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Question #1
Between 1840 and 1860, the overwhelming majority of immigrants who arrived in the United States came from
A.   Ireland and Italy.
B.   Italy and Russia.
C.   Ireland and Germany.
D.   England and Ireland.
E.   England and Russia.
Question #2
The “Know-Nothing” movement was partially directed at reducing the influence of
A.   abolitionists.
B.   Democrats.
C.   free blacks.
D.   Catholics.
E.   Jews.
Question #3
In the United States in the 1830s, limited liability laws were developed, which
A.   restricted the amount of capital a corporation could possess.
B.   protected corporations from liability lawsuits.
C.   protected the stockholders’ full investment in a company.
D.   meant stockholders could not be charged with losses greater than their investment.
E.   prevented a corporation from being dominated by a small group of stockholders.
Question #4
American factory workers in early-nineteenth-century textile mills largely consisted of
A.   young immigrants.
B.   slaves.
C.   families and rural, single women.
D.   single men.
E.   unskilled urban workers.
Question #5
The republican vision in the United States included the tradition of the
A.   skilled artisan.
B.   yeoman farmer and the industrial entrepreneur.
C.   skilled artisan and the yeoman farmer.
D.   industrial entrepreneur.
E.   yeoman farmer.
Question #6
The Massachusetts court case of Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842) declared that
A.   child labor laws were unconstitutional.
B.   unions must admit working women as members.
C.   labor strikes were illegal.
D.   minimum wage laws were a restraint on trade.
E.   labor unions were lawful organizations.
Question #7
In most parts of the North before the Civil War, free blacks could
A.   attend public schools.
B.   All these answers are correct.
C.   vote.
D.   use public services available to whites.
E.   compete for menial jobs.
Question #8
By 1860, as a result of the social expectations expressed in the “cult of domesticity,”
A.   middle-class wives were given no special role in the family.
B.   women became increasingly isolated from the public world.
C.   unmarried women were generally excluded from all income-earning activities.
D.   women were increasingly seen as contributors to the family economy.
E.   women who read books or magazines were likely to be criticized.
Question #9
For most American farmers, the 1840s and 1850s were a period of
A.   economic growth in the West but decline in the East.
B.   economic decline, as more people moved to urban centers.
C.   extreme economic highs and lows brought on by volatile changes in demand.
D.   increasing economic connections between the North and South.
E.   rising prosperity, due to increased worldwide demand for farm products.
Question #10
Prior to 1860, the social institution that most bound together rural Americans was the
A.   tavern.
B.   grocery store.
C.   schoolhouse.
D.   church.
E.   town hall.

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