Question 1

Minstrel shows:

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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 AmericansF) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 2

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

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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 completelyF) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

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

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Question 4

Steamboats:

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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 obsoleteF) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

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

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A)   steel plow
B)   grain elevator
C)   mechanical reaper
D)   chainsaw
E)   tractorF) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

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

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

Question 7

One striking aspect of the Lowell factories was:

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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 stocksF) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

The cotton gin:

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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 inventorF) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

The Erie Canal did all of the following EXCEPT:

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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 costF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

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

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A)   New York and New Jersey
B)   Ohio and Pennsylvania
C)   California and Oregon
D)   Wisconsin and Minnesota
E)   Texas and LouisianaF) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 11

Cyrus McCormick's grain reapers:

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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 farmersF) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 12

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The cotton gin's invention:

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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 BritainF) None of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 14

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

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A)   telephone
B)   telegraph
C)   Pony Express
D)   railroad
E)   post officeF) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 15

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

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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-managementF) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 16

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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

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Question 19

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The Erie Canal did all of the following EXCEPT:

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The cotton gin:

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Minstrel shows:

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

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

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

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

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

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Steamboats:

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

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

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