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WorksheetsChapter 8 - The Emergence of a Market Economy (1815-1850)
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 28mins
Because they too had suffered discrimination, Irish immigrants tended to be sympathetic to blacks
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False
Women in the early 19th century were allowed to work in any profession they wished.
True
False
The question in the early 19th century about spending government funds on infrastructure was, was it constitutional.
True
False
John Deere's plow is credited with transforming the American west.
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False
The ability of railroads to operate year round gave them a huge advantage over canals that froze over in the winter and roads that became rivers during the wet season.
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False
Jefferson’s embargo stopped all trade with foreign nations and would therefore force American industries to start producing goods.
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False
Physicians in the early 1800's were closely regulated by the government.
True
False
The industrial expansion of the United States also spurred the profession of engineering, a field that would eventually become the nation's largest professional occupation for men.
True
False
The first American factories produced textiles?
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False
Nativists oppose all other cultures but their own. Mainly foreign cultures.
True
False
Patented the design of a sewing machine
Elias Howe
Charles Goodyear
Eli Whitney
Francis Cabot Lowell
Pioneer of the factory system
Robert Fulton
Charles Goodyear
Samuel F. B. Morse
Francis Cabot Lowell
Patented the process for vulcanizing rubber
Robert Fulton
Charles Goodyear
Samuel F. B. Morse
Francis Cabot Lowell
As the job of your favorite adult Ms. Hazell, this coincidentally was the fastest growing vocation (profession) in the first half of the 19th century.
Teacher
Bookkeeper
Mill worker
Iron worker
Church attendance and temperance were enforced among early workers at Lowell, but rather girls were forced to fend for themselves.
True
False
The only professions open to women in the early 19th century were teaching and nursing.
True
False
Most of the growth of the Catholic Church in America in the mid–nineteenth century can be attributed to immigration from Ireland.
True
False
The American party was based on nativism.
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False
The period in history when many people left their homes and farms to work in mills was called the Industrial Revolution.
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False
New England offered ideal conditions for farming.
True
False
A patent gives a person legal rights regarding an invention.
True
False
What was a significant development in the way goods were made?
development of mills
economic factors
factory system
wealthy merchant association
In what area did many new industrial towns develop?
along mountain ranges
near oceans and bays
near other large towns
along rivers and streams
Which system of transportation shipped raw goods to factories where they were turned to consumer goods?
Electric Streetcar
The Pony Express
Wagon Train
Transcontinental Railroad
What is the image representing?
Missouri Compromise
Growth of slavery in the South
The creation of the Erie Canal
Era of Good Feelings
The invention of the cotton gin reduced the need for slave labor in the South.
True
False
Faster communication systems improved the trade of goods across long distances.
True
False
What sparked the start of the Industrial Revolution in the United States?
The War of 1812
The Missouri Compromise
George Washington's Farewell Address
The Embargo Act
What is the movement from rural to urban areas called?
Discrimination
Colonization
Inflation
Urbanization
Any fabric that is woven (by machine or hand) is called -
interchangeable parts
textiles
Morse Code
industrialization
During the 1800s people moved from rural to urban areas due to what major event?
American Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Civil War
Manifest Destiny
Which country suffered from a famine which led to a large number of immigrants to the U.S.?
Germany
Italy
France
Ireland
During the early Industrial Revolution, production of goods went from being made in ________________ to being made in __________________
homes / factories
factories / homes
homes / stores
pubs / factories
TRUE or FALSE: The railroad helped promote movement to the West
TRUE
FALSE
Who was our fifth president of the US?
James Monroe
James Madison
James Robertson
Micah Spatt
Why did America introduce the Tariff of 1816?
help foreign manufacturers
protect manufacturers from foreign competition
help themselves
