Question 1

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Samuel F. B. Morse

Accepted Answer

A) invented the telegraph 
B) invented the sewing machine 
C) with Boston Associates, formed the Boston Manufacturing Company 
D) wrote "Oh! Susanna" 
E) immigrant piano maker
F)invented the primitive grain reaper
G)advocate of free public education
H)patented a process for vulcanizing rubber
I)improved the steamboat
J)used his memory to bring industrial technology from Britain to the United States 
A) invented the telegraph 
B) invented the sewing machine 
C) with Boston Associates, formed the Boston Manufacturing Company 
D) wrote "Oh! Susanna" 
E) immigrant piano maker
F)invented the primitive grain reaper
G)advocate of free public education
H)patented a process for vulcanizing rubber
I)improved the steamboat
J)used his memory to bring industrial technology from Britain to the United States

Question 2

German immigrants in the 1850s:

Accepted Answer

A)  were mostly poor and nonreligious 
B)  almost never returned to their native country 
C)  tended to come as groups and families 
D)  usually spoke English already 
E)  were not a target of the nativists 
A)  were mostly poor and nonreligious 
B)  almost never returned to their native country 
C)  tended to come as groups and families 
D)  usually spoke English already 
E)  were not a target of the nativists

Question 3

By the 1830s, most western products reached New Orleans by:

Accepted Answer

A)  steamboat 
B)  flatboat 
C)  mule train 
D)  wagon 
E)  railroad 
A)  steamboat 
B)  flatboat 
C)  mule train 
D)  wagon 
E)  railroad

Question 4

By the 1850s, railroads had begun to receive encouragement from the federal government in the form of:

Accepted Answer

A)  military protection 
B)  monetary backing 
C)  a ban on further canal construction 
D)  advertising 
E)  land grants 
A)  military protection 
B)  monetary backing 
C)  a ban on further canal construction 
D)  advertising 
E)  land grants

Question 5

Of all the immigrant groups that came to the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century, which was least tolerant of enslaved African Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chinese 
B)  Free blacks 
C)  Irish 
D)  Mexicans 
E)  Germans 
A)  Chinese 
B)  Free blacks 
C)  Irish 
D)  Mexicans 
E)  Germans

Question 6

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Samuel Slater

Accepted Answer

A) invented the telegraph 
B) invented the sewing machine 
C) with Boston Associates, formed the Boston Manufacturing Company 
D) wrote "Oh! Susanna" 
E) immigrant piano maker
F)invented the primitive grain reaper
G)advocate of free public education
H)patented a process for vulcanizing rubber
I)improved the steamboat
J)used his memory to bring industrial technology from Britain to the United States 
A) invented the telegraph 
B) invented the sewing machine 
C) with Boston Associates, formed the Boston Manufacturing Company 
D) wrote "Oh! Susanna" 
E) immigrant piano maker
F)invented the primitive grain reaper
G)advocate of free public education
H)patented a process for vulcanizing rubber
I)improved the steamboat
J)used his memory to bring industrial technology from Britain to the United States

Question 7

Trace the development of organized labor in early America. Be sure to include both the early union movement and the development of labor politics.

Accepted Answer

Organized labor in early America began t

Question 8

Examine the impact the War of 1812 had on American industrial development.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Examine the impact the War of 1812...

Question 9

The Know-Nothings proposed to:

Accepted Answer

A)  send immigrants back to Europe 
B)  ban the use of all languages except English 
C)  lengthen the time required to become a citizen 
D)  stop all immigration 
E)  build a fence along U.S. borders 
A)  send immigrants back to Europe 
B)  ban the use of all languages except English 
C)  lengthen the time required to become a citizen 
D)  stop all immigration 
E)  build a fence along U.S. borders

Question 10

Trace the impact that industrialization had on the environment.

Accepted Answer

Industrialization had a significant impa

Question 11

Anti-Irish prejudice was especially based upon:

Accepted Answer

A)  fear of growing Catholic influence 
B)  Irish sympathy for black equality 
C)  Irish support for trade unions 
D)  jealousy over the fact that so many Irish were well educated 
E)  competition for housing in industrial cities 
A)  fear of growing Catholic influence 
B)  Irish sympathy for black equality 
C)  Irish support for trade unions 
D)  jealousy over the fact that so many Irish were well educated 
E)  competition for housing in industrial cities

Question 12

Commonwealth v. Hunt:

Accepted Answer

A)  ruled that it was legal to force members of labor unions to work unpaid overtime 
B)  declared that forming a trade union was not illegal 
C)  failed to win Supreme Court approval for mandatory union membership 
D)  applied to labor organizing on the factory floor 
E)  made the sabotage of equipment by striking workers a federal offense 
A)  ruled that it was legal to force members of labor unions to work unpaid overtime 
B)  declared that forming a trade union was not illegal 
C)  failed to win Supreme Court approval for mandatory union membership 
D)  applied to labor organizing on the factory floor 
E)  made the sabotage of equipment by striking workers a federal offense

Question 13

Compare the growth of roads, river transportation, and railroads through 1860. What were the advantages and disadvantages of each means of transport?

Accepted Answer

The growth of roads, river transportatio

Question 14

The advantage clipper ships had over traditional merchant vessels was their:

Accepted Answer

A)  greater cargo space 
B)  speed 
C)  ability to sail up rivers 
D)  comfort for passengers 
E)  durability 
A)  greater cargo space 
B)  speed 
C)  ability to sail up rivers 
D)  comfort for passengers 
E)  durability

Question 15

Discuss the various aspects of popular culture in antebellum America.

Accepted Answer

Popular culture in antebellum America wa

Question 16

By the 1850s, a communications revolution had been triggered by the development of the:

Accepted Answer

A)  telephone 
B)  telegraph 
C)  Pony Express 
D)  railroad 
E)  post office 
A)  telephone 
B)  telegraph 
C)  Pony Express 
D)  railroad 
E)  post office

Question 17

What factors account for the tremendous growth in cotton cultivation from 1790 to 1860?

Accepted Answer

The most commonly used phrase describing

Question 18

One advantage of New England for manufacturing was a river system that provided power and transportation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Jefferson's embargo in 1807 and the War of 1812:

Accepted Answer

A)  almost destroyed American manufacturing 
B)  had little effect on the growth of textile manufacturing in America 
C)  encouraged rapid growth in American manufacturing 
D)  restricted exports and thereby hurt the growth of American manufacturing 
E)  encouraged Americans to live more simply because consumer goods were scarce 
A)  almost destroyed American manufacturing 
B)  had little effect on the growth of textile manufacturing in America 
C)  encouraged rapid growth in American manufacturing 
D)  restricted exports and thereby hurt the growth of American manufacturing 
E)  encouraged Americans to live more simply because consumer goods were scarce

Question 20

Discuss the communications revolution and its impact on advancing the nation.

Accepted Answer

The communications revolution has had a

Exam 8: The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Samuel F. B. Morse

German immigrants in the 1850s:

By the 1830s, most western products reached New Orleans by:

By the 1850s, railroads had begun to receive encouragement from the federal government in the form of:

Of all the immigrant groups that came to the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century, which was least tolerant of enslaved African Americans?

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Samuel Slater

Trace the development of organized labor in early America. Be sure to include both the early union movement and the development of labor politics.

Examine the impact the War of 1812 had on American industrial development.

The Know-Nothings proposed to:

Trace the impact that industrialization had on the environment.

Anti-Irish prejudice was especially based upon:

Commonwealth v. Hunt:

Compare the growth of roads, river transportation, and railroads through 1860. What were the advantages and disadvantages of each means of transport?

The advantage clipper ships had over traditional merchant vessels was their:

Discuss the various aspects of popular culture in antebellum America.

By the 1850s, a communications revolution had been triggered by the development of the:

What factors account for the tremendous growth in cotton cultivation from 1790 to 1860?

One advantage of New England for manufacturing was a river system that provided power and transportation.

Jefferson's embargo in 1807 and the War of 1812:

Discuss the communications revolution and its impact on advancing the nation.

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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