Question 1

National boundaries made westward expansion difficult as they erected a barrier to settlement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Richard Allen

Accepted Answer

A) Supreme Court chief justice 
B) transcendentalist 
C) coined the term "manifest destiny" 
D) established America's first factory 
E) steamboat innovator
F)African Methodist Episcopal Church
G)steel plow
H)self-made millionaire
I)preacher in New York
J)reaper
K)The American Frugal Housewife
L)called for a radical change in the wage labor system 
A) Supreme Court chief justice 
B) transcendentalist 
C) coined the term "manifest destiny" 
D) established America's first factory 
E) steamboat innovator
F)African Methodist Episcopal Church
G)steel plow
H)self-made millionaire
I)preacher in New York
J)reaper
K)The American Frugal Housewife
L)called for a radical change in the wage labor system F

Question 3

According to the Mormons,who was God's prophet?

Accepted Answer

A)  Richard Allen. 
B)  Charles Grandison Finney. 
C)  John Jacob Astor. 
D)  Orestes Brownson. 
E)  Joseph Smith. 
A)  Richard Allen. 
B)  Charles Grandison Finney. 
C)  John Jacob Astor. 
D)  Orestes Brownson. 
E)  Joseph Smith. E

Question 4

In 1829,Lydia Maria Child wrote a popular book called:

Accepted Answer

A)  A Housewife No More. 
B)  The Feminine Mystique. 
C)  National Mother,Virtuous Wife. 
D)  Save a Penny for the Family. 
E)  The Frugal Housewife. 
A)  A Housewife No More. 
B)  The Feminine Mystique. 
C)  National Mother,Virtuous Wife. 
D)  Save a Penny for the Family. 
E)  The Frugal Housewife.

Question 5

The idea of leveling the playing field between worker and management was best personified in the writings of which American?

Accepted Answer

A)  Karl Marx. 
B)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
C)  Orestes Brownson. 
D)  Henry David Thoreau. 
E)  Joseph Smith. 
A)  Karl Marx. 
B)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
C)  Orestes Brownson. 
D)  Henry David Thoreau. 
E)  Joseph Smith.

Question 6

Which of the following was responsible for the first large-scale American factory,which was built in Massachusetts?

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry Clay,whose sponsorship of a protective tariff made the factory economically viable. 
B)  The cutting off of British imports because of the Embargo of 1807 and the War of 1812. 
C)  Cyrus McCormick,who built the factory to produce his reaper. 
D)  The American victory in the War of 1812,which made the United States economically dominant in the Atlantic world. 
E)  Samuel F.B.Morse,who became better known for inventing the telegraph. 
A)  Henry Clay,whose sponsorship of a protective tariff made the factory economically viable. 
B)  The cutting off of British imports because of the Embargo of 1807 and the War of 1812. 
C)  Cyrus McCormick,who built the factory to produce his reaper. 
D)  The American victory in the War of 1812,which made the United States economically dominant in the Atlantic world. 
E)  Samuel F.B.Morse,who became better known for inventing the telegraph.

Question 7

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-American System

Accepted Answer

A) a celebration of the home 
B) revolutionized American slavery 
C) mass production of interchangeable parts 
D) a personal moral quality associated with women 
E) a belief that American expansion was divinely appointed
F)religious revival
G)a decree that labor organization was legal
H)a literary and philosophical movement
I)groups chained together while migrating to the Deep South
J)a chartered entity that has rights and liabilities distinct from those of its members
K)prejudice against immigrants
L)waterway linking New York City to the Great Lakes 
A) a celebration of the home 
B) revolutionized American slavery 
C) mass production of interchangeable parts 
D) a personal moral quality associated with women 
E) a belief that American expansion was divinely appointed
F)religious revival
G)a decree that labor organization was legal
H)a literary and philosophical movement
I)groups chained together while migrating to the Deep South
J)a chartered entity that has rights and liabilities distinct from those of its members
K)prejudice against immigrants
L)waterway linking New York City to the Great Lakes

Question 8

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-free blacks

Accepted Answer

Free blacks were African Americans who w

Question 9

The religious revivals of the early nineteenth century were originally organized by established religious leaders alarmed by the low levels of church attendance in the young republic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-nativism

Accepted Answer

Nativism is an ideological position that

Question 11

The African Methodist Episcopal Church allowed women to preach.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In 1800,most farm families were incapable of making clothing and farm equipment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

How many cities in 1850 had a population of more than 5,000?

Accepted Answer

A)  50. 
B)  100. 
C)  150. 
D)  200. 
E)  250. 
A)  50. 
B)  100. 
C)  150. 
D)  200. 
E)  250.

Question 14

How did westward movement affect the South?

Accepted Answer

A)  The lack of canals slowed down the use of slaves. 
B)  The plantation slave-based economy was replicated in Alabama and Mississippi. 
C)  Trade with the eastern United States was no longer seen as a priority. 
D)  The South developed a highly effective and large railroad system to transport goods from west to east. 
E)  Slavery did not expand west of the Appalachian Mountains. 
A)  The lack of canals slowed down the use of slaves. 
B)  The plantation slave-based economy was replicated in Alabama and Mississippi. 
C)  Trade with the eastern United States was no longer seen as a priority. 
D)  The South developed a highly effective and large railroad system to transport goods from west to east. 
E)  Slavery did not expand west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Question 15

Which denomination enjoyed the largest membership in the United States by the 1840s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Methodist. 
B)  Roman Catholic. 
C)  Quaker. 
D)  Presbyterian. 
E)  Episcopal. 
A)  Methodist. 
B)  Roman Catholic. 
C)  Quaker. 
D)  Presbyterian. 
E)  Episcopal.

Question 16

Who were the two most prominent members of the transcendentalist movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Orestes Brownson and Karl Marx. 
B)  Cyrus McCormick and John Deere. 
C)  Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. 
D)  Lydia Maria Child and Harriet Noble. 
E)  Charles Grandison Finney and Joseph Smith. 
A)  Orestes Brownson and Karl Marx. 
B)  Cyrus McCormick and John Deere. 
C)  Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. 
D)  Lydia Maria Child and Harriet Noble. 
E)  Charles Grandison Finney and Joseph Smith.

Question 17

How did the market revolution change the way Americans conceived of time?

Accepted Answer

A)  It led Congress to create time zones in 1823. 
B)  Clocks increasingly regulated the separation of work and leisure time. 
C)  Artisans began spending their lunch hours in political discussions rather than just taking breaks as they worked throughout the day. 
D)  It lengthened life expectancy because Americans no longer had to work from sunrise to sunset as they had on farms. 
E)  It enhanced the individual American's sense of independence to be able to walk away from work at a certain time. 
A)  It led Congress to create time zones in 1823. 
B)  Clocks increasingly regulated the separation of work and leisure time. 
C)  Artisans began spending their lunch hours in political discussions rather than just taking breaks as they worked throughout the day. 
D)  It lengthened life expectancy because Americans no longer had to work from sunrise to sunset as they had on farms. 
E)  It enhanced the individual American's sense of independence to be able to walk away from work at a certain time.

Question 18

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-slave coffles

Accepted Answer

A) a celebration of the home 
B) revolutionized American slavery 
C) mass production of interchangeable parts 
D) a personal moral quality associated with women 
E) a belief that American expansion was divinely appointed
F)religious revival
G)a decree that labor organization was legal
H)a literary and philosophical movement
I)groups chained together while migrating to the Deep South
J)a chartered entity that has rights and liabilities distinct from those of its members
K)prejudice against immigrants
L)waterway linking New York City to the Great Lakes 
A) a celebration of the home 
B) revolutionized American slavery 
C) mass production of interchangeable parts 
D) a personal moral quality associated with women 
E) a belief that American expansion was divinely appointed
F)religious revival
G)a decree that labor organization was legal
H)a literary and philosophical movement
I)groups chained together while migrating to the Deep South
J)a chartered entity that has rights and liabilities distinct from those of its members
K)prejudice against immigrants
L)waterway linking New York City to the Great Lakes

Question 19

What physical geographical feature in the Old Northwest served as an internal borderland?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Appalachian Mountains. 
B)  Lake Erie. 
C)  The Mississippi River. 
D)  Lake Michigan. 
E)  The Ohio River. 
A)  The Appalachian Mountains. 
B)  Lake Erie. 
C)  The Mississippi River. 
D)  Lake Michigan. 
E)  The Ohio River.

Question 20

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-individualism

Accepted Answer

Individualism is a social and political

National boundaries made westward expansion difficult as they erected a barrier to settlement.

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Richard Allen

According to the Mormons,who was God's prophet?

In 1829,Lydia Maria Child wrote a popular book called:

The idea of leveling the playing field between worker and management was best personified in the writings of which American?

Which of the following was responsible for the first large-scale American factory,which was built in Massachusetts?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -American System

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -free blacks

The religious revivals of the early nineteenth century were originally organized by established religious leaders alarmed by the low levels of church attendance in the young republic.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -nativism

The African Methodist Episcopal Church allowed women to preach.

In 1800,most farm families were incapable of making clothing and farm equipment.

How many cities in 1850 had a population of more than 5,000?

How did westward movement affect the South?

Which denomination enjoyed the largest membership in the United States by the 1840s?

Who were the two most prominent members of the transcendentalist movement?

How did the market revolution change the way Americans conceived of time?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -slave coffles

What physical geographical feature in the Old Northwest served as an internal borderland?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -individualism

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

the Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

what is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

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Exam 9: The Market Revolution,1800-1840

National boundaries made westward expansion difficult as they erected a barrier to settlement.

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Richard Allen

According to the Mormons,who was God's prophet?

In 1829,Lydia Maria Child wrote a popular book called:

The idea of leveling the playing field between worker and management was best personified in the writings of which American?

Which of the following was responsible for the first large-scale American factory,which was built in Massachusetts?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -American System

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -free blacks

The religious revivals of the early nineteenth century were originally organized by established religious leaders alarmed by the low levels of church attendance in the young republic.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -nativism

The African Methodist Episcopal Church allowed women to preach.

In 1800,most farm families were incapable of making clothing and farm equipment.

How many cities in 1850 had a population of more than 5,000?

How did westward movement affect the South?

Which denomination enjoyed the largest membership in the United States by the 1840s?

Who were the two most prominent members of the transcendentalist movement?

How did the market revolution change the way Americans conceived of time?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -slave coffles

What physical geographical feature in the Old Northwest served as an internal borderland?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -individualism

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

the Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

An Age of Reform,1820-1840

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

what is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

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