History 101 - United States History to 1877 » 2019 » Chapter 10 Quiz

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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 Germany.
B.   England and Ireland.
C.   Ireland and Italy.
D.   England and Russia.
E.   Italy and Russia.
Question #2
The “Know-Nothing” movement was partially directed at reducing the influence of
A.   free blacks.
B.   Catholics.
C.   Democrats.
D.   Jews.
E.   abolitionists.
Question #3
In the United States in the 1830s, limited liability laws were developed, which
A.   prevented a corporation from being dominated by a small group of stockholders.
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.   restricted the amount of capital a corporation could possess.
Question #4
American factory workers in early-nineteenth-century textile mills largely consisted of
A.   slaves.
B.   families and rural, single women.
C.   young immigrants.
D.   single men.
E.   unskilled urban workers.
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 and the industrial entrepreneur.
E.   yeoman farmer.
Question #6
The Massachusetts court case of Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842) declared that
A.   minimum wage laws were a restraint on trade.
B.   unions must admit working women as members.
C.   child labor laws were unconstitutional.
D.   labor unions were lawful organizations.
E.   labor strikes were illegal.
Question #7
In most parts of the North before the Civil War, free blacks could
A.   vote.
B.   use public services available to whites.
C.   All these answers are correct.
D.   compete for menial jobs.
E.   attend public schools.
Question #8
By 1860, as a result of the social expectations expressed in the “cult of domesticity,”
A.   women who read books or magazines were likely to be criticized.
B.   women were increasingly seen as contributors to the family economy.
C.   middle-class wives were given no special role in the family.
D.   women became increasingly isolated from the public world.
E.   unmarried women were generally excluded from all income-earning activities.
Question #9
For most American farmers, the 1840s and 1850s were a period of
A.   increasing economic connections between the North and South.
B.   rising prosperity, due to increased worldwide demand for farm products.
C.   extreme economic highs and lows brought on by volatile changes in demand.
D.   economic growth in the West but decline in the East.
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.   grocery store.
B.   tavern.
C.   church.
D.   schoolhouse.
E.   town hall.

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