Question 1

The American party was based on nativism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

The Know-Nothings campaigned primarily to:

Accepted Answer

A)  cut taxes 
B)  establish public schools 
C)  promote Christianity 
D)  prohibit drinking 
E)  limit immigrant influence 
A)  cut taxes 
B)  establish public schools 
C)  promote Christianity 
D)  prohibit drinking 
E)  limit immigrant influence E

Question 3

As late as 1860, three fourths of the American people lived within twenty-five miles of the Atlantic Ocean.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

The cotton gin was invented:

Accepted Answer

A)  by John Deere 
B)  by John Oliver 
C)  in England 
D)  in the 1830s 
E)  by Eli Whitney 
A)  by John Deere 
B)  by John Oliver 
C)  in England 
D)  in the 1830s 
E)  by Eli Whitney

Question 5

Compare the growth of roads, river transportation, and railroads through 1860. What were the advantages and disadvantages of each means of transport?

Accepted Answer

The growth of roads, river transportatio

Question 6

The Germans who came to the United States:

Accepted Answer

A)  were overwhelmingly Catholic 
B)  were poor and uneducated 
C)  settled mainly in rural areas 
D)  were highly individualistic 
E)  for religious reasons, did not drink beer 
A)  were overwhelmingly Catholic 
B)  were poor and uneducated 
C)  settled mainly in rural areas 
D)  were highly individualistic 
E)  for religious reasons, did not drink beer

Question 7

Explain the unique character of American technological development in the first half of the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

The unique character of American technol

Question 8

By the 1820s, the fastest way to travel from New Orleans to Pittsburgh was by:

Accepted Answer

A)  steamboat 
B)  stagecoach 
C)  railroad 
D)  flatboat 
E)  horseback 
A)  steamboat 
B)  stagecoach 
C)  railroad 
D)  flatboat 
E)  horseback

Question 9

Despite the rhetoric of the era, the Jacksonian period was actually marked by rising economic and social inequality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

By 1860, ______ had become the largest city as its population surpassed one million.

Accepted Answer

A)  Boston 
B)  Philadelphia 
C)  Baltimore 
D)  New Orleans 
E)  New York 
A)  Boston 
B)  Philadelphia 
C)  Baltimore 
D)  New Orleans 
E)  New York

Question 11

The first American factories produced:

Accepted Answer

A)  cotton textiles 
B)  leather goods 
C)  tobacco products 
D)  glass products 
E)  muskets 
A)  cotton textiles 
B)  leather goods 
C)  tobacco products 
D)  glass products 
E)  muskets

Question 12

The Preemption Act of 1830:

Accepted Answer

A)  gradually raised the price of unsold public lands 
B)  allowed squatters to stake out claims ahead of the land surveys 
C)  limited the amount of cotton exported per year 
D)  set guidelines for the construction of new roads 
E)  gave veterans lands taken away from Indians 
A)  gradually raised the price of unsold public lands 
B)  allowed squatters to stake out claims ahead of the land surveys 
C)  limited the amount of cotton exported per year 
D)  set guidelines for the construction of new roads 
E)  gave veterans lands taken away from Indians

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

During the period of increased immigrati

Question 14

The newest and fastest-growing profession in the United States by 1860 was:

Accepted Answer

A)  teaching 
B)  medicine 
C)  the law 
D)  nursing 
E)  engineering 
A)  teaching 
B)  medicine 
C)  the law 
D)  nursing 
E)  engineering

Question 15

Why is the "age of the so-called common man" or "the age of Jacksonian democracy" an ironic name for this period?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Why is the "age of the so-called...

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

All of the following encouraged migration to the West EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  cheaper prices for federal lands 
B)  fertile soil 
C)  advances in agricultural technology 
D)  easy credit from state banks 
E)  construction of numerous frontier forts 
A)  cheaper prices for federal lands 
B)  fertile soil 
C)  advances in agricultural technology 
D)  easy credit from state banks 
E)  construction of numerous frontier forts

Question 18

The Know-Nothing party:

Accepted Answer

A)  was strongest in the 1850s 
B)  was weakest in New England 
C)  was based on prejudice against blacks 
D)  opposed the spread of public education 
E)  elected two presidents in its brief history 
A)  was strongest in the 1850s 
B)  was weakest in New England 
C)  was based on prejudice against blacks 
D)  opposed the spread of public education 
E)  elected two presidents in its brief history

Question 19

All of the following were true of the trains in use by the 1850s EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  they were much faster than stagecoaches and steamboats 
B)  they spurred iron production 
C)  they reduced transportation costs 
D)  they encouraged further expansion of farming 
E)  they could only operate on flat terrain 
A)  they were much faster than stagecoaches and steamboats 
B)  they spurred iron production 
C)  they reduced transportation costs 
D)  they encouraged further expansion of farming 
E)  they could only operate on flat terrain

Question 20

Trade associations, or guilds, formed by artisans in the early 1800s attempted to do all the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  recruit unskilled workers 
B)  improve working conditions 
C)  influence politicians to support protective tariffs 
D)  uphold standards of quality production 
E)  maintain decent wage levels 
A)  recruit unskilled workers 
B)  improve working conditions 
C)  influence politicians to support protective tariffs 
D)  uphold standards of quality production 
E)  maintain decent wage levels

Exam 9: The Dynamics of Growth

The American party was based on nativism.

The Know-Nothings campaigned primarily to:

As late as 1860, three fourths of the American people lived within twenty-five miles of the Atlantic Ocean.

The cotton gin was invented:

Compare the growth of roads, river transportation, and railroads through 1860. What were the advantages and disadvantages of each means of transport?

The Germans who came to the United States:

Explain the unique character of American technological development in the first half of the nineteenth century.

By the 1820s, the fastest way to travel from New Orleans to Pittsburgh was by:

Despite the rhetoric of the era, the Jacksonian period was actually marked by rising economic and social inequality.

By 1860, ______ had become the largest city as its population surpassed one million.

The first American factories produced:

The Preemption Act of 1830:

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

The newest and fastest-growing profession in the United States by 1860 was:

Why is the "age of the so-called common man" or "the age of Jacksonian democracy" an ironic name for this period?

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

All of the following encouraged migration to the West EXCEPT:

The Know-Nothing party:

All of the following were true of the trains in use by the 1850s EXCEPT:

Trade associations, or guilds, formed by artisans in the early 1800s attempted to do all the following EXCEPT:

The Collision of Cultures

Britain and Its Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Shaping a Federal Union

The Federalist Era

The Early Republic

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian ERA

The Old South

Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

An Empire in the West

The Gathering Storm

The War of the Union

Reconstruction: North and South

Big Business and Organized Labor

The South and the West Transformed

The Emergence of Urban America

Gilded Age Politics and Agrarian Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

Making the World Over: the Progressive ERA

America and the Great War

The Modern Temper

Republican Resurgence and Decline

New Deal America

The Second World War

The Fair Deal and Containment

The 1950s: Affluence and Anxiety in an Atomic Age

New Frontiers: Politics and Social Change in the 1960s

Rebellion and Reaction: the 1960s and 1970s

A Conservative Realignment: 19771990

America in a New Millennium

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