Question 1

The fastest-growing group in America prior to the Civil War was the working poor.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In 1860,the percentage of the population in free states living in towns (places of 2,500 people or more) was

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A)  7 percent.
B)  13 percent.
C)  26 percent.
D)  39 percent.
E)  42 percent.F) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 3

Virtually all of the early craft unions excluded women,even though female workers were numerous in almost every industry.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following statements regarding American railroads in the 1850s is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Railroads helped weaken the connection between the Northwest and the South.
B)  Railroads supplanted all other forms of transportation.
C)  Long distance rail lines weakened the dependence of the West on the Mississippi River.
D)  Chicago was the railroad center of the West.
E)  Private investors provided nearly all the capital for rail development.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 5

The Massachusetts court case of Commonwealth v.Hunt (1842) declared that

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A)  labor unions were lawful organizations.
B)  labor strikes were illegal.
C)  child labor laws were unconstitutional.
D)  minimum wage laws were a restraint on trade.
E)  unions must admit working women as members.F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 6

Immigration contributed little to the American population in the first three decades of the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Prior to 1860,most rural Americans were uninterested in contact with the outside world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Commonwealth v.Hunt was a Massachusetts Supreme Court case that declared that labor unions were lawful organizations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The advent of the telegraph prompted newspaper publishers to share their reporting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In 1860,the typical white male American of the Old Northwest (today's Midwest) was

Accepted Answer

A)  the owner of a family farm.
B)  a marginal farmer.
C)  a farmhand who did not own his own land.
D)  an industrial worker.
E)  an urban artisan.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

By the 1840s,much of American grain production had become mechanized.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The pre-Civil War "cult of domesticity" left women increasingly detached from the public world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Prior to 1860,class conflict in the United States

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A)  increased as most of the working class dropped down the economic ladder.
B)  increased as the gap between the wealthy and the poor widened.
C)  was limited by a high degree of mobility within the working class.
D)  decreased as immigration diversified society.
E)  increased as a result of geographical mobility.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

How did the emergence of the factory system change the face of American labor during the first half of the nineteenth century?

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Question 15

Before 1860,compared to Irish immigrants to the United States,German immigrants

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A)  generally arrived with more money.
B)  were less likely to migrate as entire families.
C)  were more likely to remain in eastern cities.
D)  came in greater numbers.
E)  generally moved on to the Southeast.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 16

The United States military was a center for innovations in new machine tools and industry.

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A) True 
 B)False

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