Question 1

Of all the immigrant groups that came to the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century, which was LEAST tolerant of free African Americans?

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A)   Chinese
B)   free blacks
C)   Irish
D)   Mexicans
E)   Germans

Question 2

Industrialization drove the rapid expansion of towns and cities throughout New England.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

British cotton manufacturers preferred cotton from the American South to other types from around the world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In what ways did immigration alter the nation's population and shape its politics?

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Immigration has significantly altered th...

Question 5

Which of the following was one of the desires of the various Workingmen's parties?

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A)   higher taxes for the wealthy
B)   less government oversight
C)   the abolishment of trade unions
D)   laws regulating banks
E)   an increase in the imprisonment of debtors

Question 6

The advantage clipper ships had over traditional merchant vessels was their

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A)   greater cargo space.
B)   speed.
C)   ability to sail up rivers.
D)   comfort for passengers.
E)   durability.

Question 7

Describe the general immigration trends of the period. What forms did the nativist response to this immigration take?

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During the period of increased immigrati...

Question 8

Despite the rapid progress in education and professional activities in the first half of the nineteenth century, most women still primarily worked in the home or on the farm.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Trace the development of organized labor in early America. Be sure to include both the early union movement and the development of labor politics.

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Organized labor in early America began t...

Question 10

Which of the following statements accurately describes Chinese immigrants in the United States in the first half of the nineteenth century?

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A)   They were by far the largest immigrant group of the period.
B)   They primarily worked in mines and farms.
C)   They had become eligible for citizenship under the 1790 federal naturalization law.
D)   They earned the highest wages of any other immigrant group.
E)   Many traveled to California because the gold rush attracted them.

Question 11

Anti-Irish prejudice was especially based upon

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A)   fear of growing Catholic influence.
B)   Irish sympathy for black equality.
C)   Irish support for trade unions.
D)   jealousy over the fact that so many Irish were well educated.
E)   competition for housing in industrial cities.

Question 12

Because they, too, had suffered discrimination, Irish immigrants tended to be sympathetic to blacks.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

A market-based economy characteristically produces boom-and-bust cycles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following statements accurately describes the role of the government in the development of transportation in the nineteenth-century United States?

Accepted Answer

A)   The government successfully sabotaged such projects as a means of slowing the rise of capitalism.
B)   State governments took on the full burden of financially supporting transportation projects.
C)   The government was unable to contribute to such projects because long-distance communication was virtually nonexistent.
D)   The government took a backseat in the development of transportation projects out of fear of disrupting the lives of Native Americans.
E)   State governments, the federal government, and private investors all contributed to such projects in their own ways financially.

Question 15

In which of the following ways was Cyrus McCormick's grain reaper significant?

Accepted Answer

A)   It transformed the economy of the South.
B)   It required farmers to rely more on muscle power than ever before.
C)   It was powered by gasoline engines rather than horses.
D)   It helped bring mechanical power to the Midwest, Old Northwest, and Great Plains.
E)   It had to be assembled by farmers.

Question 16

In the dormitories where workers of the Lowell System lived, the staff enforced rules such as church attendance and curfews.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

By the start of the Civil War, Irish immigrants had become the most important ethnic group to support the Democrats.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In 1817, Senator John C. Calhoun refused to believe that canals would benefit the growth of the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Match each description with the item below.
-Clermont

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A)  invented the telegraph
B)  invented the sewing machine
C)  with Boston Associates, formed the Boston Manufacturing Company
D)  earned a medical degree, a first of its kind
E)  was a piano maker and immigrantF) helped found schools to train teachers and promoted the idea of free public educationG) was the first clipper shipH) improved the steel plow, thereby making it possible to farm the Great PlainsI) was the first commercial steamboat, built by Robert R. Livingston and Robert FultonJ) was a Jewish tailor who made work pants during the gold rush and would become the origin story of a major brandK) was a famous composer whose song "Oh! Susanna" emerged as a national favoriteL) used his memory to bring industrial technology from Britain to the United States

Question 20

The greatest proportional influx of German immigrants in the history of the United States came in the 1820s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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Which of the following was one of the desires of the various Workingmen's parties?

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A market-based economy characteristically produces boom-and-bust cycles.

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British cotton manufacturers preferred cotton from the American South to other types from around the world.

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In the dormitories where workers of the Lowell System lived, the staff enforced rules such as church attendance and curfews.

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Because they, too, had suffered discrimination, Irish immigrants tended to be sympathetic to blacks.

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In what ways did immigration alter the nation's population and shape its politics?

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Trace the development of organized labor in early America. Be sure to include both the early union movement and the development of labor politics.

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Describe the general immigration trends of the period. What forms did the nativist response to this immigration take?

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