Question 1

The richest men who survived and prospered during the world wars that ended in 1815 were ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The richest men who survived and prospered...

Question 2

By the 1860s,the railroads had replaced canals and rivers as the major transportation avenues in the Northeast.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Samuel Slater

Accepted Answer

English textile engineer who l

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Farm newspapers encouraged farmers to keep records of all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) amount of fertilizer used. 
B) neighboring. 
C) labor costs. 
D) per-acre yields. 
E) expenses. 
A) amount of fertilizer used. 
B) neighboring. 
C) labor costs. 
D) per-acre yields. 
E) expenses.

Question 7

____________________ built the first Arkwright spinning mill in the United States (in Pawtucket,Rhode Island).

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ built the first Arkwright spinning mill...

Question 8

By the 1830s,northeastern farmers' relationship to the market had

Accepted Answer

A) strengthened. 
B) weakened. 
C) remained unchanged. 
D) became independent of the international market 
E) none of these choices 
A) strengthened. 
B) weakened. 
C) remained unchanged. 
D) became independent of the international market 
E) none of these choices

Question 9

After 1830 most migrants to the Northwest came from the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of After 1830 most migrants to the Northwest...

Question 10

Between 1820 and 1870 the industrial revolution affected the United States as

Accepted Answer

A) old seaports experienced a slow decline in population. 
B) commercial agriculture became less important. 
C) international trade became far more valuable than the domestic market. 
D) cities grew faster than ever before or since. 
E) older,more established urban areas grew faster than new cities. 
A) old seaports experienced a slow decline in population. 
B) commercial agriculture became less important. 
C) international trade became far more valuable than the domestic market. 
D) cities grew faster than ever before or since. 
E) older,more established urban areas grew faster than new cities.

Question 11

Thomas Jefferson saw the ideal American society as one whose economy was dominated by ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Thomas Jefferson saw the ideal American society...

Question 12

The main issue for southerners deciding to migrate north involved the issue of

Accepted Answer

A) available transportation networks. 
B) different cultural issues between the north and south. 
C) leaving family behind. 
D) slavery. 
E) differences in climate. 
A) available transportation networks. 
B) different cultural issues between the north and south. 
C) leaving family behind. 
D) slavery. 
E) differences in climate.

Question 13

Between 1820 and 1840,agricultural exports from the Northwest increased by

Accepted Answer

A) 15 percent. 
B) 25 percent. 
C) 50 percent. 
D) 75 percent. 
E) 90 percent. 
A) 15 percent. 
B) 25 percent. 
C) 50 percent. 
D) 75 percent. 
E) 90 percent.

Question 14

Describe factory work in the Rhode Island and Waltham systems at the beginning of the American Industrial Revolution.

Accepted Answer

In the 1820s,the expansion of the market

Question 15

Backcountry whites adopted all of the following practices except

Accepted Answer

A) girdling trees so that they would fall down naturally. 
B) depending on game for food and animal skins for trade. 
C) leaving their women behind to tend the farms when they hunted. 
D) engaging in drunken brawls. 
E) cooperating economically with local Indians. 
A) girdling trees so that they would fall down naturally. 
B) depending on game for food and animal skins for trade. 
C) leaving their women behind to tend the farms when they hunted. 
D) engaging in drunken brawls. 
E) cooperating economically with local Indians.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In general the birth rate declined in areas of greatest commercialization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In early American rural neighborhoods

Accepted Answer

A) most farm families lived in isolation from each other. 
B) paper money was widely used. 
C) a farmer rarely kept track of debts owed by other farmers. 
D) few farmers were self-sufficient. 
E) the practice of bartering was considered "un-American." 
A) most farm families lived in isolation from each other. 
B) paper money was widely used. 
C) a farmer rarely kept track of debts owed by other farmers. 
D) few farmers were self-sufficient. 
E) the practice of bartering was considered "un-American."

Question 19

Most canals were built in the ____________________ and ____________________.

Accepted Answer

Northeast,

Question 20

As a result of the market revolution

Accepted Answer

A) Americans began to limit the size of their families. 
B) distinctions began to be made regarding men's versus women's work. 
C) new kinds of work emerged. 
D) the nature of housework changed. 
E) all of these choices 
A) Americans began to limit the size of their families. 
B) distinctions began to be made regarding men's versus women's work. 
C) new kinds of work emerged. 
D) the nature of housework changed. 
E) all of these choices

Exam 8: Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The richest men who survived and prospered during the world wars that ended in 1815 were ____________________.

By the 1860s,the railroads had replaced canals and rivers as the major transportation avenues in the Northeast.

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Samuel Slater

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

Farm newspapers encouraged farmers to keep records of all of the following except

____________________ built the first Arkwright spinning mill in the United States (in Pawtucket,Rhode Island).

By the 1830s,northeastern farmers' relationship to the market had

After 1830 most migrants to the Northwest came from the ____________________.

Between 1820 and 1870 the industrial revolution affected the United States as

Thomas Jefferson saw the ideal American society as one whose economy was dominated by ____________________.

The main issue for southerners deciding to migrate north involved the issue of

Between 1820 and 1840,agricultural exports from the Northwest increased by

Describe factory work in the Rhode Island and Waltham systems at the beginning of the American Industrial Revolution.

Backcountry whites adopted all of the following practices except

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

In general the birth rate declined in areas of greatest commercialization.

In early American rural neighborhoods

Most canals were built in the ____________________ and ____________________.

As a result of the market revolution

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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