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14 Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860

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Question 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
  • a desire to make access to some western lands available to the entire public
  • an effort to keep miners from exploiting and abandoning the soil there
  • early overcrowding of people and animals on western lands

Question 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

Question 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
  • Increased imports of slaves
  • Rising birth rates
  • Improved health
  • Acquisition of new territories

Question 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

Question 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
  • German immigrants tended to be poorer
  • Germans settled in the Middle West rather than in eastern cities
  • Germans became outspoken opponents of slavery
  • Only a minority of Germans were Roman Catholic

Question 6

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Who is considered the father of the American Railroad?
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  • John Stevens
  • Eli Whitney
  • Samuel Slater
  • Francis Cabot
  • Isaac Singer

Question 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.
  • associated the factory system with the worst qualities of European society.
  • were not interested in shifting from handmade goods.
  • lacked the capital and infrastructure necessary to support the factory system.

Question 8

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Who is considered the father of the American Factory System
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  • John Stevens
  • Eli Whitney
  • Samuel Slater
  • Francis Cabot
  • Isaac Singer

Question 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

Question 10

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Early labor unions made slow progress partly because the strike weapon was illegal
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  • True
  • False

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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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