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.   England and Ireland.
B.   Italy and Russia.
C.   Ireland and Italy.
D.   England and Russia.
E.   Ireland and Germany.
Question #2
The “Know-Nothing” movement was partially directed at reducing the influence of
A.   Democrats.
B.   Jews.
C.   free blacks.
D.   abolitionists.
E.   Catholics.
Question #3
In the United States in the 1830s, limited liability laws were developed, which
A.   protected corporations from liability lawsuits.
B.   restricted the amount of capital a corporation could possess.
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.   protected the stockholders’ full investment in a company.
Question #4
American factory workers in early-nineteenth-century textile mills largely consisted of
A.   families and rural, single women.
B.   young immigrants.
C.   unskilled urban workers.
D.   slaves.
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.   yeoman farmer.
D.   skilled artisan.
E.   skilled artisan and the yeoman farmer.
Question #6
The Massachusetts court case of Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842) declared that
A.   labor strikes were illegal.
B.   unions must admit working women as members.
C.   child labor laws were unconstitutional.
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.   All these answers are correct.
B.   attend public schools.
C.   vote.
D.   compete for menial jobs.
E.   use public services available to whites.
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.   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.   economic decline, as more people moved to urban centers.
B.   economic growth in the West but decline in the East.
C.   rising prosperity, due to increased worldwide demand for farm products.
D.   increasing economic connections between the North and South.
E.   extreme economic highs and lows brought on by volatile changes in demand.
Question #10
Prior to 1860, the social institution that most bound together rural Americans was the
A.   grocery store.
B.   tavern.
C.   town hall.
D.   church.
E.   schoolhouse.

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