One of the most noteworthy features of the slave community in the American South was __________. A) its acceptance of white paternalism within its own social structure B) its refusal to incorporate Christian religious practices C) its animosity toward free African Americans D) the expanded kinship network that developed within it ANSWER Answer: D
Of the 12 million people who lived in the South in 1860, how many were slaves? A) 1 million B) 3 million C) 4 million D) 6 million ANSWER Answer: C
In 1794, Reverend Absalom Jones and Reverend Richard Allen founded the first African American Baptist and Methodist churches in the city of __________. A) Boston B) Philadelphia C) Atlanta D) Richmond ANSWER Answer: B
The most striking “democratic” trend in the election of 1828 was __________. A) competition between multiple parties B) a surge in voter turnout C) Jackson’s appeal to urban elites D) abolition of the electoral college ANSWER Answer: B
The telegraph, newspapers, and political pamphlets all fostered __________. A) the growth of individualism B) a new American national culture C) sectionalism D) democratic idealism ANSWER Answer: B
The Hudson River School refers to a group of American __________. A) painters B) poets C) writers D) journalists ANSWER Answer: A
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
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
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
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
