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32 Cards in this Set
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“Manifest Destiny” was: |
that the United States had a God-given mission to expand westward. |
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The 1825 completion of the 363-mile Erie Canal connected: |
the Great Lakes with New York City. |
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What 1793 invention spurred the rise of the Cotton Kingdom and fueled demand for slaves? |
cotton gin |
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Which was not an innovation associated with the market revolution of the first half of the nineteenth century? |
telephones |
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American industrialization first took off in |
New England. |
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During the first half of the 1800s, the U.S. economy experienced explosive growth in output and trade, and a rise in the standard of living for millions of Americans. This dynamic and expansive growth was, in part, a consequence of the rise of factories, a transportation revolution via canal and rail, a communications revolution spurred by invention of the telegraph, increasing agricultural yields and the mechanization of farm equipment, a rising prosperity for financial institutions, and larger cities. Historians call this new economy: |
the market revolution or market economy. |
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“Slave coffles . . . became a common sight.” Define “coffles”: |
groups chained to one another |
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In the period between 1820 and 1840, what two states combined saw the biggest spread (increase) in cotton cultivation? |
Louisiana and Mississippi |
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Which of the following destroyed Henry David Thoreau’s commune with nature? |
a train |
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Early New England textile mills relied largely on the labor of: |
women and children. |
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America’s first successful factory was established in 1790 by: |
Samuel Slater at Pawtucket, Rhode Island. |
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Which of the following was not a key difference between traditional artisan production and the new factory system? |
Artisans generally labored under closer supervision than did factory workers. |
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Which was not an element of the Second Great Awakening? |
It emphasized predestination and the importance of each soul as being in the hands of an angry God. |
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Which of the following was not a mounting source of concern over the effects of the market revolution? |
America’s failure to attract many newcomers from Europe |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson was which of the following? |
a transcendentalist |
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Which of the following was not a feature of westward expansion during the early to mid-1800s? |
Cities had no significant presence in the expanding West. |
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What effect did the Embargo of 1807 have on manufacturing in the United States? |
stimulated its growth |
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The “American system of manufactures”: |
was the mass production of interchangeable parts into rapidly built, standardized products. |
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The Second Great Awakening was: |
a popular religious revival that swept the country in the early 1800s. |
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Which of the following was not a key difference between traditional artisan production and the new factory system? |
Artisans generally labored under closer supervision than did factory workers. |
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Which of the following was not an innate characteristic of women, according to the “cult of domesticity”? |
analytical insight |
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Democracy in America was written by |
Alexis de Tocqueville. |
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Of the following projects, New York City’s commercial ascent was owed chiefly to |
the Erie Canal. |
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Which of the following was not a mounting source of concern over the effects of the market revolution? |
America’s failure to attract many newcomers from Europe |
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Chicago’s spectacular growth between 1830 and 1860 was principally due to: |
railroads. |
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Which of the following series of events is listed in proper sequence? |
work begun on National Road; steamboat introduced on Mississippi River; work begun on Erie Canal; work begun on Baltimore and Ohio Railroad |
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Which of the following destroyed Henry David Thoreau’s commune with nature? |
a train |
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Which was not an aspect of women’s changing role in the context of the expansive and dynamic growth of the market economy in nineteenth century America? |
In the new, competitive, capitalist marketplace, women were to grow increasingly into captains of industry, becoming leaders of some of the nation’s most important industries. |
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American industrialization first took off in |
New England |
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Which of the following was not a significant trend in American thought during the market revolution? |
a belief that one’s spiritual salvation was purely a matter of chance |
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For Ralph Waldo Emerson, freedom was: |
an open-ended process of self-realization by which individuals could remake themselves. |
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The court case in which it was held that workers’ unions are not illegal was: |
Commonwealth v. Hunt. |