Question 1

The growth of commerce and industry allowed more Americans the chance to become prosperous without

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A)   owning land.
B)   a professional education.
C)   marrying.
D)   capital.
E)   producing a product or service.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

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

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

Question 3

Compared to Irish immigrants,German immigrants to the United States before 1860

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

Question 4

Compared to 1800,in 1860 urban American families

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

Question 5

How did American leisure time and activities during the 1830s and 1840s compare with leisure during the 1810s and 1820s?

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Question 6

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

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

Question 7

In the United States in the 1830s,limited liability laws were developed,which

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A)   restricted the amount of capital a corporation could possess.
B)   prevented a corporation from being dominated by a small group of stockholders.
C)   protected the stockholders' full investment in a company.
D)   protected corporations from liability lawsuits.
E)   meant stockholders could not be charged with losses greater than their investment.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

Between 1820 and 1840,the population of the United States

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

Question 9

The Northwest considered itself the most democratic section of the country,but it was a democracy based on a defense of economic freedom and the rights of property.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The republican vision in the United States included the tradition of the

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A)   skilled artisan.
B)   yeoman farmer.
C)   skilled artisan and the yeoman farmer.
D)   industrial entrepreneur.
E)   yeoman farmer and the industrial entrepreneur.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 11

By 1860,the energy for industrialization in the United States increasingly came from

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A)   gasoline.
B)   wood.
C)   kerosene.
D)   coal.
E)   water.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

By 1860,over half of the manufacturing establishments in the United States were located west of the Mississippi River.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The need to supply the United States military helped spur new innovations in machine tools and industry.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The transition from farm life to factory life for women in pre-Civil War America was difficult at best and traumatic at worst.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Public lectures were one of the most popular forms of entertainment in America prior to the Civil War.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The great majority of Irish immigrants settled in the

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A)   eastern cities.
B)   western territories.
C)   southern cities.
D)   rural North.
E)   rural South.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

In 1860,the percentage of the population in free states living in towns (places of 2,500 people or more) or cities was

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A)   42 percent.
B)   39 percent.
C)   26 percent.
D)   7 percent.
E)   13 percent.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 18

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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Question 19

In 1860,the percentage of the population in the South living in towns (places of 2,500 or more) or cities was

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A)   10 percent.
B)   33 percent.
C)   15 percent.
D)   5 percent.
E)   20 percent.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 20

Immigration contributed little to the American population in the first three decades of the nineteenth century.

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A) True 
 B)False

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