Question 1

Exports by 1840 consisted more of northern food than of southern cotton.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In the early nineteenth century,in seaport cities

Accepted Answer

A) life expectancy was higher than in the countryside. 
B) accountants were being replaced by bookkeepers. 
C) there was very little poverty. 
D) wealth was becoming much more concentrated. 
E) epidemics of disease were becoming rare. 
A) life expectancy was higher than in the countryside. 
B) accountants were being replaced by bookkeepers. 
C) there was very little poverty. 
D) wealth was becoming much more concentrated. 
E) epidemics of disease were becoming rare.

Question 3

The first successful American steamboat,Clermont,was built by ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The first successful American steamboat,Clermont,was built by...

Question 4

Explore changes in the local rural economies of the United States in the early nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

The nineteenth-century market revolution

Question 5

Artisans considered themselves ____________________ class.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Artisans considered themselves ____________________ class....

Question 6

In the 1830s the women workers in the textile factories at ____________________ went on strike.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the 1830s the women workers in...

Question 7

In 1815,____________________ was the largest American city.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1815,____________________ was the largest American city....

Question 8

Women in garrets and tenements manufactured all of the following items except

Accepted Answer

A) clothing. 
B) artificial flowers. 
C) men's suits. 
D) parasols. 
E) fancy-bound books. 
A) clothing. 
B) artificial flowers. 
C) men's suits. 
D) parasols. 
E) fancy-bound books.

Question 9

The National Road linked

Accepted Answer

A) the Potomac River with the Ohio River. 
B) the Mississippi River with the Great Lakes. 
C) New York City with Boston. 
D) The Ohio River with the Mississippi. 
E) Boston with Charleston. 
A) the Potomac River with the Ohio River. 
B) the Mississippi River with the Great Lakes. 
C) New York City with Boston. 
D) The Ohio River with the Mississippi. 
E) Boston with Charleston.

Question 10

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.

Question 11

By 1818 the National Road

Accepted Answer

A) ran from Washington D.C to Atlanta. 
B) was a smooth,crushed rock thoroughfare. 
C) had dramatically reduced the cost of moving goods inland. 
D) signaled the decline in steamboat traffic. 
E) all of these choices 
A) ran from Washington D.C to Atlanta. 
B) was a smooth,crushed rock thoroughfare. 
C) had dramatically reduced the cost of moving goods inland. 
D) signaled the decline in steamboat traffic. 
E) all of these choices

Question 12

During the period from 1790 to 1815,artisans were losing their independent status;most became

Accepted Answer

A) master craftsmen. 
B) wage laborers. 
C) merchants. 
D) farmers. 
E) soldiers. 
A) master craftsmen. 
B) wage laborers. 
C) merchants. 
D) farmers. 
E) soldiers.

Question 13

Samuel Slater smuggled printed copies for the water-powered spinning machine from England to America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Waltham system

Accepted Answer

labor system employed by the Boston Asso

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

The development of a market economy chan

Exam 8: Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

Exports by 1840 consisted more of northern food than of southern cotton.

In the early nineteenth century,in seaport cities

The first successful American steamboat,Clermont,was built by ____________________.

Explore changes in the local rural economies of the United States in the early nineteenth century.

Artisans considered themselves ____________________ class.

In the 1830s the women workers in the textile factories at ____________________ went on strike.

In 1815,____________________ was the largest American city.

Women in garrets and tenements manufactured all of the following items except

The National Road linked

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

By 1818 the National Road

During the period from 1790 to 1815,artisans were losing their independent status;most became

Samuel Slater smuggled printed copies for the water-powered spinning machine from England to America.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Waltham system

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

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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