Deck 10: The Market Revolution

Question 1

_____ was the last American revolutionary to be president, serving from 1817 to 1825.

A)James Madison
B)James Monroe
C)Thomas Jefferson
D)John Quincy Adams
E)Andrew Jackson

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The Industrial Revolution was a series of innovations that led to the creation of an integrated national marketplace.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The lyceum circuit was one area in upstate New York that had many religious converts.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

How did the rise of localized, commercial agriculture change the way Americans lived their lives?

A)It led to a majority of Americans moving into the agricultural industry.
B)It moved Americans closer to the world of the marketplace.
C)It led American society to become completely independent of slave labor.
D)It discouraged Americans from joining industries other than the agricultural industry.
E)It focused on improving commerce between America and Europe.

Question 5

The _____ was a series of innovations that led to the creation of an integrated national marketplace and included the long-distance coordination of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods.

A)Trade Revolution
B)Market Revolution
C)Industrial Revolution
D)Green Revolution
E)National Revolution

Question 6

For the most part, the Market Revolution had more to do with industrialization than with commercialized agriculture.

Question 7

The _____ granted the United States possession of Florida and a large swath of land extending from today's Oklahoma all the way to Oregon, all in exchange for parts of Texas.

A)Treaty of Ghent
B)Adam-Onis Treaty
C)Louisiana Purchase
D)Tallmadge Amendment
E)Seneca Falls Convention

Question 8

Combining tariffs, internal improvements, and a national bank, the American System of economics facilitated the Market Revolution.

Question 9

The Monroe Doctrine was a declaration in 1823 proclaiming that any European nation attempting to colonize Latin America would be treated as a party hostile to the United States.

Question 10

Identify a true statement about the Second Bank of the United States.

A)It was designed by opponents of the American System.
B)It was established without support from western congressmen.
C)Democratic-Republicans largely opposed the opening of a national bank.
D)It was established without support from southern congressmen.
E)New Englanders opposed the creation of the bank.

Question 11

To curb rampant currency speculation, proponents of the American System established the _____ in 1816.

A)First Bank of the United States
B)Second Bank of the United States
C)Bank of New York Mellon
D)Bank of America
E)Federal Reserve Bank

Question 12

By far the largest reforming effort went into moderating the consumption of alcohol in America.

Question 13

The outcome of the court case between Dartmouth College v. Woodward in the year 1819 was that it:

A)forbade state legislatures from altering college charters in order to gain control over them.
B)gave the federal government the power to regulate commerce.
C)gave more priority to the rights of a state than those of a college or corporation.
D)resulted in decreased economic development.
E)imposed a special tax on businesses transporting commerce along the New York coastline.

Question 14

The _____ was based on the idea that the federal government should encourage economic enterprise.

A)Lowell System
B)Monroe Doctrine
C)American System
D)federal system
E)internal system

Question 15

Developed by Samuel Morse, the telegraph facilitated nationwide commerce and lowered the cost of communication.

Question 16

The Workingmen's Party was formed in 1828 and comprised a union of laborers made up from citywide assemblies.

Question 17

A significant social ramification of the Market Revolution was the growth of cities.

Question 18

The building of roads and canals by the federal and state governments of America came to be known as _____.

A)grassroots reconstruction
B)infrastructure developments
C)military reconstruction
D)internal improvements
E)building improvements

Question 19

Which of the following was true of the Tariff of 1816?

A)It ordered that all incoming foreign goods should be taxed at the stiff rate of 12 percent.
B)It was designed to increase the consumption of foreign goods in the United States.
C)Its goal was to promote European commerce and industries.
D)It was meant to create conditions where all goods in the American System would be American.
E)Its implementation was supervised by Lewis and Clark.

Question 20

Cyrus McCormick promoted a new invention called the cotton gin.

Question 21

Which of the following was a major outcome of the Market Revolution in the West?

A)It prevented farmers from specializing in what they grew best.
B)It led to the formation of a wheat belt from western New York to Wisconsin.
C)It encouraged the population in the West to leave the area in search of better prospects.
D)It led to the formation of a corn belt from Buffalo to Florida.
E)It resulted in the creation of a cotton belt from New York to Columbia.

Question 22

Which of the following was true of the invention of the cotton gin?

A)It allowed for the profitable cultivation of cotton, even in land with poor soil.
B)It facilitated the cultivation of cotton in North America.
C)It greatly increased the cost of cotton cultivation.
D)It led to the Northeast becoming the world's largest producer of cotton.
E)It led to slave labor's becoming less valuable than before.

Question 23

The most transformative new form of transportation, which became the cornerstone of the American transportation revolution of the 1840s and 1850s, was the ____.

A)railroad
B)steamboat
C)Erie Canal
D)Augusta Canal
E)barge

Question 24

Which of the following was true of the communications revolution in America?

A)It was unsuccessful in freeing communication from the realm of physical transit.
B)It allowed news to be transmitted throughout the nation within seconds.
C)It greatly increased the cost of communication.
D)It denoted the commencement of the Industrial Revolution.
E)It was marked by the invention of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell.

Question 25

The development of the reaper in 1831 by _____ was the most significant industrial development in agriculture.

A)James Tallmadge
B)Eli Whitney
C)Samuel Morse
D)Cyrus McCormick
E)Francis Lowell

Question 26

Andrew Jackson began to oppose the American System because he:

A)believed it did little to curb rampant currency speculation.
B)saw it as a harbinger of heavy taxes.
C)eventually came to see it as a vehicle for corruption.
D)failed to see it as a viable economic model.
E)believed it would benefit cotton planters more than anyone else.

Question 27

Which of the following is true of the power loom that was developed to weave cloth?

A)It failed to quicken the pace of work in cloth making factories.
B)Its development was in the hands of New York merchants.
C)Its development was headed by Cyrus McCormick.
D)It led to an increase in the price of production of cloth.
E)It brought all the processes of cloth making under one roof.

Question 28

Which of the following is true of the Monroe Doctrine?

A)It was declared in the year 1813 by Thomas Jefferson.
B)It declared that any European nation attempting to colonize Latin America would be treated as a party hostile to the United States.
C)It declared that the Eastern Hemisphere belonged to America, while the Western Hemisphere belonged to Europe.
D)It called for greater involvement of Europeans in American commerce.
E)It was drafted by American politicians with the sole aim of taking control of western trade routes.

Question 29

Which of the following was true of the "putting out" system?

A)It was a system through with luxury items became inexpensive household goods.
B)It was a system that succeeded the factory system of production.
C)The major aim of this system was to contribute to the rise in the volume of thread-based goods.
D)The rise of the factory altered this system by bringing nearly all aspects of production under one roof.
E)It was the most efficient way to produce large quantities of goods.

Question 30

Which of the following is true of the Tallmadge Amendment?

A)It sought to keep slavery confined to the North of America.
B)It dictated the spread of slavery in the West for over three decades.
C)It promoted settlement in the west of the Appalachians.
D)If it were passed, it would have enforced gradual emancipation in Missouri.
E)If it were passed, it would have set affordable prices for manageable plots of land.

Question 31

Which of the following is true of the Steamboat Era?

A)During this era, many southerners considered the funding of other internal improvements necessary.
B)Steamboats led to a reduction in cargo rates across the country.
C)Steamboats proved to be an ineffective means of transport.
D)During this era, steamboats became the cornerstone of the American transportation revolution of the 1840s and 1850s.
E)Steamboats became the most transformative new form of transportation in the country.

Question 32

Which of the following laws promoted settlement west of the Appalachians by setting affordable prices for manageable plots of land?

A)The Land Act of 1800
B)The Non-Intercourse Act of 1809
C)The Military Reconstruction Act
D)The Homestead Act
E)The Land Act of 1820

Question 33

Which of following was true of the mechanization of machine tools that occurred as a result of the Market Revolution?

A)It led to the introduction of the system of interchangeable parts.
B)It led to a rise in the prices of luxury goods.
C)It led to the manufacturing of products at a more expensive rate than before.
D)It resulted in the decline of the "putting out" system.
E)It failed to stop the handcrafting of products.

Question 34

Before 1793, which of the following did southern agriculturists mainly cultivate?

A)Wheat
B)Cotton
C)Barley and corn
D)Tobacco and rice
E)Millet

Question 35

Who among the following was the first person to develop the workings of a factory on American soil?

A)James Madison
B)Samuel Slater
C)Eli Whitney
D)Cyrus McCormick
E)James Tallmadge

Question 36

Which of the following was true of the New England transition that took place as a result of the Market Revolution?

A)It led to an influx of people because of cheap land.
B)Most women began to weave clothes because store-bought cloth was expensive.
C)New Englanders reorganized their economy.
D)Farmers continued growing corn and wheat.
E)New Englanders were reluctant to try new modes of transportation.

Question 37

The first improvements during the transportation revolution were roads and _____.

A)barges
B)steamboats
C)turnpikes
D)canals
E)railroads

Question 38

Identify a true statement about the Erie Canal.

A)It was built in less than four years.
B)It was built by African immigrants.
C)It connected Baltimore to Florida.
D)It was an artificial river connecting Buffalo to Albany.
E)It was less than 200 miles long.

Question 39

The development of the cotton gin impacted slavery by:

A)presenting slaves with the opportunity to become cotton traders.
B)reducing the dependency on slavery because of automation.
C)making slave trade less profitable to white people.
D)leading to the abolishment of slavery in South America.
E)reinforcing farmers' dependency on slave labor.

Question 40

An outcome of the Missouri Compromise was that it:

A)dictated the spread of slavery in the East for three decades.
B)allowed Missouri to enter America as a free state.
C)enforced gradual emancipation in Missouri.
D)allowed Maine to enter America as a slave state.
E)set a divider between free and slave territories.

Question 41

Apart from Henry David Thoreau, _____ was the best-known Transcendentalist.

A)Ralph Waldo Emerson
B)John Davenport
C)Nathaniel Hawthorne
D)Laurence Humphrey
E)Herman Melville

Question 42

Examine America's economic transformation following the War of 1812.

Question 43

The_________, passed in 1820, dictated the spread of slavery in the West for thirty years.
A. Homestead Act
B. Monroe Doctrine
C. Missouri Compromise
D. Tallmadge Amendment

Question 44

The _________ was a group founded by abstemious workers in 1826.
A. American Temperance Society
B. American Colonization Society
C. American Association for Women Empowerment
D. American Female Moral Reform Society

Question 45

Explain the impact of the communications revolution.

Question 46

The _________ became a foundation of American foreign policy and was used to justify American expansion into and involvement with the countries of Latin America.
A. Tallmadge Amendment
B. Monroe Doctrine
C. Homestead Act
D. Missouri Compromise

Question 47

The main goal of the _________ was securing the vote for women.
A. American Temperance Society
B. American Colonization Society
C. Seneca Falls Convention
D. Hartford Convention

Question 48

_____ turned inward-to themselves and to their society-asking what could be done to improve the human condition.

A)Naturalists
B)The Puritans
C)Classicists
D)The Transcendentalists
E)Romanticists

Question 49

Formed in 1834, the_____ surpassed the Workingmen's Party.

A)American Colonization Society
B)National Trades Union
C)American Temperance Society
D)Freedmen's Bureau
E)National Union Party

Question 50

Identify a true statement about the Lowell System.

A)It was a sales-and-distribution model for large machinery.
B)It was a production model for manufacturing locomotives.
C)It developed out of the need for cheap labor.
D)It failed to bring all stages of textile production under one roof.
E)It featured mainly elderly women with no families.

Question 51

Discuss the Monroe Doctrine.

Question 52

Discuss slavery in the West.

Question 53

Which of the following was true of the burned-over district?

A)It was an area in downtown New Orleans.
B)It housed the largest Jewish population in the country.
C)It was home to many converts who were inspired by orators.
D)It marked the end of an era of mass "Christianization."
E)It marked the culmination of the Third Great Awakening.

Question 54

Which of the following American presidents instituted the ten-hour day for federal employees?

A)Thomas Jefferson
B)James Madison, Jr.
C)James Monroe
D)Andrew Jackson
E)Martin Van Buren

Question 55

The _____ was a women's activist group that had more than five hundred local chapters throughout the country by 1840 and had successfully lobbied for legislation governing prostitution.

A)American Female Moral Reform Society
B)American Association for Women Empowerment
C)American Temperance Society
D)American Colonization Society
E)American Female Welfare Association

Question 56

The term _________ refers to a division of labor in which large manufacturers would pay one family to perform one task involving one item and then pass the item on to the next family or artisan to perform the next task.
A. "putting out" system
B. Lowell system
C. factory system
D. Slater system

Question 57

The name for the idea that humans can accept or reject divine grace is _____.

A)Arminianism
B)Puritanism
C)Calvinism
D)Lutheranism
E)Universalism

Question 58

Identify a true statement about the Seneca Falls Convention.

A)It aimed primarily at securing the vote for African American men.
B)It advocated the return of Irish immigrants back to Ireland.
C)It adopted a Declaration of Sentiments.
D)It led to the culmination of the Civil War.
E)It led to the formation of the nation of Liberia.

Question 59

The establishment of the nation of Liberia in 1847 was the result of the efforts of the _____.

A)American Female Moral Reform Society
B)American Temperance Society
C)American Expatriation Association
D)American Female Welfare Association
E)American Colonization Society

Question 60

Elaborate on the women and immigrants who comprised the labor force during the Market Revolution.

Question 61

Discuss the various protest movements that came about as a result of the Market Revolution.

Question 62

Explain how the American Temperance Society was formed.

Question 63

Discuss the transportation revolution.

Question 64

Discuss the Latter-Day Saints.

Question 65

Discuss the women's movement in America that came about as a result of the Market Revolution.

Question 66

Elaborate on the Second Great Awakening.

Question 67

Elaborate on the industrialization that took place in America during the Market Revolution.

Question 68

Elaborate on the Transcendentalists.

Question 69

Discuss economic nationalism.

Question 70

Elaborate on prison reform and abolition.