The election of 1840 is best described as __________. A) a landslide victory for the Whigs B) a landslide victory for the Democrats C) a narrow victory for the Whigs D) a narrow victory for the Democrats ANSWER Answer: A
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
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 […]
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
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
The most successful of the nineteenth-century communitarian movements was __________. A) Oneida B) New Harmony C) the Shaker community D) Mormonism ANSWER Answer: D
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
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
The Native Americans who were the most dangerous and least assimilated were the __________. A) Vaqueros B) Comancheros C) Sioux D) Comanches ANSWER Answer: D
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