The history of Lowell epitomizes which transition? A) building of Erie Canal and its subsequent effect on manufacturing B) self-sufficient farm families to urban wage workers C) working class to middle class D) slave to nonslave labor ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
One of the key goals of early unions like the New England Female Labor Reform Association was to have __________. A) factory safety B) a ten-hour workday C) paid apprenticeships D) better wages ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
After the opening of the Erie Canal, the production of homespun cloth in cities along its route __________. A) declined rapidly B) expanded slightly C) remained constant D) grew rapidly ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 9th, 2020
How did farming in the Yankee West in the first half of the nineteenth century differ from farming in New England in the eighteenth century? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Key Points: commercial agriculture; land prices and availability; small farmers and big producers; agricultural technology
Date: September 9th, 2020
Who could join the general unions of the 1830s? A) all working people B) white men in skilled trades C) all white people D) white men ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
Joseph Smith is most closely associated with what area of reform? A) temperance B) abolitionism C) religion D) public education ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Which advance was made in the nineteenth century as a result of women’s rights activism? A) the extension of voting rights to all women over 25 B) the passage of property laws more favorable to women C) the passage of legislation barring discrimination in employment on the basis of gender D) the creation of a […]
Date: September 9th, 2020
The Overland Trails started at the __________. A) Appalachian Mountains B) Rocky Mountains C) Mississippi River D) Missouri River ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 9th, 2020
Like other California immigrants, most of the Chinese __________. A) quickly assimilated with other local cultures B) brought wives and families with them C) intended to return home as soon as they made money D) came in very small numbers ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 9th, 2020
Most American trappers, like the British and French before them, __________. A) wanted nothing to do with Indian peoples A) wanted nothing to do with Indian peoples B) sought accommodation and friendship with Indian peoples C) were actively hostile toward Indian peoples D) saw themselves as honorary Indians ANSWER Answer: B
Date: September 9th, 2020
