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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.   free blacks.
B.   Jews.
C.   Democrats.
D.   Catholics.
E.   abolitionists.
Question #3
In the United States in the 1830s, limited liability laws were developed, which
A.   protected corporations from liability lawsuits.
B.   meant stockholders could not be charged with losses greater than their investment.
C.   protected the stockholders’ full investment in a company.
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.   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.   yeoman farmer.
C.   yeoman farmer and the industrial entrepreneur.
D.   skilled artisan.
E.   industrial entrepreneur.
Question #6
The Massachusetts court case of Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842) declared that
A.   unions must admit working women as members.
B.   child labor laws were unconstitutional.
C.   labor unions were lawful organizations.
D.   minimum wage laws were a restraint on trade.
E.   labor strikes were illegal.
Question #7
In most parts of the North before the Civil War, free blacks could
A.   use public services available to whites.
B.   compete for menial jobs.
C.   vote.
D.   All these answers are correct.
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.   middle-class wives were given no special role in the family.
C.   women became increasingly isolated from the public world.
D.   unmarried women were generally excluded from all income-earning activities.
E.   women were increasingly seen as contributors to the family economy.
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.   increasing economic connections between the North and South.
C.   extreme economic highs and lows brought on by volatile changes in demand.
D.   economic decline, as more people moved to urban centers.
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.   town hall.
B.   schoolhouse.
C.   tavern.
D.   church.
E.   grocery store.

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