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Discuss the impact of the market revolution on women and African-Americans (both free and slave).

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What sparked the rapid growth of Chicago from a small settlement in 1830 to America's fourth largest city by 1860?


A) The city became a major marketplace for cotton.
B) Railroads connected Chicago to numerous eastern marketplaces.
C) It was home to the most escaped slaves in the United States.
D) The city started to build the first skyscapers.
E) The Erie Canal connected directly to Chicago.

F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

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The Erie Canal:


A) was far longer than any other canal in the United States at that time.
B) attracted an influx of farmers migrating from Virginia and the Carolinas to the Northwest.
C) was strongly opposed by residents of Buffalo and Rochester, who feared their cities would lose business.
D) was championed by Pennsylvania governor William Findlay.
E) proved economically unviable and was abandoned within a decade of its opening.

F) B) and C)
G) None of the above

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -cult of domesticity

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Despite the fact that the first Workingman's Parties had been established by the 1820s, strikes were still very uncommon in the 1830s.

A) True
B) False

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How did the market revolution change the way Americans conceived of time?


A) It led Congress to create time zones in 1823.
B) Clocks increasingly regulated factory work.
C) Artisans began spending their lunch hours in political discussions rather than just taking breaks as they worked throughout the day.
D) It lengthened life expectancy because Americans no longer had to work from sunrise to sunset as they had on farms.
E) It enhanced the individual American's sense of independence to be able to walk away from work at a certain time.

F) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

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The Book of Mormon states that:


A) Joseph Smith was divine.
B) the second coming of Christ would occur in Europe.
C) Native Americans were descended from people from the Middle East.
D) Joseph Smith's visions were untrue.
E) the market revolution needed more infrastructure to be successful.

F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

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Which denomination enjoyed the largest membership in the United States by the 1840s?


A) Methodist.
B) Roman Catholic.
C) Quaker.
D) Presbyterian.
E) Episcopal.

F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

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Explain how transcendentalism and the Second Great Awakening affected the definitions of freedom. How were both movements a response to the market revolution?

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Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -free blacks

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Orestes Brownson


A) Supreme Court chief justice
B) transcendentalist
C) coined the term "manifest destiny"
D) established America's first factory
E) steamboat innovator
F) African Methodist Episcopal Church
G) steel plow
H) self-made millionaire
I) preacher in New York
J) reaper
K) Walden Pond
L) called for a radical change in the wage labor system

M) H) and J)
N) D) and I)

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What was a result of the Second Great Awakening?


A) The Second Great Awakening popularized Deism.
B) Charles Grandison Finney was pressured to leave the eastern United States.
C) The Second Great Awakening complemented the idea of self-reliance.
D) The Second Great Awakening led to the Baptists losing a majority of their parishioners, who switched to Catholicism.
E) The market revolution did not aid revivalist ministers.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

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Which statement is true about the difference between farming in the Old Northwest and the Northeast?


A) Farming in the Northeast needed slave labor.
B) Wheat farming in the Northeast made New York City the flour capital.
C) Old Northwest farms depended on the cotton gin.
D) Growing corn and wheat in the Old Northwest was cheaper.
E) Farming in the Old Northwest required slaves.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -John O'Sullivan


A) Supreme Court chief justice
B) transcendentalist
C) coined the term "manifest destiny"
D) established America's first factory
E) steamboat innovator
F) African Methodist Episcopal Church
G) steel plow
H) self-made millionaire
I) preacher in New York
J) reaper
K) Walden Pond
L) called for a radical change in the wage labor system

M) B) and C)
N) A) and B)

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The market revolution produced a new middle class.

A) True
B) False

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -cotton gin


A) a celebration of the home
B) revolutionized American slavery
C) mass production of interchangeable parts
D) corporate charter
E) a belief that American expansion was divinely appointed
F) religious revival
G) steamboat travel
H) a literary and philosophical movement
I) groups chained together while migrating to the Deep South
J) a chartered entity that has rights and liabilities distinct from those of its members
K) prejudice against immigrants
L) waterway linking New York City to the Great Lakes

M) H) and K)
N) J) and L)

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During the market revolution, the separation of classes shrunk as wealth was more evenly distributed.

A) True
B) False

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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Cyrus McCormick


A) Supreme Court chief justice
B) transcendentalist
C) coined the term "manifest destiny"
D) established America's first factory
E) steamboat innovator
F) African Methodist Episcopal Church
G) steel plow
H) self-made millionaire
I) preacher in New York
J) reaper
K) Walden Pond
L) called for a radical change in the wage labor system

M) F) and J)
N) E) and J)

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How did the market revolution affect the lives of artisans?


A) Their lives changed little, because the economy allowed for plenty of room for specialized craftsmen.
B) New competition created opportunities for the specialized skills of artisans, so their numbers expanded.
C) Working in factories, they faced constant supervision as they used power-driven machinery.
D) They began working in factories, which they preferred to enduring years of apprenticeship under the old system.
E) Most artisans became factory owners and prospered as never before.

F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

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According to John O'Sullivan, the "manifest destiny" of the United States to occupy North America could be traced to:


A) the Treaty of Paris of 1783.
B) a divine mission.
C) the Adams-OnΓ­s Treaty.
D) the Bible.
E) federal treaties with Indian nations.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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