Question 1

The largest professional occupation for men in the United States by 1860 was:

Accepted Answer

A)  teaching 
B)  medicine 
C)  the law 
D)  nursing 
E)  engineering 
A)  teaching 
B)  medicine 
C)  the law 
D)  nursing 
E)  engineering

Question 2

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Robert Fulton

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 3

Discuss the transportation revolution that followed the opening of the Erie Canal.

Accepted Answer

The opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 sp

Question 4

Explain the unique character of American technological development in the first half of the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

The unique character of American technol

Question 5

Trade associations, or guilds, formed by artisans in the early 1800s attempted to do all the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  recruit unskilled workers 
B)  improve working conditions 
C)  influence politicians to support protective tariffs 
D)  uphold standards of quality production 
E)  maintain decent wage levels 
A)  recruit unskilled workers 
B)  improve working conditions 
C)  influence politicians to support protective tariffs 
D)  uphold standards of quality production 
E)  maintain decent wage levels

Question 6

Antebellum minstrel shows:

Accepted Answer

A)  featured the songs of Stephen Foster 
B)  featured black performers made up as whites 
C)  were similar to operatic shows 
D)  portrayed black characters positively 
E)  were embraced by elite and educated audiences 
A)  featured the songs of Stephen Foster 
B)  featured black performers made up as whites 
C)  were similar to operatic shows 
D)  portrayed black characters positively 
E)  were embraced by elite and educated audiences

Question 7

The textile plant established in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1813:

Accepted Answer

A)  manufactured finished cloth 
B)  was owned by the state government 
C)  was destroyed by the British in the War of 1812 
D)  closed because of the Panic of 1819 
E)  manufactured thread, which it then sold to weavers 
A)  manufactured finished cloth 
B)  was owned by the state government 
C)  was destroyed by the British in the War of 1812 
D)  closed because of the Panic of 1819 
E)  manufactured thread, which it then sold to weavers

Question 8

The first American factories produced:

Accepted Answer

A)  cotton textiles 
B)  leather goods 
C)  tobacco products 
D)  glass products 
E)  muskets 
A)  cotton textiles 
B)  leather goods 
C)  tobacco products 
D)  glass products 
E)  muskets

Question 9

By 1860, one would most likely encounter Norwegian and Swedish immigrants in:

Accepted Answer

A)  New York and New Jersey 
B)  Ohio and Pennsylvania 
C)  California and Oregon 
D)  Wisconsin and Minnesota 
E)  Texas and Louisiana 
A)  New York and New Jersey 
B)  Ohio and Pennsylvania 
C)  California and Oregon 
D)  Wisconsin and Minnesota 
E)  Texas and Louisiana

Question 10

In the case of Commonwealth v. Hunt, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that:

Accepted Answer

A)  immigration quotas established in the late 1830s were constitutional 
B)  immigration quotas established in the late 1830s were unconstitutional 
C)  forming a trade union was illegal 
D)  forming a trade union was not illegal 
E)  employers could not hire strikebreakers 
A)  immigration quotas established in the late 1830s were constitutional 
B)  immigration quotas established in the late 1830s were unconstitutional 
C)  forming a trade union was illegal 
D)  forming a trade union was not illegal 
E)  employers could not hire strikebreakers

Question 11

Examine the movement westward that took place in the early nineteenth century, making note of the various pieces of legislation that played a role in the process.

Accepted Answer

In a simple terms, what we have already

Question 12

The major impetus for the huge Irish immigration to the United States after 1845 was:

Accepted Answer

A)  religious freedom in the United States 
B)  an abundance of cheap land 
C)  high wages in factories 
D)  a deadly potato famine 
E)  hatred of British rule in Ireland 
A)  religious freedom in the United States 
B)  an abundance of cheap land 
C)  high wages in factories 
D)  a deadly potato famine 
E)  hatred of British rule in Ireland

Question 13

The Know-Nothings campaigned primarily to:

Accepted Answer

A)  cut taxes 
B)  establish public schools 
C)  promote Christianity 
D)  prohibit drinking 
E)  limit immigrant influence 
A)  cut taxes 
B)  establish public schools 
C)  promote Christianity 
D)  prohibit drinking 
E)  limit immigrant influence

Question 14

The New England textile industry's use of water power:

Accepted Answer

A)  dramatically altered the region's ecology 
B)  made its products more expensive 
C)  was never a source of controversy 
D)  largely ended by 1850 as factories switched to steam power 
E)  dried up some rivers completely 
A)  dramatically altered the region's ecology 
B)  made its products more expensive 
C)  was never a source of controversy 
D)  largely ended by 1850 as factories switched to steam power 
E)  dried up some rivers completely

Question 15

The cotton gin:

Accepted Answer

A)  made possible efficient separation of seeds from fiber 
B)  was an engine that manufactured cloth 
C)  made the South the wealthiest part of the country 
D)  had no significant effect on the North's economy 
E)  resulted from a government bounty paid to its inventor 
A)  made possible efficient separation of seeds from fiber 
B)  was an engine that manufactured cloth 
C)  made the South the wealthiest part of the country 
D)  had no significant effect on the North's economy 
E)  resulted from a government bounty paid to its inventor

Question 16

All of the following were true of the trains in use by the 1850s EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  they were much faster than stagecoaches and steamboats 
B)  they spurred iron production 
C)  they reduced transportation costs 
D)  they encouraged further expansion of farming 
E)  they could only operate on flat terrain 
A)  they were much faster than stagecoaches and steamboats 
B)  they spurred iron production 
C)  they reduced transportation costs 
D)  they encouraged further expansion of farming 
E)  they could only operate on flat terrain

Question 17

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Charles Goodyear

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 18

Describe the Lowell system and both its short-term and long-term effects on American industry.

Accepted Answer

The Lowell system was a labor and produc

Question 19

The settlement of the West was accelerated by Cyrus McCormick's invention of the:

Accepted Answer

A)  steel plow 
B)  grain elevator 
C)  mechanical reaper 
D)  chainsaw 
E)  tractor 
A)  steel plow 
B)  grain elevator 
C)  mechanical reaper 
D)  chainsaw 
E)  tractor

Question 20

The Germans who came to the United States:

Accepted Answer

A)  were overwhelmingly Catholic 
B)  were poor and uneducated 
C)  settled mainly in rural areas 
D)  were highly individualistic 
E)  for religious reasons, did not drink beer 
A)  were overwhelmingly Catholic 
B)  were poor and uneducated 
C)  settled mainly in rural areas 
D)  were highly individualistic 
E)  for religious reasons, did not drink beer

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

The largest professional occupation for men in the United States by 1860 was:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Robert Fulton

Discuss the transportation revolution that followed the opening of the Erie Canal.

Explain the unique character of American technological development in the first half of the nineteenth century.

Trade associations, or guilds, formed by artisans in the early 1800s attempted to do all the following EXCEPT:

Antebellum minstrel shows:

The textile plant established in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1813:

The first American factories produced:

By 1860, one would most likely encounter Norwegian and Swedish immigrants in:

In the case of Commonwealth v. Hunt, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that:

Examine the movement westward that took place in the early nineteenth century, making note of the various pieces of legislation that played a role in the process.

The major impetus for the huge Irish immigration to the United States after 1845 was:

The Know-Nothings campaigned primarily to:

The New England textile industry's use of water power:

The cotton gin:

All of the following were true of the trains in use by the 1850s EXCEPT:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Charles Goodyear

Describe the Lowell system and both its short-term and long-term effects on American industry.

The settlement of the West was accelerated by Cyrus McCormick's invention of the:

The Germans who came to the United States:

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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