Market Revolution Review

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Which of the following was NOT a result of the growth of a national market economy between 1815 and 1860? The application of machinery to the mass production of goods, A greater disparity of wealth between rich and poor Americans, Movement toward wage labor, A greater number of men working at home

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A greater number of men working at home

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Which of the following best explains a change in migration in United States society during the early 1800s? The rise in manufacturing in the North coincided with an increase of immigration from abroad to these urban areas.

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The rise in manufacturing in the North coincided with an increase of immigration from abroad to these urban areas.

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In the early 1830’s, the majority of workers in the Lowell mills of Massachusetts were

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young unmarried women from rural New England

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Most of the Irish immigrants who came to the United States following the potato famine of the 1840s settled in

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city areas of the North

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Which of the following explains how the growth of a market-based economy in the United States in the early 1800s most directly influenced changes in gender roles? Options: As both men and women took paid employment, social and political inequality between the sexes declined significantly. As an economy based on commercial transactions encouraged woman to stop marrying. As home and the workplace became separated, women were increasingly expected to be responsible for housework and childcare. As working for wages became more common, many people ceased to view the family as important.

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As home and the workplace became separated, women were increasingly expected to be responsible for housework and childcare.

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The expansion of a market economy in the early nineteenth century is reflected in which of the following? The decline of the slave system in the South, The improvement of transportation and availability of goods, The formation of strong labor unions, The continued growth of home labor and cottage industries

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The improvement of transportation and availability of goods

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The Southern economy before the Civil War increasingly

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produced more cotton and other crops but did not develop much industry

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Which industry dominated America prior to 1800s?

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farming

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What is the significance of the cotton gin?

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becomes the primary crop of the South

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Manufacturing was concentrated in which region of the country? Options: South, Midwest, New England, Canada

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New England