Question 1

The underlying basis for modern mass production was

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A)  unionized labor. 
B)  Supreme Court rulings that favored laissez-faire. 
C)  the use of interchangeable parts. 
D)  the principle of limited liability. 
E)  the passing of protective tariffs. 
A)  unionized labor. 
B)  Supreme Court rulings that favored laissez-faire. 
C)  the use of interchangeable parts. 
D)  the principle of limited liability. 
E)  the passing of protective tariffs.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Kentucky bluegrass

Accepted Answer

Kentucky bluegrass, scientifically known

Question 3

Irish immigrants typically worked in all of the following occupations except

Accepted Answer

A)  domestic servants. 
B)  construction workers. 
C)  day laborers. 
D)  silversmiths. 
E)  saloon owners. 
A)  domestic servants. 
B)  construction workers. 
C)  day laborers. 
D)  silversmiths. 
E)  saloon owners.

Question 4

Most of the cotton produced in the American South after the invention of the cotton gin was

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A)  produced by free labor. 
B)  sold to England. 
C)  grown on the tidewater plains. 
D)  consumed by the southern textile industry. 
E)  of the long-staple variety. 
A)  produced by free labor. 
B)  sold to England. 
C)  grown on the tidewater plains. 
D)  consumed by the southern textile industry. 
E)  of the long-staple variety.

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 labor. 
C)  limited investment capital. 
D)  a small domestic market. 
E)  weak incentives for new technology. 
A)  the high price of land. 
B)  the scarcity of labor. 
C)  limited investment capital. 
D)  a small domestic market. 
E)  weak incentives for new technology.

Question 6

Early-nineteenth-century American families

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A)  were becoming more loosely knit and less affectionate. 
B)  usually included three generations in the same household. 
C)  taught their children to be unquestioningly obedient. 
D)  usually allowed parents to determine choice of marriage partners. 
E)  were getting smaller. 
A)  were becoming more loosely knit and less affectionate. 
B)  usually included three generations in the same household. 
C)  taught their children to be unquestioningly obedient. 
D)  usually allowed parents to determine choice of marriage partners. 
E)  were getting smaller.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

The Industrial Revolution was a period o

Question 8

For women,life on the frontier was especially difficult because they

Accepted Answer

A)  were more susceptible to disease and premature death than men. 
B)  experienced extreme loneliness, and could go weeks without seeing another person. 
C)  had to live in three-sided lean-to homes made of sticks. 
D)  were required to help clear the land and do the housework. 
E)  None of these 
A)  were more susceptible to disease and premature death than men. 
B)  experienced extreme loneliness, and could go weeks without seeing another person. 
C)  had to live in three-sided lean-to homes made of sticks. 
D)  were required to help clear the land and do the housework. 
E)  None of these

Question 9

German immigrants in the early nineteenth century tended to

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A)  settle in eastern industrial cities. 
B)  assimilate themselves well into American culture. 
C)  become slave-owners. 
D)  join the temperance movement. 
E)  preserve their own language and culture. 
A)  settle in eastern industrial cities. 
B)  assimilate themselves well into American culture. 
C)  become slave-owners. 
D)  join the temperance movement. 
E)  preserve their own language and culture.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Interchangeable parts refer to component

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Know Nothing Party

Accepted Answer

The Know Nothing Party, formally known a

Question 12

Most early railroads in the United States were built in the

Accepted Answer

A)  North. 
B)  Old South. 
C)  lower Mississippi Valley. 
D)  Far West. 
E)  Appalachian Mountains. 
A)  North. 
B)  Old South. 
C)  lower Mississippi Valley. 
D)  Far West. 
E)  Appalachian Mountains.

Question 13

Locate the following places by reference number on the map:
  
-____ Ohio and Erie Canal

Accepted Answer

The answer of Locate the following places by reference number...

Exam 14: Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

The underlying basis for modern mass production was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Kentucky bluegrass

Irish immigrants typically worked in all of the following occupations except

Most of the cotton produced in the American South after the invention of the cotton gin was

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

Early-nineteenth-century American families

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

For women,life on the frontier was especially difficult because they

German immigrants in the early nineteenth century tended to

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Know Nothing Party

Most early railroads in the United States were built in the

Locate the following places by reference number on the map: -____ Ohio and Erie Canal

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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