Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Corporations are large, legal entities t

Question 2

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-cult of domesticity

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 3

America's first commercial railroad was the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Pennsylvania Railroad. 
B)  Union Pacific Railroad. 
C)  Reading Railroad. 
D)  Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
E)  South Carolina Railroad. 
A)  Pennsylvania Railroad. 
B)  Union Pacific Railroad. 
C)  Reading Railroad. 
D)  Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 
E)  South Carolina Railroad.

Question 4

The transcendentalist movement:

Accepted Answer

A)  emphasized individual judgment,not tradition. 
B)  is also known as the Second Great Awakening. 
C)  stressed teamwork in order to industrialize. 
D)  was largely based in the South. 
E)  celebrated the economic developments of the market revolution. 
A)  emphasized individual judgment,not tradition. 
B)  is also known as the Second Great Awakening. 
C)  stressed teamwork in order to industrialize. 
D)  was largely based in the South. 
E)  celebrated the economic developments of the market revolution.

Question 5

Explain how improvements in transportation and communication made possible the rise of the West as a powerful,self-conscious region of the new nation.Discuss the internal borderlands within the West.

Accepted Answer

The improvements in transportation and c

Question 6

How did Mormonism challenge societal norms?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Mormon leadership wanted to allow women in leadership positions. 
B)  The Mormons conducted marriages in different ways. 
C)  The Mormons believed that Jesus Christ never existed. 
D)  The Mormons believed the Native Americans came from East Asia and brought Buddhism. 
E)  The Mormons used alcohol in religious services. 
A)  The Mormon leadership wanted to allow women in leadership positions. 
B)  The Mormons conducted marriages in different ways. 
C)  The Mormons believed that Jesus Christ never existed. 
D)  The Mormons believed the Native Americans came from East Asia and brought Buddhism. 
E)  The Mormons used alcohol in religious services.

Question 7

During the market revolution,the separation of classes shrunk as wealth was more evenly distributed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In his essay "The Laboring Classes," Orestes Brownson argued that:

Accepted Answer

A)  wealth and labor were at war. 
B)  each worker's problems had to be understood individually. 
C)  government was the cause of workers' problems. 
D)  workers were lazy and easily tempted by alcohol. 
E)  workers had achieved true freedom thanks to free enterprise. 
A)  wealth and labor were at war. 
B)  each worker's problems had to be understood individually. 
C)  government was the cause of workers' problems. 
D)  workers were lazy and easily tempted by alcohol. 
E)  workers had achieved true freedom thanks to free enterprise.

Question 9

Explain how transcendentalism and the Second Great Awakening affected the definitions of freedom.How were both movements a response to the market revolution?

Accepted Answer

Transcendentalism and the Second Great A

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

The term "rise of the West" refers to th

Question 11

By 1860,less than 1,000 miles of telegraph wire were operational in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What did Harriet Noble conclude about her family's move from New York to Michigan after the War of 1812?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was more dangerous in the Old West because of numerous Indian threats. 
B)  Detroit was a small but clean city. 
C)  She was incapable of doing the work of men. 
D)  She believed the French in Detroit were noble. 
E)  Rugged living in the West made her children better prepared to face life. 
A)  It was more dangerous in the Old West because of numerous Indian threats. 
B)  Detroit was a small but clean city. 
C)  She was incapable of doing the work of men. 
D)  She believed the French in Detroit were noble. 
E)  Rugged living in the West made her children better prepared to face life.

Question 13

What helped to encourage Richard Allen to establish the African Methodist Episcopal Church?

Accepted Answer

A)  Refused admission to Princeton Seminary because of his color,he decided to set up his own religious organization. 
B)  He was forcibly removed from praying at the altar rail at his former place of worship. 
C)  He wanted to see an integrated church that combined the elements he admired most in the Methodist and Episcopal denominations. 
D)  Frederick Douglass gave him a generous grant to establish a new church. 
E)  Charles Grandison Finney persuaded Allen to build a black church,since Finney believed worship should be segregated. 
A)  Refused admission to Princeton Seminary because of his color,he decided to set up his own religious organization. 
B)  He was forcibly removed from praying at the altar rail at his former place of worship. 
C)  He wanted to see an integrated church that combined the elements he admired most in the Methodist and Episcopal denominations. 
D)  Frederick Douglass gave him a generous grant to establish a new church. 
E)  Charles Grandison Finney persuaded Allen to build a black church,since Finney believed worship should be segregated.

Question 14

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Second Great Awakening

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 15

Which statement about corporations was true in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most Americans favored corporate charters with special privileges. 
B)  The corporation was only a small part of the new market economy. 
C)  Charters from the government strictly controlled corporations. 
D)  Corporations were able to raise far more capital than the traditional forms of enterprise. 
E)  A corporation could fail,leading to jail time for its directors and stockholders. 
A)  Most Americans favored corporate charters with special privileges. 
B)  The corporation was only a small part of the new market economy. 
C)  Charters from the government strictly controlled corporations. 
D)  Corporations were able to raise far more capital than the traditional forms of enterprise. 
E)  A corporation could fail,leading to jail time for its directors and stockholders.

Question 16

The Marquis de Lafayette,who fought for American independence and revisited the United States fifty years later,wrote,"I would never have drawn my sword in the cause of America if I could have conceived that thereby I was founding a land of slavery." What might Lafayette have seen in 1824 America that would impel him to make such a statement? How had slavery evolved? Was it expanding? How entrenched in American life was it at this time?

Accepted Answer

In 1824, when Lafayette revisited the Un

Question 17

The majority of the nearly 4 million immigrants that entered the United States between 1840 and 1860 were from:

Accepted Answer

A)  England and Germany. 
B)  Germany and Ireland. 
C)  China and Ireland. 
D)  Mexico and England. 
E)  Germany and China. 
A)  England and Germany. 
B)  Germany and Ireland. 
C)  China and Ireland. 
D)  Mexico and England. 
E)  Germany and China.

Question 18

How did the market revolution affect the lives of artisans?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their lives changed little,because the economy allowed for plenty of room for specialized craftsmen. 
B)  New competition created opportunities for the specialized skills of artisans,so their numbers expanded. 
C)  Working in factories,they faced constant supervision as they used power-driven machinery. 
D)  They began working in factories,which they preferred to enduring years of apprenticeship under the old system. 
E)  Most artisans became factory owners and prospered as never before. 
A)  Their lives changed little,because the economy allowed for plenty of room for specialized craftsmen. 
B)  New competition created opportunities for the specialized skills of artisans,so their numbers expanded. 
C)  Working in factories,they faced constant supervision as they used power-driven machinery. 
D)  They began working in factories,which they preferred to enduring years of apprenticeship under the old system. 
E)  Most artisans became factory owners and prospered as never before.

Question 19

In the early decades of the nineteenth century,what helped shape southern Ohio?

Accepted Answer

A)  New England settlers who moved to Ohio. 
B)  Slaveholders from Kentucky. 
C)  Migrants from St.Louis. 
D)  Merchants from northern Ohio. 
E)  Immigrants from Mexico. 
A)  New England settlers who moved to Ohio. 
B)  Slaveholders from Kentucky. 
C)  Migrants from St.Louis. 
D)  Merchants from northern Ohio. 
E)  Immigrants from Mexico.

Question 20

Explain the shift from artisan to factory worker,and discuss the factory system.What were the advantages and disadvantages? Who was left out? Who benefited? What were some ways workers responded?

Accepted Answer

The shift from artisan to factory worker

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -cult of domesticity

America's first commercial railroad was the:

The transcendentalist movement:

Explain how improvements in transportation and communication made possible the rise of the West as a powerful,self-conscious region of the new nation.Discuss the internal borderlands within the West.

How did Mormonism challenge societal norms?

During the market revolution,the separation of classes shrunk as wealth was more evenly distributed.

In his essay "The Laboring Classes," Orestes Brownson argued that:

Explain how transcendentalism and the Second Great Awakening affected the definitions of freedom.How were both movements a response to the market revolution?

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

By 1860,less than 1,000 miles of telegraph wire were operational in the United States.

What did Harriet Noble conclude about her family's move from New York to Michigan after the War of 1812?

What helped to encourage Richard Allen to establish the African Methodist Episcopal Church?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Second Great Awakening

Which statement about corporations was true in the first half of the nineteenth century?

The majority of the nearly 4 million immigrants that entered the United States between 1840 and 1860 were from:

How did the market revolution affect the lives of artisans?

In the early decades of the nineteenth century,what helped shape southern Ohio?

Explain the shift from artisan to factory worker,and discuss the factory system.What were the advantages and disadvantages? Who was left out? Who benefited? What were some ways workers responded?

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

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -cult of domesticity

America's first commercial railroad was the:

The transcendentalist movement:

Explain how improvements in transportation and communication made possible the rise of the West as a powerful,self-conscious region of the new nation.Discuss the internal borderlands within the West.

How did Mormonism challenge societal norms?

During the market revolution,the separation of classes shrunk as wealth was more evenly distributed.

In his essay "The Laboring Classes," Orestes Brownson argued that:

Explain how transcendentalism and the Second Great Awakening affected the definitions of freedom.How were both movements a response to the market revolution?

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

By 1860,less than 1,000 miles of telegraph wire were operational in the United States.

What did Harriet Noble conclude about her family's move from New York to Michigan after the War of 1812?

What helped to encourage Richard Allen to establish the African Methodist Episcopal Church?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Second Great Awakening

Which statement about corporations was true in the first half of the nineteenth century?

The majority of the nearly 4 million immigrants that entered the United States between 1840 and 1860 were from:

How did the market revolution affect the lives of artisans?

In the early decades of the nineteenth century,what helped shape southern Ohio?

Explain the shift from artisan to factory worker,and discuss the factory system.What were the advantages and disadvantages? Who was left out? Who benefited? What were some ways workers responded?

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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