Question 1

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-John O'Sullivan

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

Question 2

Cincinnati and St.Louis grew rapidly due to inter-regional trade.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Thoroughly describe the arguments made that linked American freedom to westward expansion.Who or what were obstacles to freedom in the pursuit of expansion? How did Americans deal with those obstacles?

Accepted Answer

The argument linking American freedom to

Question 4

In an 1837 case involving the Charles River in Massachusetts,Chief Justice Roger Taney:

Accepted Answer

A)  declared that the community had a legitimate interest in promoting transportation and prosperity. 
B)  held that adding a second bridge over the river violated the charter rights of the company that built the first bridge. 
C)  granted Robert Fulton's steamboat company a monopoly in the ferry business on the river. 
D)  issued an opinion in which the U.S.Supreme Court,for the first time,overturned a state law. 
E)  officially declared that capitalism was the economic system of the United States. 
A)  declared that the community had a legitimate interest in promoting transportation and prosperity. 
B)  held that adding a second bridge over the river violated the charter rights of the company that built the first bridge. 
C)  granted Robert Fulton's steamboat company a monopoly in the ferry business on the river. 
D)  issued an opinion in which the U.S.Supreme Court,for the first time,overturned a state law. 
E)  officially declared that capitalism was the economic system of the United States.

Question 5

The catalyst for the market revolution was a series of innovations in:

Accepted Answer

A)  manufacturing. 
B)  agriculture. 
C)  banking and financing. 
D)  labor contracts. 
E)  transportation and communication. 
A)  manufacturing. 
B)  agriculture. 
C)  banking and financing. 
D)  labor contracts. 
E)  transportation and communication.

Question 6

During the first half of the nineteenth century,individualism:

Accepted Answer

A)  came under attack from Henry David Thoreau. 
B)  was defined in a way that distinguished it completely from the idea of privacy. 
C)  hampered efforts to spread democracy because it reduced interest in suffrage. 
D)  was rooted in the idea of self-sufficiency. 
E)  was a subject on which all transcendentalists agreed. 
A)  came under attack from Henry David Thoreau. 
B)  was defined in a way that distinguished it completely from the idea of privacy. 
C)  hampered efforts to spread democracy because it reduced interest in suffrage. 
D)  was rooted in the idea of self-sufficiency. 
E)  was a subject on which all transcendentalists agreed.

Question 7

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Robert Fulton

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

Question 8

An advantage of water transportation over road transportation was that:

Accepted Answer

A)  canals cost less to construct than roads. 
B)  canal construction was easier to do than road construction. 
C)  canal boats could haul much larger loads than wagons on roads. 
D)  the federal government preferred to fund canal projects over road transportation. 
E)  canals made Philadelphia the center of commerce for midwestern trade. 
A)  canals cost less to construct than roads. 
B)  canal construction was easier to do than road construction. 
C)  canal boats could haul much larger loads than wagons on roads. 
D)  the federal government preferred to fund canal projects over road transportation. 
E)  canals made Philadelphia the center of commerce for midwestern trade.

Question 9

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-John Deere

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

Question 10

Women and blacks fully enjoyed the fruits of the market revolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Irish immigrants tended to be more skilled than the German immigrants arriving around the same time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

John O'Sullivan coined the term "manifest destiny" to describe America's divinely appointed mission to settle all of North America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Wage earners are individuals who earn a

Question 14

Compare immigration to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s to the present day.Is there a similarity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most immigrants in both time periods were from Mexico. 
B)  In both centuries,immigrants' primary motive was to escape religious persecution. 
C)  Most immigrants in both centuries sought better economic opportunities. 
D)  In both time periods,the primary group to arrive in America was children. 
E)  The immigrants in both periods focused on gold mining. 
A)  Most immigrants in both time periods were from Mexico. 
B)  In both centuries,immigrants' primary motive was to escape religious persecution. 
C)  Most immigrants in both centuries sought better economic opportunities. 
D)  In both time periods,the primary group to arrive in America was children. 
E)  The immigrants in both periods focused on gold mining.

Question 15

The Book of Mormon states that:

Accepted Answer

A)  Joseph Smith was divine. 
B)  the second coming of Christ would occur in Europe. 
C)  Native Americans were descended from people from the Middle East. 
D)  Joseph Smith's visions were untrue. 
E)  the market revolution needed more infrastructure to be successful. 
A)  Joseph Smith was divine. 
B)  the second coming of Christ would occur in Europe. 
C)  Native Americans were descended from people from the Middle East. 
D)  Joseph Smith's visions were untrue. 
E)  the market revolution needed more infrastructure to be successful.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

The factory system is a method of manufa

Question 17

The cult of domesticity:

Accepted Answer

A)  received very little support,which is why people referred to it as a cult,or a small fringe group. 
B)  represented a significant break with the idea of republican motherhood. 
C)  was based on the idea that women should be less dependent upon men. 
D)  led to a decline in birthrates. 
E)  meant that women would concede their household duties to domestic servants. 
A)  received very little support,which is why people referred to it as a cult,or a small fringe group. 
B)  represented a significant break with the idea of republican motherhood. 
C)  was based on the idea that women should be less dependent upon men. 
D)  led to a decline in birthrates. 
E)  meant that women would concede their household duties to domestic servants.

Question 18

What sparked the rapid growth of Chicago from a small settlement in 1830 to America's fourth largest city by 1860?

Accepted Answer

A)  The city became a major marketplace for cotton. 
B)  Railroads connected Chicago to numerous eastern marketplaces. 
C)  It was home to the most escaped slaves in the United States. 
D)  The city started to build the first skyscapers. 
E)  The Erie Canal connected directly to Chicago. 
A)  The city became a major marketplace for cotton. 
B)  Railroads connected Chicago to numerous eastern marketplaces. 
C)  It was home to the most escaped slaves in the United States. 
D)  The city started to build the first skyscapers. 
E)  The Erie Canal connected directly to Chicago.

Question 19

Comment on what Alexis de Tocqueville meant when he said that Americans "combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other." How accurate do you think that observation was?

Accepted Answer

Alexis de Tocqueville, a French politica

Question 20

Henry David Thoreau believed that:

Accepted Answer

A)  economic independence was essential for freedom. 
B)  genuine freedom lay within the individual. 
C)  the market revolution brought freedom to many. 
D)  true freedom was not obtainable. 
E)  government was the ultimate expression of freedom. 
A)  economic independence was essential for freedom. 
B)  genuine freedom lay within the individual. 
C)  the market revolution brought freedom to many. 
D)  true freedom was not obtainable. 
E)  government was the ultimate expression of freedom.

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John O'Sullivan

Cincinnati and St.Louis grew rapidly due to inter-regional trade.

Thoroughly describe the arguments made that linked American freedom to westward expansion.Who or what were obstacles to freedom in the pursuit of expansion? How did Americans deal with those obstacles?

In an 1837 case involving the Charles River in Massachusetts,Chief Justice Roger Taney:

The catalyst for the market revolution was a series of innovations in:

During the first half of the nineteenth century,individualism:

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Robert Fulton

An advantage of water transportation over road transportation was that:

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Deere

Women and blacks fully enjoyed the fruits of the market revolution.

Irish immigrants tended to be more skilled than the German immigrants arriving around the same time.

John O'Sullivan coined the term "manifest destiny" to describe America's divinely appointed mission to settle all of North America.

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

Compare immigration to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s to the present day.Is there a similarity?

The Book of Mormon states that:

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

The cult of domesticity:

What sparked the rapid growth of Chicago from a small settlement in 1830 to America's fourth largest city by 1860?

Comment on what Alexis de Tocqueville meant when he said that Americans "combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other." How accurate do you think that observation was?

Henry David Thoreau believed that:

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

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John O'Sullivan

Cincinnati and St.Louis grew rapidly due to inter-regional trade.

Thoroughly describe the arguments made that linked American freedom to westward expansion.Who or what were obstacles to freedom in the pursuit of expansion? How did Americans deal with those obstacles?

In an 1837 case involving the Charles River in Massachusetts,Chief Justice Roger Taney:

The catalyst for the market revolution was a series of innovations in:

During the first half of the nineteenth century,individualism:

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Robert Fulton

An advantage of water transportation over road transportation was that:

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John Deere

Women and blacks fully enjoyed the fruits of the market revolution.

Irish immigrants tended to be more skilled than the German immigrants arriving around the same time.

John O'Sullivan coined the term "manifest destiny" to describe America's divinely appointed mission to settle all of North America.

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

Compare immigration to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s to the present day.Is there a similarity?

The Book of Mormon states that:

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

The cult of domesticity:

What sparked the rapid growth of Chicago from a small settlement in 1830 to America's fourth largest city by 1860?

Comment on what Alexis de Tocqueville meant when he said that Americans "combine the notions of Christianity and of liberty so intimately in their minds that it is impossible to make them conceive the one without the other." How accurate do you think that observation was?

Henry David Thoreau believed that:

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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