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How had the status and role of American women changed between 1800 and 1860?

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Question 2

Before 1860, compared to Irish immigrants to the United States, German immigrants

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A)  generally arrived with more money.
B)  were less likely to migrate as entire families.
C)  were more likely to remain in Eastern cities.
D)  came in greater numbers.
E)  generally moved on to the Southeast.F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

Why did railroads become the key American industry in the nineteenth century?

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Question 4

Skilled craftsmen organized trade unions due to the rise of the "factory system."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Describe the interrelationship between one technological development in the pre-Civil War era and another.

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One technological development in the pre...

Question 6

In the 1830s, Cyrus McCormick improved grain farming when he patented his

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A)  tractor.
B)  thresher.
C)  plow.
D)  reaper.
E)  mower.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 7

The Erie Canal was the greatest construction project Americans had ever undertaken.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The early union movement among skilled artisans

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A)  was weakened by the Panic of 1837.
B)  was generally supported by state governments.
C)  attempted to create one collective national trade union.
D)  welcomed working women as members.
E)  was strengthened by the influx of immigrant laborers.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 9

Between 1820 and 1840, the population of the United States

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A)  rapidly grew, in part, due to improved public health.
B)  saw the proportion of enslaved blacks to free whites increase.
C)  increased at a slower rate than in Europe.
D)  remained relatively constant.
E)  grew in spite of a very low birth rate in America.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

American factory workers in early nineteenth-century textile mills largely consisted of

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A)  families and rural, single women.
B)  single men.
C)  unskilled urban workers.
D)  young immigrants.
E)  slaves.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 11

The most profound economic development in mid-nineteenth-century America was the rise of the ______________.

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Question 12

The commercial and industrial growth in the United States prior to 1860 resulted in

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A)  increasing disparities in income between the rich and poor.
B)  a significant rise in income for nearly all Americans.
C)  decreasing disparities in income between the rich and poor.
D)  a significant decrease in income for nearly all Americans.
E)  None of the answers are correct.F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 13

Describe the major features of American middle-class life during the first half of the nineteenth century.

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Question 14

By the mid-nineteenth century, the rail center of the West was _________________.

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Question 15

Elias Howe's invention of the __________________ had an impact on both family life and the Civil War.

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Question 16

The paternalistic nature of the Lowell factory system lasted through the Civil War.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

How did the emergence of the factory system change the face of American labor during the first half of the nineteenth century?

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The emergence of the factory system duri...

Question 18

Virtually all of the early craft unions excluded women, even though female workers were numerous in almost every industry.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In the pre-Civil War period, turnpikes were regarded as an improvement over canals as a means of transportation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The recruitment of young women to work and live in a factory setting was called the ______________ system.

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