Question 1

In the seaport cities, growth derived more from commerce with the hinterland than from international trade.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The transportation revolution reduced both the time and the expense of moving heavy goods.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The market revolution resulted in an increase in the size of the average American family.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Farm labor in post-revolutionary America saw

Accepted Answer

A) women increasingly do the field work. 
B) the sickle as the principal harvest tool. 
C) work carefully divided by sex. 
D) hoes replace ploughs as the primary tool for cultivation. 
E) Thomas Jefferson advocate an American adoption of the French peasant labor system. 
A) women increasingly do the field work. 
B) the sickle as the principal harvest tool. 
C) work carefully divided by sex. 
D) hoes replace ploughs as the primary tool for cultivation. 
E) Thomas Jefferson advocate an American adoption of the French peasant labor system.

Question 5

In the Northeast, the rise of livestock specialization reduced the amount of

Accepted Answer

A) land under cultivation. 
B) woodlands. 
C) food crops. 
D) grain planted. 
E) all of these choices 
A) land under cultivation. 
B) woodlands. 
C) food crops. 
D) grain planted. 
E) all of these choices

Question 6

In the 1820s, the richest men in cities were ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the 1820s, the richest men in...

Question 7

In 1790, more than ____________________ percent of Americans lived on farms and in rural villages.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1790, more than ____________________ percent of...

Question 8

During the 1820s New England storekeepers

Accepted Answer

A) shipped their goods to England and Europe. 
B) depended almost entirely on locally produced goods for their retail sales. 
C) depended on a barter exchange of goods and services, rather than cash sales. 
D) saw their business decline significantly. 
E) increased their stock of consumer goods significantly 
A) shipped their goods to England and Europe. 
B) depended almost entirely on locally produced goods for their retail sales. 
C) depended on a barter exchange of goods and services, rather than cash sales. 
D) saw their business decline significantly. 
E) increased their stock of consumer goods significantly

Question 9

The nation's transportation network was built primarily by private enterprise.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Describe the home life of Americans in the first-half of the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

In the first half of the nineteenth cent

Question 11

Steamboats reduced the cost of transporting goods by river to approximately ____ per ton.

Accepted Answer

A) one-third of a cent 
B) one and half cents 
C) five cents 
D) seven cents 
E) ten cents 
A) one-third of a cent 
B) one and half cents 
C) five cents 
D) seven cents 
E) ten cents

Question 12

Examine the transportation revolution in the period from 1800 to 1840.

Accepted Answer

The transportation revolution in the per

Question 13

In 1811, Francis Lowell received valuable information on designing a factory town from

Accepted Answer

A) the United States patent office. 
B) industrial espionage while in England. 
C) speaking to a German inventor. 
D) his wife. 
E) an international trade conference. 
A) the United States patent office. 
B) industrial espionage while in England. 
C) speaking to a German inventor. 
D) his wife. 
E) an international trade conference.

Question 14

A "razorback" was a southern term for a(n) ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A "razorback" was a southern term for...

Question 15

The National Road ran from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and linked the nation along its North-South axis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Explore the beginnings of textile manufacturing in New England in the period 1790 to 1830 and its evolution in cities after 1815.

Accepted Answer

The beginnings of textile manufacturing

Question 17

In the early nineteenth century, Americans everywhere drank heavily.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

After 1790, the responsibilities for running American farm households

Accepted Answer

A) fell more exclusively on women. 
B) decreased. 
C) were mostly given to the older children. 
D) were turned over to servants. 
E) were equally shared by all family members. 
A) fell more exclusively on women. 
B) decreased. 
C) were mostly given to the older children. 
D) were turned over to servants. 
E) were equally shared by all family members.

Question 19

Eastern visitors to the backcountry were impressed with the health and industriousness of frontiersmen.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Waltham, or Lowell, system of textile manufacturing primarily employed

Accepted Answer

A) entire families. 
B) immigrants. 
C) young men. 
D) children. 
E) young women. 
A) entire families. 
B) immigrants. 
C) young men. 
D) children. 
E) young women.

Exam 8: Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

In the seaport cities, growth derived more from commerce with the hinterland than from international trade.

The transportation revolution reduced both the time and the expense of moving heavy goods.

The market revolution resulted in an increase in the size of the average American family.

Farm labor in post-revolutionary America saw

In the Northeast, the rise of livestock specialization reduced the amount of

In the 1820s, the richest men in cities were ____________________.

In 1790, more than ____________________ percent of Americans lived on farms and in rural villages.

During the 1820s New England storekeepers

The nation's transportation network was built primarily by private enterprise.

Describe the home life of Americans in the first-half of the nineteenth century.

Steamboats reduced the cost of transporting goods by river to approximately ____ per ton.

Examine the transportation revolution in the period from 1800 to 1840.

In 1811, Francis Lowell received valuable information on designing a factory town from

A "razorback" was a southern term for a(n) ____________________.

The National Road ran from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and linked the nation along its North-South axis.

Explore the beginnings of textile manufacturing in New England in the period 1790 to 1830 and its evolution in cities after 1815.

In the early nineteenth century, Americans everywhere drank heavily.

After 1790, the responsibilities for running American farm households

Eastern visitors to the backcountry were impressed with the health and industriousness of frontiersmen.

The Waltham, or Lowell, system of textile manufacturing primarily employed

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Empires, Indians, and the Struggle for Power in North America, 1670-1720

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Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

Whigs and Democrats, 1815-1840

Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery 1845-1860

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

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