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

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