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| 1972349314 | How would you characterize life on the frontier? | Downright grim for most pioneer families | 0 | |
| 1972350132 | How did pioneering Americans become marooned by geography? | ... | 1 | |
| 1972350874 | What was the effect of the dramatic growth of cities between 1800-1860? | resulted in unsanitary conditions | 2 | |
| 1972351682 | How can "ecological imperialism" best be described? | aggressive exploitation of the West's bounty | 3 | |
| 1972352600 | When the Irish flocked to the US in the 1840s, why did they stay in the larger seaport cities? | too poor to move west and buy land | 4 | |
| 1972356694 | Why did native-born Protestant Americans distrust and resent the Irish? | Irish were Roman Catholic (not protestant) | 5 | |
| 1972357391 | What caused German immigrants to come to the US? | Escape economic hardships and autocratic gov't | 6 | |
| 1972358505 | What can you conclude about German immigrants in the US? | they prospered with astonishing ease | 7 | |
| 1972359056 | What is it called when there is fear and opposition to open immigration? | Nativism | 8 | |
| 1972359824 | What can you conclude about immigrants coming to the US before 1860? | They helped to fuel economic expansion | 9 | |
| 1972360890 | Who was the "Father of the Factory System" in the US? | Samuel Slater | 10 | |
| 1972362786 | What happened to most of the cotton produced in the American South in the early 1800s? | Sold to England | 11 | |
| 1972363355 | What began the American phase of the industrial revoltion? | textile mills | 12 | |
| 1972364611 | What characterized the American work force in the early 1800s? | Substantial employment of women and children in factories | 13 | |
| 1972365758 | How did the Massachusetts Supreme Court rule in the case of Commonwealth v Hunt? | By saying labor unions weren't illegal conspiracies | 14 | |
| 1972366144 | What was the "Cult of Domesticity"? | Glorified the traditional role of women as homemakers | 15 | |
| 1972366756 | What was the trend of 19th century families? | Getting smaller | 16 | |
| 1972367252 | What was one of the goals of the child-centered family of the 1800s? | Raise independent individuals | 17 | |
| 1972368196 | What problems were faced by Western road building? | Expense, states' rights advocates oppostion, eastern states oppose, wartime interruptions | 18 | |
| 1972368646 | What was the underlying basis for modern production? | ... | 19 | |
| 1972370153 | By 1850, what products were produced by the American factory system? | textiles, boots and shoes, firearms, and sewing machines | 20 | |
| 1972370516 | Where was the major region for steamboats transporting freight and passengers? | West and South rivers | 21 | |
| 1972371270 | For some farmers what was the effect of constructing the Erie Canal? | forced New England farmers to move or change occupations | 22 | |
| 1972371817 | Compared with canals, how were railroads different? | Railroads could be built almost anywhere | 23 | |
| 1972373722 | In the new continental economy, what did the South, West, and East each specialize in? | South- grew cotton West- grew grains and livestock to feed factory workers East- made machines and textiles for other two regions | 24 | |
| 1972375016 | Regarding transportation, what bound the West and South together, and what connected West and East? | West & South by steamboats West & East by steamboats and canals | 25 | |
| 1972375323 | As the new continental market grew, what was viewed as a refuge? | The home | 26 | |
| 1972376214 | What was a major economic consequence of the transportation and marketing revolution? | A steady improvement in average wages & standard way of living | 27 | |
| 1972376471 | What event brought in the "canal era" of American history? | Erie Canal in NY | 28 | |
| 1972377048 | Where were most early railroads in the US built? | North | 29 |
