APUSH Chapter 13-14 Review Test!
- 1.Life on the frontier was
- A.
Fairly comfortable for women but not for men.
- B.
Downright grim for most pioneer families
- C.
Free of disease and premature death.
- D.
Rarely portrayed in popular literature.
- E.
Based on tight-knit communities.
- 2.All of the following gave rise to a more dynamic, market-oriented, national economy in early nineteenth-century America except
- A.
The push west in search of cheap land. government regulation of all major economic industry. a vast number of European immigrants settling in the cities. the push west in search of cheap land
- B.
Government regulation of all major economic industry.
- C.
A vast number of European immigrants settling in the cities
- D.
Newly invented machinery
- E.
Better roads, faster steamboats, far-reaching canals, far spread roads
- 3.In early-nineteenth-century America,
- A.
The annual population growth rate was much higher than in colonial days.
- B.
The urban population was growing at an unprecedented rate.
- C.
The birthrate was rapidly declining
- D.
The death rate was increasing
- E.
The center of population moved northward
- 4.The dramatic growth of American cities between 1800 and 1860
- A.
Led to a lower death rate.
- B.
Contributed to a decline in the birthrate.
- C.
Resulted in unsanitary conditions in many communities
- D.
Forced the federal government to slow immigration.
- E.
Created sharp political conflict between farmers and urbanites
- 5.Ireland’s great export in the 1840s was
- A.
People.
- B.
Potatoes.
- C.
Wool.
- D.
Whiskey. whiskey
- E.
Music
- 6.The Irish immigrants to early nineteenth-century America
- A.
Were mostly Roman Catholics and hated the British
- B.
Tended to settle on western farmlands
- C.
Were warmly welcomed by American workers.
- D.
Identified and sympathized with free American blacks.
- E.
Were often members of the Irish Republican Army.
- 7.Native-born Protestant Americans distrusted and resented the Irish mostly because these immigrants
- A.
Were poor
- B.
Were thought to love alcohol
- C.
Were Roman Catholic
- D.
Frequently became police officers
- E.
Were slow to learn English
- 8.When German immigrants came to the United States, they
- A.
Often became Baptist or Methodists to escape nativism hatred.
- B.
Mixed well with other Americans.
- C.
Remained mostly in the Northeast.
- D.
Prospered with astonishing ease.
- E.
Dropped most of their German customs.
- 9.The sentiment of fear and opposition to open immigrant was called
- A.
The cult of domesticity.
- B.
Nativism
- C.
Unitarianism
- D.
“rugged individualism”
- E.
“nationalistic patriotism”
- 10.Native-born Americans feared that Catholic immigrants to the United States would
- A.
Want to attend school with Protestants.
- B.
Overwhelm the native-born Catholics and control the church
- C.
“establish” the Catholic church at the expense of Protestantism.
- D.
Assume control of the “Know Nothing” party.
- E.
Establish monasteries and convents in the west.
- 11.The “Father of the Factory System” in the United States was
- A.
Robert Fulton
- B.
Samuel F. B. Morse
- C.
Eli Whitney
- D.
Samuel Slater
- E.
Thomas Edison
- 12.Eli Whitney was instrumental in the invention of the
- A.
Steamboat
- B.
Cotton gin
- C.
Railroad locomotive
- D.
Telegraph
- E.
Repeating revolver
- 13.The underlying basis for modern mass production was the
- A.
Cotton gin
- B.
Musket
- C.
Use of interchangeable parts
- D.
Principle of limited liability
- E.
Passing of protective tariffs
- 14.Match each individual with the correct invention. A) Samuel Morse 1. Telegraph B) Cyrus McCormick 2. Mower-reaper C) Elias Howe 3: Steamboat D) Robert Fulton 4: Sewing machine
- A.
Samuel Morse 1. Telegraph
- B.
Cyrus McCormick 2. Mower-reaper
- C.
Elias Howe 3: Steamboat
- D.
Robert Fulton 4: Sewing machine
- 15.The American work force in the early nineteenth century was characterized by
- A.
Substantial employment of women and children in factories.
- B.
Strikes by workers that were few in number but usually effective. strikes by workers that were few in number but usually effective
- C.
A general lengthening of the workday from ten to fourteen hours.
- D.
Extensive political activity among workers.
- E.
Reliance on the system of apprentices and masters.
- 16.In the case of Commonwealth verses Hunt, the supreme court of Massachusetts ruled that
- A.
Corporations were unconstitutional.
- B.
Labor unions were not illegal conspiracies
- C.
Labor strikes were illegal, they violated the Fair Labor Acts.
- D.
The Boston Associates employment of young woman and children in their factories was inhumane.
- E.
The state could regulate factory wages and working conditions.
- 17.The “cult of domesticity”
- A.
Gave women more opportunity to seem employment out of the home
- B.
Resulted in more pregnancies for women
- C.
Restricted women’s moral influence on the family.
- D.
Glorified the traditional role of women as homemakers
- E.
Was especially strong among rural women.
- 18.With the development of cash-crop agriculture in the trans-Allegheny West
- A.
Subsistence farming became common. subsistence farming became common. subsistence farming became common
- B.
Farmers began to support the idea of slave labor
- C.
Farmers quickly faced mounting indebtedness.
- D.
The South could harvest a larger crop.
- E.
The issue of farm surpluses came to the forefront
- 19.The “canal era” of American history began with the construction of the
- A.
Mainline Canal in Pennsylvania
- B.
James River Canal beginning in Virginia.
- C.
Wabash Canal in Indiana.
- D.
Panama Canal
- E.
Erie Canal in New York.
- 20.Compared with canals, railroads
- A.
Were more expensive to construct
- B.
Transported freight more slowly.
- C.
Were generally safer.
- D.
Were susceptible to weather delays
- E.
Could be built almost anywhere.
- 21.As a result of the introduction of the cotton gin
- A.
Fewer slaves were needed on plantations.
- B.
Short-staple cotton lost popularity
- C.
Slavery was reinvigorated.
- D.
Thomas Jefferson predicted the gradual death of slavery.
- E.
The African slave trade was legalized.
- 22.Members of the planter aristocracy
- A.
Produced fewer front-rank statesmen than the North
- B.
Dominated society and politics in the South
- C.
Provided democratic rule in the South
- D.
Promoted tax-supported public education
- E.
Kept up developments in modern thought.
- 23.Plantation agriculture was wasteful largely because
- A.
It relied mainly on artificial means to fertilize the soil
- B.
It required leaving cropland fallow every other year.
- C.
Excessive water was used for irrigation.
- D.
It was too diversified, thus taking essential nutrients from the soil
- E.
Its excessive cultivation of cotton despoiled good land.
- 24.Plantation mistresses
- A.
Had little contact with slaves
- B.
Primarily controlled male slaves
- C.
Frequently supported abolitionism
- D.
Commanded a sizable household staff of mostly female slaves
- E.
Were almost universally loved by their slaves
- 25.Northern attitudes toward free blacks can best be described as
- A.
Supporting their right to full citizenship.
- B.
Disliking the race but liking individual blacks.
- C.
Advocating black movement into the new territories
- D.
Politically sympathetic but socially segregationist
- E.
Disliking the individuals but liking the race
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