Question 1

Chinese immigrants to the United States often did the heavy work of construction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The various Workingmen's parties failed for all the following reasons EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  major parties took over their issues 
B)  labor politicians were inexperienced 
C)  they were vulnerable to charges of radicalism 
D)  most workers had no serious problems 
E)  courts were often pro-management 
A)  major parties took over their issues 
B)  labor politicians were inexperienced 
C)  they were vulnerable to charges of radicalism 
D)  most workers had no serious problems 
E)  courts were often pro-management

Question 3

Before 1845, steamboats were used more for transportation on the ocean than on internal waterways.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The advantage clipper ships had over traditional merchant vessels was their:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

The Erie Canal did all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  stretch from Albany to Buffalo 
B)  dramatically reduce freight rates 
C)  inspire more canal construction 
D)  increase shipping through the port of New York 
E)  bankrupt New York State with its huge cost 
A)  stretch from Albany to Buffalo 
B)  dramatically reduce freight rates 
C)  inspire more canal construction 
D)  increase shipping through the port of New York 
E)  bankrupt New York State with its huge cost

Question 6

Minstrel shows:

Accepted Answer

A)  were usually performed in saloons 
B)  appealed primarily to elite audiences 
C)  featured professional productions of Shakespeare 
D)  helped whites become more racially tolerant 
E)  employed familiar stereotypes of African Americans 
A)  were usually performed in saloons 
B)  appealed primarily to elite audiences 
C)  featured professional productions of Shakespeare 
D)  helped whites become more racially tolerant 
E)  employed familiar stereotypes of African Americans

Question 7

Steamboats:

Accepted Answer

A)  were commercially profitable by the 1790s 
B)  generally had at least twelve-foot drafts 
C)  brought cheaper and faster two-way traffic to the Mississippi Valley 
D)  were usually built of steel 
E)  soon made railroads obsolete 
A)  were commercially profitable by the 1790s 
B)  generally had at least twelve-foot drafts 
C)  brought cheaper and faster two-way traffic to the Mississippi Valley 
D)  were usually built of steel 
E)  soon made railroads obsolete

Question 8

By the 1840s, a communications revolution had been triggered by the development of the:

Accepted Answer

A)  telephone 
B)  telegraph 
C)  Pony Express 
D)  railroad 
E)  post office 
A)  telephone 
B)  telegraph 
C)  Pony Express 
D)  railroad 
E)  post office

Question 9

The cotton gin:

Accepted Answer

A)  made possible efficient separation of seeds from fiber 
B)  was an engine that manufactured cloth 
C)  made the South the wealthiest part of the country 
D)  had no significant effect on the North's economy 
E)  resulted from a government bounty paid to its inventor 
A)  made possible efficient separation of seeds from fiber 
B)  was an engine that manufactured cloth 
C)  made the South the wealthiest part of the country 
D)  had no significant effect on the North's economy 
E)  resulted from a government bounty paid to its inventor

Question 10

The New England textile industry's use of water power:

Accepted Answer

A)  dramatically altered the region's ecology 
B)  made its products more expensive 
C)  was never a source of controversy 
D)  largely ended by 1850 as factories switched to steam power 
E)  dried up some rivers completely 
A)  dramatically altered the region's ecology 
B)  made its products more expensive 
C)  was never a source of controversy 
D)  largely ended by 1850 as factories switched to steam power 
E)  dried up some rivers completely

Question 11

Discuss the unique role Catholicism played in the resistance to immigration.

Accepted Answer

Catholicism played a unique role in the

Question 12

During the first half of the nineteenth century, professionalization increased with the development of education, law, medicine, and engineering. Examine this development.

Accepted Answer

During the first half of the nineteenth

Question 13

One striking aspect of the Lowell factories was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the happiness of their workers 
B)  their employment of young single women 
C)  the superior quality of their products 
D)  their minimal impact on natural surroundings 
E)  that they paid workers in stocks 
A)  the happiness of their workers 
B)  their employment of young single women 
C)  the superior quality of their products 
D)  their minimal impact on natural surroundings 
E)  that they paid workers in stocks

Question 14

Examine the impact the War of 1812 had on American industrial development.

Accepted Answer

The War of 1812 had a significant impact

Question 15

Cyrus McCormick's grain reapers:

Accepted Answer

A)  transformed the economy of the South 
B)  guaranteed that farmers would be successful 
C)  were powered by gasoline engines 
D)  were manufactured at his factory in Chicago 
E)  had to be assembled by farmers 
A)  transformed the economy of the South 
B)  guaranteed that farmers would be successful 
C)  were powered by gasoline engines 
D)  were manufactured at his factory in Chicago 
E)  had to be assembled by farmers

Question 16

The cotton gin's invention:

Accepted Answer

A)  meant that fewer slaves were needed 
B)  made cotton a major export item 
C)  spurred immigration to the South 
D)  caused slavery to spread to Ohio and Illinois 
E)  increased imports from Britain 
A)  meant that fewer slaves were needed 
B)  made cotton a major export item 
C)  spurred immigration to the South 
D)  caused slavery to spread to Ohio and Illinois 
E)  increased imports from Britain

Question 17

Church attendance and temperance were enforced among early workers at Lowell.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

By 1860, one would be most likely to encounter Norwegian and Swedish immigrants in:

Accepted Answer

A)  New York and New Jersey 
B)  Ohio and Pennsylvania 
C)  California and Oregon 
D)  Wisconsin and Minnesota 
E)  Texas and Louisiana 
A)  New York and New Jersey 
B)  Ohio and Pennsylvania 
C)  California and Oregon 
D)  Wisconsin and Minnesota 
E)  Texas and Louisiana

Question 19

The settlement of the West was accelerated by Cyrus McCormick's invention of the:

Accepted Answer

A)  steel plow 
B)  grain elevator 
C)  mechanical reaper 
D)  chainsaw 
E)  tractor 
A)  steel plow 
B)  grain elevator 
C)  mechanical reaper 
D)  chainsaw 
E)  tractor

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: The Dynamics of Growth

Chinese immigrants to the United States often did the heavy work of construction.

The various Workingmen's parties failed for all the following reasons EXCEPT:

Before 1845, steamboats were used more for transportation on the ocean than on internal waterways.

The advantage clipper ships had over traditional merchant vessels was their:

The Erie Canal did all of the following EXCEPT:

Minstrel shows:

Steamboats:

By the 1840s, a communications revolution had been triggered by the development of the:

The cotton gin:

The New England textile industry's use of water power:

Discuss the unique role Catholicism played in the resistance to immigration.

During the first half of the nineteenth century, professionalization increased with the development of education, law, medicine, and engineering. Examine this development.

One striking aspect of the Lowell factories was:

Examine the impact the War of 1812 had on American industrial development.

Cyrus McCormick's grain reapers:

The cotton gin's invention:

Church attendance and temperance were enforced among early workers at Lowell.

By 1860, one would be most likely to encounter Norwegian and Swedish immigrants in:

The settlement of the West was accelerated by Cyrus McCormick's invention of the:

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

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

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