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Pregunta 1
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The first national park, Yellowstone, was the product of:
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an emerging conservation movement that began in the 1830s
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a desire to make access to some western lands available to the entire public
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an effort to keep miners from exploiting and abandoning the soil there
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early overcrowding of people and animals on western lands
Pregunta 2
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By 1840, overland highways had proved a more effective form of transportation than canals
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- True
- False
Pregunta 3
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What was the main factor contributing to rapid population growth in the 1840s and beyond?
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Widespread immigration
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Increased imports of slaves
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Rising birth rates
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Improved health
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Acquisition of new territories
Pregunta 4
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An influx of Irish immigrants contributed to American's tolerance to ethnic and religious pluralism
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- True
- False
Pregunta 5
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German Immigrants in America differed from the Irish in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
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Many Germans left their homeland for political reasons
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German immigrants tended to be poorer
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Germans settled in the Middle West rather than in eastern cities
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Germans became outspoken opponents of slavery
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Only a minority of Germans were Roman Catholic
Pregunta 6
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Who is considered the father of the American Railroad?
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John Stevens
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Eli Whitney
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Samuel Slater
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Francis Cabot
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Isaac Singer
Pregunta 7
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Americans lagged behind the British in industrializing largely because they:
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feared that they could not compete with the quality of British manufacturing.
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associated the factory system with the worst qualities of European society.
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were not interested in shifting from handmade goods.
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lacked the capital and infrastructure necessary to support the factory system.
Pregunta 8
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Who is considered the father of the American Factory System
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John Stevens
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Eli Whitney
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Samuel Slater
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Francis Cabot
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Isaac Singer
Pregunta 9
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The principle of "general incorporation" permitted individual business people to apply for limited liability corporate charters from the state legislature
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- True
- False
Pregunta 10
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Early labor unions made slow progress partly because the strike weapon was illegal
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- True
- False
Pregunta 11
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The steel plow and mechanical reaper helped turn American farmers from subsistence farming to commercial market-oriented agriculture.
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- True
- False
Pregunta 12
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The Erie Canal's greatest economic effect was to create strong east-west commercial and industrial links between the Northeast and the West (Midwest)
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- True
- False
Pregunta 13
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The growth of market economy drew most married American women off the farms and out of the home and into the new factories and mills
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- True
- False
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