4.4-4.6 The American Yawp Chapter 8 – The Market Revolution Quiz

Which of these states had slaves until the end of the Civil War?

• Connecticut

• New York

• New Jersey

• Pennsylvania

Which of the following had the greatest impact on the spread of slavery?

• Haitian Revolution

• Invention of the cotton gin

• Growth of the American textile industry

• Louisiana Purchase

The Erie Canal connected industry and consumers in the east with what group?

• Southern planters

• Canadian fur traders

• Midwestern farmers

• New England fishers

The steamboat most benefited which of the following cities?

• New York City

• Richmond

• St. Louis

• Boston

What was the initial purpose of the legal status of incorporation?

• To fund projects for the public good

• To aid the development of American merchants in relation to their European competitors

• To form the Second Bank of the United States

• To help workers as they tried to form unions

The market revolution brought an innovation in labor practices called “piece work.” What is the piece work system?

• Use of skilled, industrialized union labor

• Division of production into discrete steps performed by different workers

• A system where laborers in manufacturing typically worked at every stage of production

• Employment of young girls in highly supervised factory towns

How did the market revolution change the nature of the American family?

• The domestic sphere increasingly signified a family’s class status

• Educated, wealthy women began to enter the workforce

• Americans began to value the idea of childhood less

• Divorce became more common

Which group of women was most likely to work outside of the home in antebellum America?

• Poor women

• Middle class women

• Upper class women

• Very few women worked outside of the home, regardless of class

Irish immigrants to the United States typically settled in what areas?

• Northeastern cities

• Midwestern farming communities

• Southern cities

• Backcountry rural communities

Germans settled in an area of the country known as the German Triangle. The triangle included all three of these cities EXCEPT

• Milwaukee

• Detroit

• Cincinnati

• St. Louis