Question 1

One reason that the condition of most adult wage earners gradually improved was

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A)   the acceptance of unions as legitimate organizations.
B)   the passage of minimum wage laws.
C)   the great demand for labor in new high-technology industries.
D)   the enactment of immigration restrictions.
E)   the enfranchisement of the laboring man.

Question 2

The influx of immigrants to the United States tripled, then quadrupled, in the

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A)   1810s and 1820s.
B)   1820s and 1830s.
C)   1830s and 1840s.
D)   1840s and 1850s.
E)   1860s and 1870s.

Question 3

As a result of the development of the cotton gin,

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A)   slavery revived and expanded.
B)   there was less need for reliance on slaves to work in the cotton fields.
C)   technology assumed a large role in cotton production.
D)   the South diversified its economy.
E)   the textile industry moved to the South.

Question 4

Compared with canals, railroads

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A)   were more expensive to construct.
B)   transported freight more slowly.
C)   were generally safer.
D)   were susceptible to weather delays.
E)   could be built almost anywhere.

Question 5

The American phase of the industrial revolution first blossomed

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A)   on southern plantations.
B)   in the New England textile industry.
C)   in rapidly growing Chicago.
D)   in railroads and ship building.
E)   in coal and iron-mining regions.

Question 6

A major economic consequence of the transportation and marketing revolutions was

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A)   a lessening of the gap between great wealth and poverty.
B)   a stabilization of the work force in industrial cities.
C)   the declining significance of American agriculture.
D)   an increased prosperity for all Americans.
E)   the growing realization of the "rags-to-riches" American dream. D

Question 7

As the new continental market economy grew

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A)   individual households became increasingly self-sufficient.
B)   the home came to be viewed as a refuge from the workday world.
C)   traditional women's work became more highly valued and increasingly important.
D)   respect for women as homemakers declined.
E)   the home lost most of its importance for family life.

Question 8

The underlying basis for modern mass production was the

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A)   division of labor.
B)   musket.
C)   system of interchangeable parts.
D)   principle of limited liability.
E)   assembly line.

Question 9

A great deal of the cotton produced in the American South in the early nineteenth century was

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A)   produced by free labor.
B)   sold to New England textile mills.
C)   grown on the Atlantic tidewater plains.
D)   consumed by the southern textile industry.
E)   combined with wool to make "linsey-woolsey" fabrics.

Question 10

In general, ____ tended to bind the West and South together, while ____ and ____ connected West to East.

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

Question 11

Life on the frontier was

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A)   fairly comfortable for women but not for men.
B)   downright grim for most pioneer families.
C)   more highly cultured than often realized.
D)   a place where lone heroes battled Indians and outlaws.
E)   based on tight-knit communities.

Question 12

The Irish immigrants to early-nineteenth-century America

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A)   were almost all Roman Catholics.
B)   tended to settle on western farmlands.
C)   were warmly welcomed by American workers.
D)   identified and sympathized with American free blacks.
E)   were often members of the Irish Republican Army (IR
A)  .

Question 13

The growth of early-nineteenth-century American manufacturing was stimulated by the

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A)   War of 1812.
B)   Peace of Ghent.
C)   Louisiana Purchase.
D)   Tariff of 1816.
E)   rise of the "Know-Nothing" Party.

Question 14

Those who were frightened by the rapid influx of Irish immigrants organized

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A)   the Order of the Star-Spangled Banner.
B)   the "Molly Maguires."
C)   Tammany Hall.
D)   the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
E)   the Ku Klux Klan.

Question 15

The painter George Catlin advocated

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A)   placing Indians on reservations.
B)   efforts to protect America's endangered species.
C)   continuing the "rendezvous" system of fur trapping.
D)   keeping white settlers out of the West.
E)   the preservation of nature as a national policy.

Question 16

Construction of the Erie Canal

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A)   created economic boom conditions in upstate New York.
B)   hindered the economic growth of New York City.
C)   helped farmers so much that industrialization was slowed.
D)   showed the importance of federal aid to transportation.
E)   made canals a superior transportation alternative to railroads.

Question 17

The first major transportation project, which ran sixty-two miles from Philadelphia to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was the

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A)   Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
B)   National (Cumberland)  Road.
C)   Erie Canal.
D)   St. Lawrence Seaway.
E)   Lancaster Turnpike.

Question 18

In the new continental economy, each region specialized in a particular economic activity: the South ____ for export; the West grew grains and livestock to feed ____; and the East ____ for the other two regions.

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A)   raised grain, southern slaves, processed meat
B)   grew cotton, southern slaves, made machines and textiles
C)   grew cotton, eastern factory workers, made machines and textiles
D)   raised grain, eastern factory workers, made furniture and tools
E)   processed meat, southern slaves, raised grain

Question 19

Native-born Americans especially distrusted and resented the Irish because these immigrants

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A)   were poor.
B)   often drank too much liquor.
C)   were almost all Roman Catholics.
D)   frequently became police officers.
E)   were slow to learn English.

Question 20

With the development of cash-crop agriculture in the trans-Allegheny West,

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A)   farmers became more independent and self-reliant.
B)   tenant farming began to spread throughout the Midwest.
C)   many farmers faced mounting indebtedness.
D)   subsistence farming was largely confined to the South.
E)   the issue of farm surpluses came to the fore. C

Exam 14: Forging the National Economy

One reason that the condition of most adult wage earners gradually improved was

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The influx of immigrants to the United States tripled, then quadrupled, in the

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As a result of the development of the cotton gin,

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Compared with canals, railroads

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The American phase of the industrial revolution first blossomed

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A major economic consequence of the transportation and marketing revolutions was

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As the new continental market economy grew

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The underlying basis for modern mass production was the

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A great deal of the cotton produced in the American South in the early nineteenth century was

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In general, ____ tended to bind the West and South together, while ____ and ____ connected West to East.

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Life on the frontier was

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The Irish immigrants to early-nineteenth-century America

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The growth of early-nineteenth-century American manufacturing was stimulated by the

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Those who were frightened by the rapid influx of Irish immigrants organized

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The painter George Catlin advocated

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Construction of the Erie Canal

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The first major transportation project, which ran sixty-two miles from Philadelphia to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was the

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In the new continental economy, each region specialized in a particular economic activity: the South ____ for export; the West grew grains and livestock to feed ____; and the East ____ for the other two regions.

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