Question 1

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Erie Canal

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 2

What was a factor in the nation's acquisition of Florida from Spain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Andrew Jackson led an army to invade Florida,subsequently killing British agents. 
B)  Spain no longer mined for gold in Florida. 
C)  Abolitionists hoped to create a refuge for fugitive slaves. 
D)  Businessmen hoped soft sandy beaches would bring in tourist money. 
E)  The United States seized Tallahassee. 
A)  Andrew Jackson led an army to invade Florida,subsequently killing British agents. 
B)  Spain no longer mined for gold in Florida. 
C)  Abolitionists hoped to create a refuge for fugitive slaves. 
D)  Businessmen hoped soft sandy beaches would bring in tourist money. 
E)  The United States seized Tallahassee.

Question 3

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Charles Grandison Finney

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 4

In the 1840s,nativists blamed immigrants for what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Epidemics in American cities. 
B)  An increase in Protestant revivalism. 
C)  Terrorism. 
D)  A decline in the sales of alcohol. 
E)  Urban crime and political corruption. 
A)  Epidemics in American cities. 
B)  An increase in Protestant revivalism. 
C)  Terrorism. 
D)  A decline in the sales of alcohol. 
E)  Urban crime and political corruption.

Question 5

Most of the states that joined the Union in the six years immediately following the War of 1812 were located:

Accepted Answer

A)  west of the Mississippi River. 
B)  in the Old Northwest. 
C)  south of the Mason-Dixon Line. 
D)  in the Louisiana Purchase territory. 
E)  west of the Appalachian Mountains. 
A)  west of the Mississippi River. 
B)  in the Old Northwest. 
C)  south of the Mason-Dixon Line. 
D)  in the Louisiana Purchase territory. 
E)  west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Question 6

To satisfy the need for slave labor in the Cotton Kingdom,an estimated 1 million slaves were relocated to the Deep South from the older slave states between 1800 and 1860.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Despite the fact that the first Workingman's Parties had been established by the 1820s,strikes were still very uncommon in the 1830s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Racism in the North resulted in:

Accepted Answer

A)  limited economic opportunities for African-Americans. 
B)  more opportunities for land for Native Americans. 
C)  a reestablishment of slavery. 
D)  African-Americans being the majority of factory workers. 
E)  a civil rights movement that focused on segregation instead of abolition. 
A)  limited economic opportunities for African-Americans. 
B)  more opportunities for land for Native Americans. 
C)  a reestablishment of slavery. 
D)  African-Americans being the majority of factory workers. 
E)  a civil rights movement that focused on segregation instead of abolition.

Question 9

Squatters:

Accepted Answer

A)  set up farms on unoccupied land. 
B)  were corporate charters issued by states as contracts. 
C)  strung telegraph lines between poles. 
D)  set the dynamite as part of railroad construction crews. 
E)  is a derogatory name for the girls who worked in the mill factories. 
A)  set up farms on unoccupied land. 
B)  were corporate charters issued by states as contracts. 
C)  strung telegraph lines between poles. 
D)  set the dynamite as part of railroad construction crews. 
E)  is a derogatory name for the girls who worked in the mill factories.

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Transcendentalism is a philosophical and

Question 11

The Workingman's Parties would praise what twenty-first-century activity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Technology is used to replace workers in a factory. 
B)  The president orders strikers to return to work. 
C)  The federal minimum wage is raised. 
D)  A company downsizes to bring in more profit. 
E)  A corporation prevents its workers from fraternizing. 
A)  Technology is used to replace workers in a factory. 
B)  The president orders strikers to return to work. 
C)  The federal minimum wage is raised. 
D)  A company downsizes to bring in more profit. 
E)  A corporation prevents its workers from fraternizing.

Question 12

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Lydia Maria Child

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 13

According to nineteenth-century American society,who would be a good representative of the "cult of domesticity"?

Accepted Answer

A)  A "spinster." 
B)  A single woman factory worker. 
C)  An independent woman writer. 
D)  A prostitute. 
E)  A housewife. 
A)  A "spinster." 
B)  A single woman factory worker. 
C)  An independent woman writer. 
D)  A prostitute. 
E)  A housewife.

Question 14

The American railroad industry in the first half of the nineteenth century:

Accepted Answer

A)  was exclusively in the North. 
B)  stimulated the coal mining industry. 
C)  was smaller in terms of total miles of track than the European rail system. 
D)  mainly connected one waterway to another waterway. 
E)  encouraged entrepreneurs to begin building extensive canal systems for the first time. 
A)  was exclusively in the North. 
B)  stimulated the coal mining industry. 
C)  was smaller in terms of total miles of track than the European rail system. 
D)  mainly connected one waterway to another waterway. 
E)  encouraged entrepreneurs to begin building extensive canal systems for the first time.

Question 15

John Jacob Astor was seen as an example of the "self-made man."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

One significant way that blacks were able to enjoy economic independence was by settling in the West on federally provided public land.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What did Noah Webster's American Dictionary define as "a state of exemption from the power or control of another"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Masculinity. 
B)  Individualism. 
C)  Artisanship. 
D)  Freedom. 
E)  Weakness. 
A)  Masculinity. 
B)  Individualism. 
C)  Artisanship. 
D)  Freedom. 
E)  Weakness.

Question 18

What was an irony about the cotton gin?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slaves did not really need it. 
B)  Most slaves did not know how to work it. 
C)  Cotton demand actually decreased. 
D)  The device did not need gin to work properly. 
E)  The inventor of the machine was from the North. 
A)  Slaves did not really need it. 
B)  Most slaves did not know how to work it. 
C)  Cotton demand actually decreased. 
D)  The device did not need gin to work properly. 
E)  The inventor of the machine was from the North.

Question 19

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-transcendentalism

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 20

Some women worked in the mills,relishing the freedom and independence they felt away from the farm for the first time,while others developed a cult of domesticity,thinking themselves free to not have to work outside the home.Compare the meaning of freedom for these two groups of women.Think back to previous chapters and compare the role of women during the market revolution with the "republican motherhood" role of women during the American Revolution.

Accepted Answer

The meaning of freedom for the women who

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Erie Canal

What was a factor in the nation's acquisition of Florida from Spain?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Charles Grandison Finney

In the 1840s,nativists blamed immigrants for what?

Most of the states that joined the Union in the six years immediately following the War of 1812 were located:

To satisfy the need for slave labor in the Cotton Kingdom,an estimated 1 million slaves were relocated to the Deep South from the older slave states between 1800 and 1860.

Despite the fact that the first Workingman's Parties had been established by the 1820s,strikes were still very uncommon in the 1830s.

Racism in the North resulted in:

Squatters:

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

The Workingman's Parties would praise what twenty-first-century activity?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Lydia Maria Child

According to nineteenth-century American society,who would be a good representative of the "cult of domesticity"?

The American railroad industry in the first half of the nineteenth century:

John Jacob Astor was seen as an example of the "self-made man."

One significant way that blacks were able to enjoy economic independence was by settling in the West on federally provided public land.

What did Noah Webster's American Dictionary define as "a state of exemption from the power or control of another"?

What was an irony about the cotton gin?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -transcendentalism

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Erie Canal

What was a factor in the nation's acquisition of Florida from Spain?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Charles Grandison Finney

In the 1840s,nativists blamed immigrants for what?

Most of the states that joined the Union in the six years immediately following the War of 1812 were located:

To satisfy the need for slave labor in the Cotton Kingdom,an estimated 1 million slaves were relocated to the Deep South from the older slave states between 1800 and 1860.

Despite the fact that the first Workingman's Parties had been established by the 1820s,strikes were still very uncommon in the 1830s.

Racism in the North resulted in:

Squatters:

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

The Workingman's Parties would praise what twenty-first-century activity?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Lydia Maria Child

According to nineteenth-century American society,who would be a good representative of the "cult of domesticity"?

The American railroad industry in the first half of the nineteenth century:

John Jacob Astor was seen as an example of the "self-made man."

One significant way that blacks were able to enjoy economic independence was by settling in the West on federally provided public land.

What did Noah Webster's American Dictionary define as "a state of exemption from the power or control of another"?

What was an irony about the cotton gin?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -transcendentalism

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

Filters