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Questions
1. The many Irish immigrants of the 1840s and 1850s not only were opposed by anti-Catholic nativists but were themselves in competition with and despised which of the following groups?
Chinese immigrants who began arriving in the 1850s
Native Americans in the Midwest
free African Americans who competed for low-paying jobs
Mexican immigrants who competed for low-paying jobs
German immigrants who were more welcomed and treated better
2. Which of the following statements accurately describes the cotton gin?
It made possible efficient separation of seeds from fiber.
It was an engine that manufactured cloth.
It made the South the wealthiest part of the country.
It had no significant effect on the North's economy.
It resulted from a government bounty paid to its inventor.
3. Which of the following was a result of minstrel shows?
They made museums the center of recreation and leisure.
They reinforced the idea that America still did not have its own unique forms of entertainment.
They brought professional productions of Shakespeare to the United States.
They helped Whites become more racially tolerant.
They helped perpetuate familiar stereotypes of African Americans.
3. Which of the following statements correctly describes an early impact of the invention of the telegraph communications system?
It improved the efficiency and safety of railroad transportation.
It led to more people moving from cities to rural areas since they could still communicate easily with relatives.
It led to telegraph systems being installed in most American homes.
It created thousands of jobs for women who became telegraph operators.
It led to a reduction in newspaper subscriptions since most people got their news via the telegraph.
4. How did the American or Know-Nothing party of the 1850s change politics in the United States?
It led to the creation of the modern Republican party and to the start of the Third Party System.
It introduced a conservative, anti-immigrant element into U.S. political debate, which has remained there ever since.
It did not change American politics at all since few people paid any attention to the nativist rantings of the Know-Nothings.
It forced American politicians to focus on improving public education so that all children would know a basic level of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
It became the main political party promoting the interests of German, Irish, and Chinese immigrants.
5. Which of the following statements describes the role of the government in the development of transportation in the nineteenth-century United States?
The government successfully sabotaged such projects as a means of slowing the rise of capitalism.
State governments took on the full burden of financially supporting transportation projects.
The government was unable to contribute to such projects because long-distance communication was virtually nonexistent.
The government took a backseat in the development of transportation projects out of fear of disrupting the lives of Native Americans.
State governments, the federal government, and private investors all contributed financially to such projects in their own ways.
6. Which of the following statements is the best definition of a market economy?
the production of goods and services, such as farm products or manufactured goods, for sale in the market rather than just for personal consumption
an economy where most people work in stores selling products that people need to be able to live and maintain their homes
an economy where products are exchanged in centralized markets using a barter system rather than cash money
a system where everyone works for wages and buys everything needed from markets located in regionally created cities
a type of agricultural economy that provides shares of a crop to farm workers who then trade those crop shares in a market
7. Which of the following statements describes the impact of the invention and use of the cotton gin in the United States?
It reduced the need for manual labor to process cotton, leading to the development of other industries in the South.
It led to a significant increase in home-based cotton spinning and weaving, providing more jobs for women.
It led to an increased demand for cotton exports and thereby an increased demand for slave labor in the South.
It allowed cotton to be easily produced in other countries that did not use slave labor, thereby reducing demand for American cotton.
It drove the creation of cotton textile factories in the South near the source of cotton production.
8. The first great immigration wave, from 1845 to 1854, was also the greatest in U.S. history in proportion to the size of the country's population at the time.
True
False
9. A market-based economy characteristically produces boom-and-bust cycles.
True
False
10. What was the most common pathway to entering new professions in the first half of the nineteenth century?
The new professions required little specialized training, so anyone could do them.
Most new professions were filled by immigrants, especially Germans, who received their professional training in Europe.
Most people entering the new professions did so by apprenticing with existing experts since there were few professional schools.
Most people entering the new professions received extensive training in one of the many new universities established in the 1830s and 1840s.
The new professions were only available to the wealthy since it was expensive to obtain the education and training required.