Industrial/reform era

The Second Great Awakening was a movement that promoted —

• the use of reason and scientific theory

• spiritual revival and the need for social reform

• states’ rights and governmental reform

• mercantilism and the development of global trade

Which statement best describes a result of industrialization in the United States during the mid-nineteenth century?

• People moved to cities in search of economic opportunity

• Farmers began to cultivate land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Native peoples were forcibly relocated to western territories.

• Government officials began to promote the idea of Manifest Destiny

How did the War of 1812 affect the U.S. economy?

• The use of federal paper currency increased.

• Agricultural imports increased

• Imports of raw materials increased.

• Manufacturing increased.

What was one major effect of the Erie Canal on the United States in the early nineteenth century?

• The rapid growth of cities in the Northeast

• A rise in cotton exports to the United Kingdom

• An increase in the cost of shipping goods to Europe

• A decrease in trade between settlers and American Indians

Everywhere, we face crime, disease and death, all testify to the necessity of the prosecution of the cause, of steadfast and unwavering effort and prompt action to lead to complete success. —Charles C. Burleigh, address to the Whole World’s Temperance Convention, 1853

The speaker quoted above was a supporter of the movement to —

• end the international slave trade

• establish strict limits on immigration

• expose corruption in the federal government

• discourage the consumption of alcoholic beverages

Which pull factor accounted for much of Chinese immigration to the United States in the mid-1800s?

• An opportunity for free land in the Midwest

• The prospect of religious freedom

• An economic boom in the West

• The possibility of a free education

• Limited government interference in business • Prices determined by supply and demand • Private owners receive the profits

• Subsistence farming

• Free enterprise

• Mercantilism

• Socialism

Eli Whitney obtains a patent for the cotton gin.

Raw cotton becomes easier to process.

Cotton production increases.

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• More textile factories are established in the South.

• The demand for slaves increases in the South

• The number of European immigrants arriving at southern port cities increases

• More tobacco and food crops are cultivated on southern plantations.

How did the factory system contribute to the rapid industrialization of the United States?

• By using slave labor to mass-produce goods

• By relying on skilled artisans to create custom goods

• By making the production of goods more efficient

• By making the distribution of goods less costly

Leader in education reform; Wanted to make school available for everyone

• Dorthea Dix

• Horace Mann

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• William Lloyd Garrison