Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, and Henry Clay were examples of __________. A) leading sectional politicians B) antislavery zealots C) Jackson’s most loyal supporters D) men from the West who had the “common touch” ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Although voting rights generally expanded between 1790 and 1855, what group steadily lost voting rights? A) women B) white men without property C) black men D) the uneducated ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
In 1821, Mexico achieved its independence from __________. A) France B) Spain C) Britain D) Portugal ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
By the 1850s at Lowell, __________. A) Irish immigrants had replaced New England women as workers B) the Lowell system had been widely copied across New England C) more women than ever were working in the mills D) most residents were self-sufficient farm workers ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
Many of the first strikes in American labor history were led by __________. A) apprentices B) middle-class reformers C) Irish immigrants D) women workers ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which of these was one of the three key factors in the transformation of the Old Northwest in the first half of the nineteenth century? A) new strains of wheat B) advances in transportation C) the abolition of slavery D) increased literacy rates ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
In what ways was the transportation revolution “revolutionary”? What were its economic and social consequences? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: roads; canals; railroad; steamboats; national markets; migration patterns
Date: September 9th, 2020
Catharine Beecher campaigned for teacher training for women because of her belief that __________. A) women were the equals of men B) nurturing women would be better teachers C) educated women could eventually dominate men D) women were more community-minded than men ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
The largest groups of immigrants who came to the United States before the Civil War were from __________. A) Ireland and Germany B) England and Scotland C) Italy and Poland D) Africa and West Indies ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
How was the Female Moral Reform Society typical of mid-century reform movements? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: middle-class women and reform; religion and reform; urban issues: prostitution; evolution of reform efforts
Date: September 9th, 2020
