regulate monopolies? 
C)  can a democratic government still support slavery? 
D)  who should own these new technologies? 
E)  who should own the new transportation network? 
A)  how tightly should patents protect inventions? 
B)  should the government regulate monopolies? 
C)  can a democratic government still support slavery? 
D)  who should own these new technologies? 
E)  who should own the new transportation network?

Question 12

With the development of cash-crop agriculture in the trans-Allegheny West

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A)  subsistence farming became common. 
B)  farmers began to support the idea of slave labor. 
C)  farmers quickly faced mounting indebtedness. 
D)  the South could harvest a larger crop. 
E)  the issue of farm surpluses came to the fore. 
A)  subsistence farming became common. 
B)  farmers began to support the idea of slave labor. 
C)  farmers quickly faced mounting indebtedness. 
D)  the South could harvest a larger crop. 
E)  the issue of farm surpluses came to the fore.

Question 13

Life on the frontier was

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A)  fairly comfortable for women but not for men. 
B)  downright grim for most pioneer families. 
C)  free of disease and premature death. 
D)  rarely portrayed in popular literature. 
E)  based on tight-knit communities. 
A)  fairly comfortable for women but not for men. 
B)  downright grim for most pioneer families. 
C)  free of disease and premature death. 
D)  rarely portrayed in popular literature. 
E)  based on tight-knit communities.

Question 14

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Eli Whitney

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Eli Whitney (December 8, 1765 – January

Question 15

A great deal of the cotton produced in the American South in the early nineteenth century was

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A)  produced by free labor. 
B)  sold to New England textile mills. 
C)  grown on the Atlantic tidewater plains. 
D)  consumed by the southern textile industry. 
E)  combined with wool to make linsey-woolsey fabrics. 
A)  produced by free labor. 
B)  sold to New England textile mills. 
C)  grown on the Atlantic tidewater plains. 
D)  consumed by the southern textile industry. 
E)  combined with wool to make linsey-woolsey fabrics.

Question 16

Write your definition of revolution.Then use this definition to argue that the industrial revolution was or was not a revolutionary event.

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Revolution can be defined as a fundament

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-factory system

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The factory system is a method of manufa

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

The Transportation Revolution refers to

Question 19

All of the following are true statements about the workers in the Lowell factory system except

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A)  they were virtually all New England farm girls. 
B)  they were carefully supervised on and off the job by watchful matrons. 
C)  they lived in company boardinghouses and were forbidden to form unions. 
D)  they worked five days a week for twelve to thirteen hours a day. 
E)  they labored under grueling working conditions. 
A)  they were virtually all New England farm girls. 
B)  they were carefully supervised on and off the job by watchful matrons. 
C)  they lived in company boardinghouses and were forbidden to form unions. 
D)  they worked five days a week for twelve to thirteen hours a day. 
E)  they labored under grueling working conditions.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-cult of domesticity

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

Exam 14: Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

Immigrants coming to the United States before 1860

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -"twisting the lion's tail"

Pioneering Americans marooned by geography

Eli Whitney was instrumental in the invention of the

The American workforce in the early nineteenth century was characterized by

As a result of the development of the cotton gin

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -scabs

Identify the following statement that is false.

America's early-nineteenth-century population was notable for its

All of the following were legal questions raised as a result of the new market economy except

With the development of cash-crop agriculture in the trans-Allegheny West

Life on the frontier was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Eli Whitney

A great deal of the cotton produced in the American South in the early nineteenth century was

Write your definition of revolution.Then use this definition to argue that the industrial revolution was or was not a revolutionary event.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -factory system

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

All of the following are true statements about the workers in the Lowell factory system except

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -cult of domesticity

New World Beginnings,33,000 B.C.E.-1769 C.E.

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

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age,1869-1896

Industry Comes of Age,1865-1900

America Moves to the City,1865-1900

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution,1865-1896

Empire and Expansion,1890-1909

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt,1901-1912

Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad,1912-1916

The War to End War,1917-1918

American Life in the "Roaring Twenties",1919-1929

The Politics of Boom and Bust,1920-1932

The Great Depression and the New Deal,1933-1939

Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Shadow of War,1933-1941

America in World War II,1941-1945

The Cold War Begins,1945-1952

The Eisenhower Era,1952-1960

The Stormy Sixties,1960-1968

The Stalemated Seventies,1968-1980

The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992

America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era,1992-2009

The American People Face a New Century

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