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Describe rural life in the American Northwest during the last three decades before the Civil War. How did it compare to both rural and urban life in the East?

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The main staple crop of the Old Northwest (today's Midwest)  was

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A)   barley.
B)   soy.
C)   corn.
D)   wheat.
E)   cotton.F) C) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 3

The development of a railroad system weakened connections between the Northwest and the South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The ________ was invented by McCormick, while the machine thresher was invented by Case.

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Question 5

As the immigrant labor force in New England textile mills grew in the 1840s,

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A)   the workday grew shorter and wages declined.
B)   payment by piece rates replaced a daily wage.
C)   women and children were more likely to earn more than men.
D)   safety conditions began to improve.
E)   the workday grew longer and wages increased.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 6

What were the advances in new technology that had the greatest effect on the emerging American factory system during the first half of the nineteenth century?

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Question 7

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

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Question 8

The great majority of pre-Civil War immigrants came from Ireland and England.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Prior to 1860, rural Americans had almost no contact with the rest of the world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How do you account for the terrific growth of American industry prior to the Civil War?

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Question 11

In the early 1850s, a new political body called the American Party was created by a group called the "________."

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Question 12

Compared to 1800, in 1860 urban American families

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A)   had a rising birth rate.
B)   were less likely to see their children leave home in search of work.
C)   were less likely to see income earners work outside the home.
D)   had a declining birth rate.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 13

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 14

Before 1860, the development of machine tools by the United States government resulted in the

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A)   turret lathe.
B)   universal milling machine.
C)   precision grinder.
D)   turret lathe, universal milling machine, and precision grinder.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

Question 15

As of the middle of the nineteenth century, the typical citizen of the Northwest was a poor, marginal farmer.

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A) True 
 B)False

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Corporate development was aided by laws permitting a system of ________ for individual stockholders.

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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) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

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