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