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14 Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860
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1The first national park, Yellowstone, was the product of:
- Aan emerging conservation movement that began in the 1830s
- Ba desire to make access to some western lands available to the entire public
- Can effort to keep miners from exploiting and abandoning the soil there
- Dearly overcrowding of people and animals on western lands
2By 1840, overland highways had proved a more effective form of transportation than canals
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3What was the main factor contributing to rapid population growth in the 1840s and beyond?
- AWidespread immigration
- BIncreased imports of slaves
- CRising birth rates
- DImproved health
- EAcquisition of new territories
4An influx of Irish immigrants contributed to American's tolerance to ethnic and religious pluralism
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5German Immigrants in America differed from the Irish in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
- AMany Germans left their homeland for political reasons
- BGerman immigrants tended to be poorer
- CGermans settled in the Middle West rather than in eastern cities
- DGermans became outspoken opponents of slavery
- EOnly a minority of Germans were Roman Catholic
6Who is considered the father of the American Railroad?
- AJohn Stevens
- BEli Whitney
- CSamuel Slater
- DFrancis Cabot
- EIsaac Singer
7Americans lagged behind the British in industrializing largely because they:
- Afeared that they could not compete with the quality of British manufacturing.
- Bassociated the factory system with the worst qualities of European society.
- Cwere not interested in shifting from handmade goods.
- Dlacked the capital and infrastructure necessary to support the factory system.
8Who is considered the father of the American Factory System
- AJohn Stevens
- BEli Whitney
- CSamuel Slater
- DFrancis Cabot
- EIsaac Singer
9The principle of "general incorporation" permitted individual business people to apply for limited liability corporate charters from the state legislature
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10Early labor unions made slow progress partly because the strike weapon was illegal
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11The steel plow and mechanical reaper helped turn American farmers from subsistence farming to commercial market-oriented agriculture.
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12The 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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13The 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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