US HISTORY 1301 CHAPTER 8 QUIZ

Which of the following was a result of the invention of the cotton gin?

• The concentration of slave populations shifted to cotton-growing states.

• Farms in New England came to grow the majority of cotton, with far more output than plantations in the South.

• The price of American cotton dropped nearly 50 percent.

• Plantations in the Southeast became so profitable that migration to the Southwest stopped.

Which of the following characterizes professional work in the first half of the nineteenth century up to the Civil War?

• Teaching, engineering, and marketing were the top three sources of professional employment.

• Professional jobs were growing in number, with little formal academic training required for many positions.

• Unlike manual labor, women and men were equally represented in the professions.

• Professional jobs were available only to those who had earned degrees at one of the nation's few universities.

Which of the following was NOT an agricultural invention made before 1850?

• mechanical reaper

• steel plow

• artificial fertilizer

• mechanical reaper

Which of the following accurately describes Irish immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century?

• A large number were skilled craftsman and professionals, and many became leading American businessmen.

• They often worked in dangerous and/or low-paying jobs and were viewed with contempt by established Americans.

• They were known for being accepting of African Americans and led initiatives to end discrimination against them.

• Almost all of them settled in the Upper Midwest, where they established farms and new towns.

Which of the following nationalities comprised the largest immigrant groups in America in the two decades before the Civil War?

• Norwegian & Swede

• British & Chinese

• Irish & German

• French & Dutch

Which of following accurately describes the federal government's role in regards to transportation improvements in the first half of the nineteenth century?

• It refused to participate in any transportation improvements because they would negatively impact Native Americans.

• It received unanimous support to finance many construction projects such as the Erie Canal.

• It dominated efforts to pay for transportation improvements, while the states did not play a role

• It bought stock in and gave land grants to some transportation companies.

Which of the following accurately describes Norwegian immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century?

• Many settled in the Upper Midwest, where they established farms and new towns.

• Many were skilled craftsman and professionals, and some became leading American businessmen.

• The majority settled in California, where they faced extreme prejudice, including an inability to become citizens

• Most worked in densely populated cities and were unable to live in communities with other Scandinavians.

The Know-Nothing Party was built on

• the desire to strengthen the political voice of immigrants.

• opposition to the growth of new professions

• nativism

• opposition of slavery

Which of the following did the Erie Canal connect?

• the Gulf of Mexico to the Rocky Mountains

• the Great Lakes and the Midwest to New York City

• Lake Erie to the Mississippi River

• Canada to New Orleans

Who invented a mechanical reaper to harvest grain?

• Samuel F.B. Morse

• Eli WHitney

• Cyrus Hall McCormick

• John Deere