Question 1

____________________ made secret drawings of British textile factory machines during an 1811 visit and then duplicated the machines in America.

Accepted Answer

Francis Ca

Question 2

Young women employed in the New England textile mills

Accepted Answer

A) grew more dependent upon their families because of their experience. 
B) grew increasingly independent from their families because of their experience. 
C) remained relatively unchanged because of their experience. 
D) tended to keep their jobs for many years,and in some cases for life. 
E) joined labor unions and led violent strikes against the factories. 
A) grew more dependent upon their families because of their experience. 
B) grew increasingly independent from their families because of their experience. 
C) remained relatively unchanged because of their experience. 
D) tended to keep their jobs for many years,and in some cases for life. 
E) joined labor unions and led violent strikes against the factories.

Question 3

In 1790,most rural farmhouses were ____________________ story.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1790,most rural farmhouses were ____________________ story....

Question 4

The Boston Associates built their first mill at ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Boston Associates built their first mill...

Question 5

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 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Erie Canal

Accepted Answer

This man-made waterway linked the Hudson

Question 7

Men and women worked side by side at farm labor in post-revolutionary America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

All of the following were true of farmers after 1790 except

Accepted Answer

A) they ate most of what they grew. 
B) they traded with their neighbors. 
C) they sent surplus products to outside markets. 
D) they generally raised only one variety of animal or plant. 
E) they profited from world markets without becoming dependent on them. 
A) they ate most of what they grew. 
B) they traded with their neighbors. 
C) they sent surplus products to outside markets. 
D) they generally raised only one variety of animal or plant. 
E) they profited from world markets without becoming dependent on them.

Question 9

The status of artisans remained high and did not change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Eastbound traffic on the National Road consisted largely of

Accepted Answer

A) cattle and pigs. 
B) wheat and corn. 
C) lumber. 
D) whiskey. 
E) cotton. 
A) cattle and pigs. 
B) wheat and corn. 
C) lumber. 
D) whiskey. 
E) cotton.

Question 11

Commercial agriculture in the Northwest was first made feasible by the

Accepted Answer

A) railroad. 
B) steamboat. 
C) turnpike. 
D) horse and buggy. 
E) telegraph. 
A) railroad. 
B) steamboat. 
C) turnpike. 
D) horse and buggy. 
E) telegraph.

Question 12

The National Road linked the ____________________ with the Ohio River at Wheeling,Virginia.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The National Road linked the ____________________ with...

Question 13

____________________ were artisans who worked for wages.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ were artisans who worked for wages....

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) master craftsmen. 
B) wage laborers. 
C) seaport merchants. 
D) rural farmers. 
E) an urban working class. 
A) master craftsmen. 
B) wage laborers. 
C) seaport merchants. 
D) rural farmers. 
E) an urban working class.

Question 15

Urban master artisans during the years of the early republic

Accepted Answer

A) experienced no change in their social or economic status. 
B) were unlikely to enter the emerging business class. 
C) lived in a pristine environment free from filth and disease. 
D) were able to support their families on their own. 
E) increasingly subcontracted their "slop work" work to younger artisans. 
A) experienced no change in their social or economic status. 
B) were unlikely to enter the emerging business class. 
C) lived in a pristine environment free from filth and disease. 
D) were able to support their families on their own. 
E) increasingly subcontracted their "slop work" work to younger artisans.

Question 16

A "razorback" was a southern term for a porcupine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The canal that linked the Hudson River with Lake Erie was the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The canal that linked the Hudson River...

Question 18

The market revolution occurred only in the North.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

New York's governor,____________________,talked the state legislature into building what became the Erie Canal.

Accepted Answer

The answer of New York's governor,____________________,talked the state legislature into...

Question 20

Increasingly Northeastern farmers were buying farms to rent to ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Increasingly Northeastern farmers were buying farms to...

Exam 8: Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

____________________ made secret drawings of British textile factory machines during an 1811 visit and then duplicated the machines in America.

Young women employed in the New England textile mills

In 1790,most rural farmhouses were ____________________ story.

The Boston Associates built their first mill at ____________________.

After 1790,the responsibilities for running American farm households

IDENTIFICATIONS -Erie Canal

Men and women worked side by side at farm labor in post-revolutionary America.

All of the following were true of farmers after 1790 except

The status of artisans remained high and did not change.

Eastbound traffic on the National Road consisted largely of

Commercial agriculture in the Northwest was first made feasible by the

The National Road linked the ____________________ with the Ohio River at Wheeling,Virginia.

____________________ were artisans who worked for wages.

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

Urban master artisans during the years of the early republic

A "razorback" was a southern term for a porcupine.

The canal that linked the Hudson River with Lake Erie was the ____________________.

The market revolution occurred only in the North.

New York's governor,____________________,talked the state legislature into building what became the Erie Canal.

Increasingly Northeastern farmers were buying farms to rent to ____________________.

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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