The arguments expressed by Walker in the excerpt best serve as evidence of which of the following?

• The emergence of African American abolitionist movements

• The increased sectional tensions over the institution of slavery

• The efforts of Northern reformers to improve the treatment of slaves

• The growth of the internal slave trade in the United States

Which of the following changes resulted from the Market Revolution in the period 1800 to 1848?

• A lessening of the gap between the rich and the poor

• A decline in literacy rates for men and women

• An increase in states granting women full suffrage

• An emphasis on domestic ideals for women

The excerpt best serves as evidence of which of the following developments in the antebellum era?

• The growth of moral and social reform movements

• The increased public participation in democracy

• The emergence of a new national culture

• The influence of liberal social ideas on art and culture

During the period 1820 to 1850, which of the following groups benefitted the least from the changes proposed in the excerpt?

• Male farmers in the Midwest

• Female factory workers in New England

• Free and enslaved blacks in the South

• European immigrants to large American cities

The sentiments expressed in the excerpt serve as evidence of all of the following EXCEPT...

• the growth of both a wealthy business elite and large numbers of working poor.

• the significant impact of the Market Revolution on the lives and jobs of workers.

• the debates over plans to unify the economy, such as the American System.

• the economic impact of technological innovations such as steam engines

The concerns expressed by Jefferson in the letter are best understood as a response to...

• federal efforts to control American Indian populations.

• competing ideas about geographical boundaries.

• concerns over the rights and responsibilities of individual citizens.

• debates over the extension of slavery into the western territories.

The arguments expressed in the petition best reflect which of the following developments?

• Southern plantation owners' control of most of the region's land

• Debates over the federal government's role in the economy

• Resistance to Supreme Court decisions limiting states' rights

• The Southern economy's dependence on slave labor

The maps best serve as evidence of which of the following historical processes in the period 1800 to 1848?

• The sectional basis of the Whig Democratic political parties

• The free and forced migration of peoples across the continent

• The rise of abolitionist and other voluntary reform organizations

• United States control of the North American continent

Which of the following is a response to the low wages and poor working conditions found in the factories?

• Workers quit their jobs

• Workers created unions and urged reforms

• Workers resorted to violent revolution in England

• They bought out the factory owners

The negative effects of industrialism brought forth various reform movements. which of the following was a reform of the Industrial Revolution?

• The rise of Fascism

• Allowing industrialist greater freedom in workplace discipline

• Creation of child labor laws

• A reinforcement of the current class system