Chapter 10

In the 1820s and 1830s, railroads

In the 1840s, John Deere introduced significant improvements to the

All of the following statements regarding American leisure activities prior to 1860 are true EXCEPT that

All the following factors inhibited the growth of labor unions EXCEPT

Prior to 1860, American urban society

During the 1840s, advances in journalism included all of the following EXCEPT the

American factory workers in early nineteenth-century textile mills largely consisted of

In the 1840s, the dominant immigrant group in New England textile mills was the

The rise of the American factory system

Between 1820 and 1840, the population of the United States

For most American farmers, the 1840s and 1850s were a period of

Early American Victorian homes were characterized by

The republican vision in the United States included the tradition of the

Before 1860, compared to Irish immigrants, German immigrants to the United States

After 1852, the "Know-Nothings" created a new political organization called the

Which of the following statements regarding American railroads in the 1850s is FALSE?

The great majority of Irish immigrants settled in the

Prior to 1860, hostility among native-born Americans toward immigrants was spurred, in part, by

Before the 1830s, American corporations could be chartered only by

In most parts of the North, before the Civil War, free blacks could

Before 1860, the development of machine tools by the United States government resulted in the

Before 1860, American middle-class families

Between 1840 and 1860, the overwhelming majority of immigrants who arrived in the United States came from

Compared to 1800, in 1860 urban American families

In 1860, the percentage of the population in free states living in towns (places of 2,500 people or more) or cities (8,000 or more) was

Prior to 1860, the fastest-growing segment in American society was the

In the 1820s and 1830s, the labor force for factory work in the United States

In 1860, the percentage of the population in the South living in towns (places of 2,500 or more) or cities (8,000 or more) was

When the Lowell factory system began,

The Massachusetts court case of Commonwealth v. Hunt (1842) declared that

By 1860, the energy for industrialization in the United States increasingly came from

In 1860, the typical white male American of the Old Northwest (today's Midwest) was

In the 1830s, Cyrus McCormick improved grain farming when he patented his

The "Know-Nothing" movement was partially directed at reducing the influence of

Prior to 1860, the social institution that most bound together rural Americans was the

The commercial and industrial growth in the United States prior to 1860 resulted in

Most American industry remained wedded to the most traditional source of power, which was

The main staple crop of the Old Northwest (today's Midwest) was

As the immigrant labor force in New England textile mills grew in the 1840s,

Prior to 1860, perhaps the most significant invention for middle-class American homes was the

Which city did NOT owe its growth to the Great Lakes?

By 1860, factories in the United States

The Erie Canal was

Which of the following is true of the differences between canal and turnpike transportation?

In the 1830s, limited liability laws were developed in the United States, which

The early union movement among skilled artisans

In the 1840s, P. T. Barnum's American Museum in New York showcased

The growth of commerce and industry allowed more Americans the chance to become prosperous without

Prior to 1860, class conflict in the United States

By 1860, as a result of the social expectations expressed in the "cult of domesticity,"

Between 1800 and 1830, immigration to the United States

As the factory system progressed into the 1840s,