Question 1

Threshers appeared in large numbers after 1820,spurring much greater productivity in grain production.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

All the following factors inhibited the growth of labor unions EXCEPT

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A)   the large number of immigrant workers.
B)   the political strength of industrial capitalists.
C)   ethnic divisions among workers.
D)   the question of whether to include women members.
E)   a lack of labor union size sufficient to stage successful strikes.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 3

Elaborate rooms with lush dark colors and heavy furniture and drapes were characteristic of the ________ era.

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Question 4

Between 1840 and 1860,the overwhelming majority of immigrants who arrived in the United States came from

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A)   Italy and Russia.
B)   Ireland and Germany.
C)   England and Russia.
D)   England and Ireland.
E)   Ireland and Italy.F) B) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 5

Prior to 1860,American urban society

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A)   considered the conspicuous display of wealth to be poor social behavior.
B)   saw wealthy people move toward the outer edges of cities.
C)   included a substantial number of destitute poor.
D)   saw Irish immigrants have fewer rights than free blacks.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 6

Early American Victorian homes were characterized by

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A)   spare and simple designs that emphasized natural light.
B)   dark colors, and rooms crowded with heavy furniture.
C)   small rooms, and a reduction in total living space.
D)   all members of a family sharing one bedroom.
E)   a lack of parlors and dining rooms.F) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

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) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 8

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 9

During the 1840s,advances in journalism included all of the following EXCEPT the

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A)   creation of a national cooperative news-gathering organization.
B)   technological means to reproduce photographs in newsprint.
C)   invention of the steam cylinder rotary press.
D)   introduction of the telegraph system.
E)   dramatic growth of mass-circulation newspapers.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 10

Pre-Civil War rural communities of the Northwest were usually populated by a diverse mix of ethnic groups.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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 12

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 13

In most cities of the East prior to the Civil War,the income gap between rich and poor gradually narrowed.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

For most Americans in the nineteenth century,vacations were rare.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

By 1860,as a result of the social expectations expressed in the "cult of domesticity,"

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A)   unmarried women were generally excluded from all income-earning activities.
B)   women became increasingly isolated from the public world.
C)   middle-class wives were given no special role in the family.
D)   women who read books or magazines were likely to be criticized.
E)   women increasingly became seen as contributors to the family economy.F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 16

Prior to 1860,class conflict in the United States

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A)   increased as most of the working class dropped down the economic ladder.
B)   increased as the size of the middle class decreased.
C)   was limited by a high degree of mobility within the working class.
D)   decreased as immigration diversified society.
E)   increased as a result of geographical mobility.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

How did the rise of the factory system change the American family?

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Question 18

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Samuel Morse invented the ________,which burst into American life in 1844.

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Question 20

The pre-Civil War "cult of domesticity" left women increasingly detached from the public world.

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A) True 
 B)False

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