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Early Industrialization and Economic Growth - Quiz 1

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In the case of Commonwealth v. Hunt, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that?

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slavery was unconstitutional in Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts tax money could not be used to support an unjust war against Mexico.

segregated schools for blacks in Massachusetts did not violate the U. S. Constitution.

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The most profound economic development by mid-19c America was the?

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development of a national banking system.

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rise of the factory.

decline of the small-town merchant and general store.

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The rise of the Industrial Revolution led to?

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a rise in the standard of living for the working class.

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great difficulty for the workers in adapting to the new way of life.

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Which of the following supplied the largest number of immigrants to the United States during the first half of the 19c?

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England.

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Ireland.

the German states.

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Holland.

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The following pairs match inventions with their inventors. Which pair is incorrectly matched?

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Samuel Slater -- standardized muskets.

Eli Whitney -- cotton gin.

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James Watt -- steam engine.

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By the first decade of the 19c, American manufacturing had been revolutionized by the advent of?

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labor unions.

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mail-order catalogues.

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interchangeable machine parts.

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The Erie Canal revolutionized domestic markets because it permitted the?

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shipment of wheat from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest.

transfer of goods from New York to New Orleans along inland waterways.

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movement of cotton from the Deep South to New England.

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The situation of women and immigrants in the factory system was similar in that they both?

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were able to organize labor unions successfully.

were powerless to affect pay rates or working conditions.

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saw conditions in their factories slowly improve.

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What conflict in values emerged as America went through its market revolution?

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although Americans professed to believe in equality, the market revolution coupled with American materialistic pursuits led to great inequalities in wealth.

Americans had long enjoyed living in settled and stable communities, but transportation improvements led to much greater geographic mobility.

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personal lifestyles prized by Northerners, who were more religious, differed from those of southerners, who were more materialistic--a distinction that national networks made obvious.

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The direction of the population movement that took place between 1790 and 1840 was from?

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the North to the South.

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New England to California.

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the South to the North.

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