Question 1

Despite contrasts between great wealth and great poverty,there was very little overt class conflict in pre-Civil War America.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

All of the following statements regarding American leisure activities prior to 1860 are true EXCEPT that

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A)   men gravitated to taverns for drinking, talking, and game-playing.
B)   reading was a principle leisure activity among affluent Americans.
C)   minstrel shows were increasingly popular.
D)   popular tastes in public spectacle tended toward the bizarre and fantastic.
E)   unpaid vacations were becoming common among the middle class.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

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 4

In the 1840s,P.T.Barnum's American Museum in New York showcased

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A)   nature and natural history.
B)   American artists.
C)   human oddities.
D)   past American leaders and heroes.
E)   European artists.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 5

Between 1840 and 1860,the South experienced a decline in its percentage of urban residents.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Prior to 1860,hostility among native-born Americans toward immigrants was spurred,in part,by

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A)   the refusal by immigrants to adapt to American culture.
B)   fears of political radicalism.
C)   the ability of immigrants to command high wages.
D)   concerns that immigrants generally did not participate in politics.
E)   the effect they had on the falling price of African slaves.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

In the 1840s,the dominant immigrant group in New England textile mills was the

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A)   Irish.
B)   Germans.
C)   English.
D)   Italians.
E)   Chinese.F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 8

Describe the immigrant experience in the United States in the 1830s and 1840s.

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Question 9

Which of the following statements regarding American railroads in the 1850s is FALSE?

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A)   Railroads helped weaken the connection between the Northwest and the South.
B)   Most railroad "trunk lines" were reduced or eliminated.
C)   Long distance rail lines weakened the dependence of the West on the Mississippi River.
D)   Chicago was the railroad center of the West.
E)   Private investors provided nearly all the capital for rail development.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

Prior to 1860,the fastest-growing segment in American society was the

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A)   slaves.
B)   very poor.
C)   middle class.
D)   well-to-do.
E)   very rich.F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 11

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 D)
G) None of the above

Question 12

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

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Question 13

In New York City,the construction of ________,which began in the 1850s,resulted from the desire of residents to make the city as important as London or Paris.

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Question 14

By 1860,factories in the United States

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A)   were concentrated in the Northeast.
B)   produced goods whose total value greatly exceeded the nation's agricultural output.
C)   employed one-third of the nation's manufacturing labor force.
D)   were concentrated in the Northeast and employed one-third of the nation's manufacturing labor force.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 15

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) None of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 16

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

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Question 17

The "Know-Nothing" movement was partially directed at reducing the influence of

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A)   Catholics.
B)   abolitionists.
C)   Democrats.
D)   Jews.
E)   free blacks.F) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

Before the 1830s,American corporations could be chartered only by

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A)   an act of Congress.
B)   presidential executive order.
C)   state legislatures.
D)   a public vote.
E)   a state governor.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

In the 1840s,John Deere introduced significant improvements to the

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

Question 20

Examine technological developments in America between 1800 and 1860.What are the characteristic features in the advances made throughout this period?

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