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

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