Question 1

The system under which farmers worked land that they did not own was called ____________________.

Accepted Answer

tenancy

Question 2

The first power-driven spinning mill in the United States was built by ____ in Pawtucket,Rhode Island.

Accepted Answer

A) Richard Arkwright 
B) Nathaniel Appleton 
C) Francis Cabot Lowell 
D) Samuel Slater 
E) Thomas Edison 
A) Richard Arkwright 
B) Nathaniel Appleton 
C) Francis Cabot Lowell 
D) Samuel Slater 
E) Thomas Edison D

Question 3

By 1815,recent economic growth was greatest in seaport cities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

As a result of the market revolution,women spent fewer hours on housework.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Thomas Jefferson would have supported an urban "market society".

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

By 1830,the primary engine of economic development was the North Atlantic trade.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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 8

Southern farmers were early proponents of the systematic breeding of animals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

As a result of the market revolution,old practices and old forms of neighborliness fell into disuse.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The factory villages where entire families labored for mill owners in the process of cloth production was known as the

Accepted Answer

A) Lowell system. 
B) Waltham system. 
C) Rhode Island system. 
D) Massachusetts system. 
E) Carnegie system. 
A) Lowell system. 
B) Waltham system. 
C) Rhode Island system. 
D) Massachusetts system. 
E) Carnegie system.

Question 11

The ____________________ first made commercial agriculture possible in the West.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The ____________________ first made commercial agriculture possible...

Question 12

Most agricultural improvements were directed toward which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) indigo 
B) grain 
C) sugar 
D) tobacco 
E) cotton 
A) indigo 
B) grain 
C) sugar 
D) tobacco 
E) cotton

Question 13

Which of the following was not a result of rising farm incomes after 1790?

Accepted Answer

A) the improved appearance of rural houses by painting and planting flowers 
B) the purchases of salt,pepper and gunpowder 
C) a greater concern with personal and household cleanliness 
D) the ownership of mirrors and watches 
E) the use of individual place settings for eating 
A) the improved appearance of rural houses by painting and planting flowers 
B) the purchases of salt,pepper and gunpowder 
C) a greater concern with personal and household cleanliness 
D) the ownership of mirrors and watches 
E) the use of individual place settings for eating

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Boston Associates

Accepted Answer

group of wealthy New England m

Question 15

Proponents of the "Rhode Island System" hoped a(n)____________________ economy would transcend sectionalism and create a unified United States.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Proponents of the "Rhode Island System" hoped...

Question 16

By making a run from New Orleans to Louisville,the steamboat ____________________ demonstrated that two-way river trade was possible.

Accepted Answer

The answer of By making a run from New Orleans...

Question 17

Explore the beginnings of textile manufacturing in New England in the period 1790 to 1830.

Accepted Answer

Essay should address several key points:

Question 18

Eastern visitors described the backcountry as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) clean 
B) civilized 
C) filthy 
D) organized 
E) none of these choices 
A) clean 
B) civilized 
C) filthy 
D) organized 
E) none of these choices

Question 19

Describe the market revolution.What were its causes and repercussions?

Accepted Answer

In the period before 1815,the United Sta

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

The transportation revolution of the nin

Exam 8: Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The system under which farmers worked land that they did not own was called ____________________.

The first power-driven spinning mill in the United States was built by ____ in Pawtucket,Rhode Island.

By 1815,recent economic growth was greatest in seaport cities.

As a result of the market revolution,women spent fewer hours on housework.

Thomas Jefferson would have supported an urban "market society".

By 1830,the primary engine of economic development was the North Atlantic trade.

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

Southern farmers were early proponents of the systematic breeding of animals.

As a result of the market revolution,old practices and old forms of neighborliness fell into disuse.

The factory villages where entire families labored for mill owners in the process of cloth production was known as the

The ____________________ first made commercial agriculture possible in the West.

Most agricultural improvements were directed toward which of the following?

Which of the following was not a result of rising farm incomes after 1790?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Boston Associates

Proponents of the "Rhode Island System" hoped a(n)____________________ economy would transcend sectionalism and create a unified United States.

By making a run from New Orleans to Louisville,the steamboat ____________________ demonstrated that two-way river trade was possible.

Explore the beginnings of textile manufacturing in New England in the period 1790 to 1830.

Eastern visitors described the backcountry as which of the following?

Describe the market revolution.What were its causes and repercussions?

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

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

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

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

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

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

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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