In the preindustrial system, a boy who wanted to learn a trade __________. A) was trained in an industrial school B) became an apprentice to a master craftsman C) would learn from an older family member D) would have to teach himself ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The unsettling demands of the new industrial order forced changes in middle-class family life that resulted in __________. A) a more distant relationship between husband and wife B) less time for the traditional nurturing role of wife/mother C) fewer children in the average household D) the broadening of the “woman’s sphere” beyond the household […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The economic development of Lynn, Massachusetts, in the early nineteenth century illustrates the impact of __________. A) European nations on the American economy B) new forms of venture capital on the domestic market C) slavery on the northern economy D) the putting-out system on American manufacturing ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Approximately 500,000 free African Americans resided in the United States by 1860, making up what percentage of the total black population? A) less than 1 percent B) 2 percent C) 6 percent D) 11 percent ANSWER Answer: D
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The most successful of the nineteenth-century communitarian movements was __________. A) Oneida B) New Harmony C) the Shaker community D) Mormonism ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Grimké sisters supported both the abolition of slavery and __________. A) the right of women to make their voices heard B) quotas on new immigration from Europe C) the African colonization movement D) the labor movement ANSWER Answer: A
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Which phase was usually first in the pattern of American occupation of new lands? A) frontier of inclusion B) frontier of exclusion C) armed conflict D) assimilation ANSWER Answer: A
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The Native Americans who were the most dangerous and least assimilated were the __________. A) Vaqueros B) Comancheros C) Sioux D) Comanches ANSWER Answer: D
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Which of these people would have been most likely to oppose the Mexican-American War? A) a New England Whig B) a southern Democrat C) a western farmer D) a Texas plantation owner ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
What impact did Free-Soil candidate Martin Van Buren have on the election of 1848? A) He cost Lewis Cass New York and Pennsylvania, and with these two states the election. B) He forced Lewis Cass to take a much stronger stand on slavery than he wanted to. C) He cost Zachary Taylor Massachusetts and New […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
