Question 1

Increasingly Northeastern farmers were buying farms to rent to ____________________.

Accepted Answer

tenants

Question 2

"Johnny Appleseed" was a fictional character created by Walt Disney.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Thomas Jefferson saw the ideal American society as one whose economy was dominated by

Accepted Answer

A)  master craftsmen. 
B)  wage laborers. 
C)  seaport merchants. 
D)  rural farmers. 
E)  an urban working class. 
A)  master craftsmen. 
B)  wage laborers. 
C)  seaport merchants. 
D)  rural farmers. 
E)  an urban working class. D

Question 4

Most agricultural improvements were directed toward which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  indigo 
B)  grain 
C)  sugar 
D)  tobacco 
E)  cotton 
A)  indigo 
B)  grain 
C)  sugar 
D)  tobacco 
E)  cotton

Question 5

In the early nineteenth century, in seaport cities

Accepted Answer

A)  life expectancy was higher than in the countryside. 
B)  accountants were being replaced by bookkeepers. 
C)  there was very little poverty. 
D)  wealth was becoming much more concentrated. 
E)  epidemics of disease were becoming rare. 
A)  life expectancy was higher than in the countryside. 
B)  accountants were being replaced by bookkeepers. 
C)  there was very little poverty. 
D)  wealth was becoming much more concentrated. 
E)  epidemics of disease were becoming rare.

Question 6

New York's governor, ____________________, talked the state legislature into building what became the Erie Canal.

Accepted Answer

The answer of New York's governor, ____________________, talked the state...

Question 7

Farm newspapers encouraged farmers to keep records of all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  amount of fertilizer used. 
B)  neighboring. 
C)  labor costs. 
D)  per-acre yields. 
E)  expenses. 
A)  amount of fertilizer used. 
B)  neighboring. 
C)  labor costs. 
D)  per-acre yields. 
E)  expenses.

Question 8

Exports by 1840 consisted more of northern food than of southern cotton.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

After 1790, the responsibilities for running American farm households

Accepted Answer

A)  fell more exclusively on women. 
B)  decreased. 
C)  were mostly given to the older children. 
D)  were turned over to servants. 
E)  were equally shared by all family members. 
A)  fell more exclusively on women. 
B)  decreased. 
C)  were mostly given to the older children. 
D)  were turned over to servants. 
E)  were equally shared by all family members.

Question 10

The first big market in ready-made clothing was for slaves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

High costs kept large factories from being located in early nineteenth century cities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

During the early republic, Indians living on western lands

Accepted Answer

A)  were generally able to maintain their territorial holdings. 
B)  received considerable political and military help from Britain. 
C)  were constantly pushed further west. 
D)  saw, by 1820, nearly 100,000 white settlers move onto their lands. 
E)  were never more unified. 
A)  were generally able to maintain their territorial holdings. 
B)  received considerable political and military help from Britain. 
C)  were constantly pushed further west. 
D)  saw, by 1820, nearly 100,000 white settlers move onto their lands. 
E)  were never more unified.

Question 13

The first successful American steamboat, Clermont, was built by ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The first successful American steamboat, Clermont, was...

Question 14

All the following regarding southern farmers who moved into the Northwest is true except they

Accepted Answer

A)  favored free-range livestock 
B)  remained tied to the river trade 
C)  often left the south seeing slavery blocked opportunities for them 
D)  devoted most of their efforts to developing large cultivated farms 
E)  did not bring slaves with them. 
A)  favored free-range livestock 
B)  remained tied to the river trade 
C)  often left the south seeing slavery blocked opportunities for them 
D)  devoted most of their efforts to developing large cultivated farms 
E)  did not bring slaves with them.

Question 15

The main issue for southerners deciding to migrate north involved the issue of

Accepted Answer

A)  available transportation networks. 
B)  different cultural issues between the north and south. 
C)  leaving family behind. 
D)  slavery. 
E)  differences in climate. 
A)  available transportation networks. 
B)  different cultural issues between the north and south. 
C)  leaving family behind. 
D)  slavery. 
E)  differences in climate.

Question 16

____________________ were artisans who worked for wages.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ were artisans who worked for wages....

Question 17

The federal census of 1790 found that more than ____ of Americans lived in rural areas.

Accepted Answer

A)  50 percent 
B)  60 percent 
C)  70 percent 
D)  80 percent 
E)  90 percent 
A)  50 percent 
B)  60 percent 
C)  70 percent 
D)  80 percent 
E)  90 percent

Question 18

The market revolution resulted in an increase in the size of the average American family.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

A Midwife's Tale was based on the diary of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A Midwife's Tale was based on the...

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"sweated" trade

Accepted Answer

a subcontracting system that developed f

Exam 8: Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

Increasingly Northeastern farmers were buying farms to rent to ____________________.

"Johnny Appleseed" was a fictional character created by Walt Disney.

Thomas Jefferson saw the ideal American society as one whose economy was dominated by

Most agricultural improvements were directed toward which of the following?

In the early nineteenth century, in seaport cities

New York's governor, ____________________, talked the state legislature into building what became the Erie Canal.

Farm newspapers encouraged farmers to keep records of all of the following except

Exports by 1840 consisted more of northern food than of southern cotton.

After 1790, the responsibilities for running American farm households

The first big market in ready-made clothing was for slaves.

High costs kept large factories from being located in early nineteenth century cities.

During the early republic, Indians living on western lands

The first successful American steamboat, Clermont, was built by ____________________.

All the following regarding southern farmers who moved into the Northwest is true except they

The main issue for southerners deciding to migrate north involved the issue of

____________________ were artisans who worked for wages.

The federal census of 1790 found that more than ____ of Americans lived in rural areas.

The market revolution resulted in an increase in the size of the average American family.

A Midwife's Tale was based on the diary of ____________________.

IDENTIFICATIONS -"sweated" trade

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, Conquest, Catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, Liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, Resistance, Revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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