1
Why did some textile companies prefer to hire young women rather than whole family units?
Young women were more likely to have innovative ideas about how to increase production.
By hiring women, such companies hoped to correct a labor imbalance that was based on gender.
Young women had formed unions that could benefit both the employers and the employees.
Young women had few employment options and could be paid a very low wage.
CONCEPT
Market Revolution and Economic Changes
2
Which of the following was a provision of the Compromise of 1850 that appealed to northerners?
Admission of California into the Union as a free state
Bounties offered on escaped slaves caught in the North
Popular sovereignty in the Mexican Cession aside from California
A ban on slavery in Washington, D.C.
CONCEPT
The Compromise of 1850
3
, Which English colony was founded in 1634 as a second source of tobacco production with a charter from
King Charles I?
Massachusetts Bay
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Jamestown
CONCEPT
The English Colonial Experiment: Virginia and Massachusetts
4
Which factor initially prevented England from establishing permanent colonies in the Americas?
English citizens were too afraid to go to the Americas after the settlement at Roanoke disappeared.
The government was more concerned with religious and political disputes than with sponsoring
colonization of the Americas.
England didn't want to risk war with Spain, which already controlled much of the Americas.
Religious tensions spilled over into the Americas, which led many to wait until they settled down.
CONCEPT
English Contact
5
Which statement most accurately reflects the views of Alexander Hamilton?
Why did some textile companies prefer to hire young women rather than whole family units?
Young women were more likely to have innovative ideas about how to increase production.
By hiring women, such companies hoped to correct a labor imbalance that was based on gender.
Young women had formed unions that could benefit both the employers and the employees.
Young women had few employment options and could be paid a very low wage.
CONCEPT
Market Revolution and Economic Changes
2
Which of the following was a provision of the Compromise of 1850 that appealed to northerners?
Admission of California into the Union as a free state
Bounties offered on escaped slaves caught in the North
Popular sovereignty in the Mexican Cession aside from California
A ban on slavery in Washington, D.C.
CONCEPT
The Compromise of 1850
3
, Which English colony was founded in 1634 as a second source of tobacco production with a charter from
King Charles I?
Massachusetts Bay
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Jamestown
CONCEPT
The English Colonial Experiment: Virginia and Massachusetts
4
Which factor initially prevented England from establishing permanent colonies in the Americas?
English citizens were too afraid to go to the Americas after the settlement at Roanoke disappeared.
The government was more concerned with religious and political disputes than with sponsoring
colonization of the Americas.
England didn't want to risk war with Spain, which already controlled much of the Americas.
Religious tensions spilled over into the Americas, which led many to wait until they settled down.
CONCEPT
English Contact
5
Which statement most accurately reflects the views of Alexander Hamilton?
