Question 1

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Second Great Awakening

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The Second Great Awakening was a Protest...

Question 2

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-factory system

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The factory system is a method of manufa...

Question 3

The growth in the number of Irish immigrants led to increased anti-Catholicism in the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What problem with cotton did Eli Whitney solve by inventing the cotton gin?

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A)   Whitney figured out how to remove the cotton-destroying boll weevil and thereby save the cotton crop.
B)   Removing seeds from the cotton was a slow and painstaking task, but Whitney made it much easier and less labor-intensive.
C)   Processing cotton required too many different pieces of equipment, but Whitney figured out how to change the equipment more easily and quickly, saving time and money.
D)   Planting the cotton took too many hours to make its growth very profitable, but Whitney enabled planters to use a machine to speed the planting.
E)   The production of southern whiskey required the use of cotton in purifying the liquor, but the cotton absorbed too much liquid; Whitney's machine changed that.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 5

Explain the shift from artisan to factory worker, and discuss the factory system. What were the advantages and disadvantages? Who was left out? Who benefited? What were some ways workers responded?

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The shift from artisan to factory worker...

Question 6

As the market revolution took on steam, some critics described wage labor as the very essence of slavery.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

MATCHING
-virtue

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A)  a celebration of the home
B)  revolutionized American slavery
C)  mass production of interchangeable parts
D)  a personal moral quality associated with women
E)  a belief that American expansion was divinely appointedF) religious revivalG) a decree that labor organization was legalH) a literary and philosophical movementI) groups chained together while migrating to the Deep SouthJ) a charted entity that has rights and liabilities distinct from those of its membersK) prejudice against immigrantsL) waterway linking New York City to the Great LakesM) A) and J)
N) E) and I)

Question 8

Which of the following helped to increase the visibility and power of the Catholic Church in America in the mid-nineteenth century?

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A)   the fact that President Jackson was Catholic
B)   the number of Italian Catholic immigrants grew dramatically
C)   Congressional passage of an Act of Religious Toleration that gave Catholics political rights
D)   the number of Irish Catholic immigrants grew dramatically
E)   Archbishop John Hughes's wave of revivals that converted thousands to CatholicismF) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT an example of the significance of Eli Whitney's cotton gin?

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A)   Cotton production increased dramatically in about a quarter of a century.
B)   The Atlantic slave trade to the United States expanded in its last few years of existence.
C)   The federal government moved to consolidate American control of the Deep South by driving out Native Americans and acquiring Florida.
D)   The domestic slave trade grew.
E)   The completion of the Erie Canal allowed the transportation of thousands of pounds of cotton per day.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

Which of the following was NOT a way in which westward movement affected the South?

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A)   It led to the increased breaking up of slave families and communities.
B)   The plantation economy expanded beyond the coastal regions.
C)   Transportation and banking remained adjuncts of the plantation system.
D)   The South had to develop a highly effective railroad system to transport goods from west to east.
E)   The South's agrarian, slave-based social order reproduced itself as settlers went west.F) A) and C)
G) B) and D) D

Question 11

At the Lowell textile mills:

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A)   southern-born women dominated the workforce, because of their superior knowledge of cotton.
B)   the lack of supervision showed that the female workers were capable of managing their own lives, which inspired the women's rights movement.
C)   most women worked once their children were old enough to take care of themselves.
D)   the owners established lecture halls, churches, and a worker-edited periodical to occupy the workers' free time.
E)   immigrant women dominated the workforce in the 1820s.F) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 12

The American railroad industry in the first half of the nineteenth century:

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A)   was exclusively in the North.
B)   stimulated the coal mining industry.
C)   was smaller in terms of total miles of track than the European rail system.
D)   mainly connected one waterway to another waterway.
E)   encouraged entrepreneurs to begin building extensive canal systems for the first time.F) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

MATCHING
-American System

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A)  a celebration of the home
B)  revolutionized American slavery
C)  mass production of interchangeable parts
D)  a personal moral quality associated with women
E)  a belief that American expansion was divinely appointedF) religious revivalG) a decree that labor organization was legalH) a literary and philosophical movementI) groups chained together while migrating to the Deep SouthJ) a charted entity that has rights and liabilities distinct from those of its membersK) prejudice against immigrantsL) waterway linking New York City to the Great LakesM) A) and E)
N) A) and B)

Question 14

The women who protested during the Shoemakers' Strike in Lynn, compared their condition to that of:

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A)   indentured servants.
B)   slaves.
C)   Irish immigrants.
D)   religious dissenters.
E)   Indians.F) A) and C)
G) C) and E) B

Question 15

What did Noah Webster's American Dictionary define as "a state of exemption from the power or control of another"?

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A)   masculinity
B)   individualism
C)   artisanship
D)   freedom
E)   weaknessF) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

How did the market revolution affect the lives of artisans?

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A)   Their lives changed little, because the economy allowed for plenty of room for specialized craftsmen.
B)   New competition created opportunities for the specialized skills of artisans, so their numbers expanded.
C)   Gathered in factories, they faced constant supervision and the breakdown of craftsmanship into specialized tasks.
D)   They began working in factories, which they preferred to enduring years of apprenticeship under the old system.
E)   Most artisans became factory owners and prospered as never before.F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 17

Even though the days were long at New England textile factories, the girls were still allowed significant autonomy as to when they took their breaks and how long they took for lunch and dinner.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What city was known as "porkopolis" because of its slaughterhouses that butchered and processed hundreds of thousands of pigs each year?

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A)   Cincinnati
B)   Des Moines
C)   Indianapolis
D)   Chicago
E)   St. LouisF) C) and E)
G) A) and D) A

Question 19

What was the most important export from the United States by the midnineteenth century?

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A)   tobacco
B)   coal
C)   timber
D)   cotton
E)   wheatF) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 20

The Erie Canal gave which city primacy over competing ports in accessing trade with the Northwest?

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A)   Baltimore
B)   Philadelphia
C)   Boston
D)   New York
E)   ChicagoF) B) and D)
G) None of the above

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