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APUSH Ch. 10 Brinkley - America's Economic Revolution
APUSH Ch. 10 Brinkley - America's Economic Revolution
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1
The Know-Nothing party gained significant strength in the early 1800s in the
South
mid- West
North-East
Pacific
2
Which of the following was NOT a goal by the Supreme order of Star-Spangled Banner?
Petitioning government for immigration quotas
Restrictive naturalization laws
Banning catholics from holding public office
Literacy tests for voting
3
Stephen Douglas, supporter of Kansas-Nebraska act, also supported
welfare contributions to Irish immigrants
federal subsidies to canal construction companies
slavery in every state
federal land aids for the construction of railroads
4
Consolidation of railroads is
investments from private instead of goverment sources
the merging of large railroad companys for economic benefit
subsidizing railroad companies
the combining of short lines into longer lines "trunk lines"
5
The Associated Press in the mid 1800s promoted cooperative news gathering due to
Railroads
Canals and Steamboats
telegraph wiring
automobiles
6
Unlike Britain, factory owners placed great emphasis on maintaining proper Lowell environments
because they genuinely cared for the welfare of their women
so owners can rival the horrid working conditions of Europe
because many believed the employment of women to be immoral
because they wanted to attract women away from the farm life
7
For Middle-Class women, the economic revolution in the 1800s ultimately
led for the creation of a seperate spheres for women
encouraged the idea that women were superior to men
involved women in public life and politics
weakened the "cult of domesticity" as they entered workforce
8
____ was celebrated for entertaining audiences with his great freak shows
Gifford Pinchot
Samuel Slater
P.T Barnum
Frederick Olmsted
9
Which state was the first to act in the construction of canals?
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
New York
Ohio
10
Why was credit so inneficient during most of the 1800s?
Bank rarely issued bank notes
The official currency consisted of only gold and silver
The Second National Bank had been recharted
There was too much public confidence in bank notes
11
The northwest was based on a defense of
economic freedom
lack of agricultural innovation
high social mobility
large industrialization efforts
12
Like railroad lines, telegraph lines were far more extensive in the
North-East
Pacific
South
Mid-West
13
Commonwealth v. Hunt declared
States had no right to regulate interstate trade
unions and strikes were lawful
government had power to regulate private industry
The principle of judicial review
14
The market revolution
undermined growing class distinctions
led to an increase in birth rates.
increased the opportunity for social mobility
decreased the gap between the wealthy and the urban poor
15
Canal building in early 1800s was expensive for private enterprises, so it fell on states.
False
True
16
The construction of the Erie canal was made possible due to canal advocate
Jonathan Edwards
Calvert Vaux
Robert Fulton
De Witt Clinton
17
Eli Whitney created
The Sewing Machine
The railroad
The telegraph
Interchangeabe Parts
18
The MOST profound economic development of the mid-1800s was the rise in
Railroads
The Telegraph
Canals
Factories
19
Some advantages of corporations during the market revolution include
The cumbersome process of obtaining a charter
The accumulation of less capital
Merchant capitalists who owned sole ownership of enterprises
The system of "limited liability"
20
Which of the following is NOT a reason for the rise of Nativism?
Immigrants would expand the market for goods
Immigrants usually lived in slums
Immigrants made catholicism more popular
Immigrants would work for lower wages
21
Most newcomers during the first half of the 1800s came from
France and England
Germany and Ireland
Japan and China
Scandanavia and Italy
22
Common systems of recruitment to bring new labor supply into the expanding textile mills were
getting parents to work while children stayed in the west
attracting old male workers
bringing whole families from the farm to the mill
enlisting young women, mostly farmer's daughters
23
Which group of native-born Americans would support immigration during early 19th century?
Land Speculators of the west
The Middle-class
The working class
Nativists
24
Which of the following is true?
German immigrants tended to be unskilled and very poor
Irish immigrants came mostly from Protestant backgrounds
Irish Immigrants were a large part of the factory workforce
Irish immigrants settled mostly in the west
25
Which was NOT a MAIN factor in inducing the American industrial revolution?
The creation of several new transportation systems.
The development of the telegraph
Changes in business organizations - incorporation laws
The rapidly increasing american population.
26
_____ was a response to the increase in factory systems.
Skilled training
National Craft Unions
Small immigrant workforce
Fueling of sectional discord
