Chapter 14: Forging the National
Economy questions and answers
True - correct answer-American frontier life was often plagued by poverty and illness.
True - correct answer-Even as they often despoiled nature, Americans celebrated the
spectacular American landscape and wilderness as a defining element of national culture
and identity.
True - correct answer-The growing cheapness and speed of transatlantic steamships made
the United States the preferred destination for European immigrants.
False - correct answer-The primary cause of nativist hostility to Irish immigrants was their
frequent involvement in fights and street gangs.
False - correct answer-The early industrial revolution was greatly advanced by Eli Whitney's
introduction of the system of interchangeable parts.
True - correct answer-Early labor unions made very slow progress, partly because the strike
weapon was illegal and ineffective.
True - correct answer-Most married women in the early nineteenth century worked only
part-time and contributed their income to the support of their families.
True - correct answer-The child-centered family developed in the early nineteenth century
partly because Americans deliberately limited the number of their children.
True - correct answer-The Erie Canal greatly lowered the cost of Midwestern agricultural
products in the markets of eastern big cities and even Europe.
False - correct answer-The railroad gained quick acceptance as a safer and more efficient
alternative to water-bound transportation.
False - correct answer-In the sectional division of labor that developed before the Civil War,
the South provided corn and meat to feed the nation, the Midwest produced industrial goods
and textiles, and the Northeast supplied financial and communications services.
True - correct answer-The growth of the market economy increasingly undermined the
family's role as a self-sufficient producing unit and made the home a place of refuge from
work.
False - correct answer-By 1850, permanent telegraph lines had been stretched across both
the Atlantic Ocean and the North American continent.
, False - correct answer-The advances in manufacturing and transportation decreased the
gap between rich and poor in America.
True - correct answer-In the 1830's, new legal and governmental policies prohibiting
chartered business monopolies encouraged competition and aided the market economy.
In 1850, over one-half of the American population was - correct answer-under the age of
thirty
Writers like James Fenimore Cooper and Herman Melville explored characters who
exemplified the American frontier's cultural emphasis on - correct answer-rugged
individualism
Americans came to look on their spectacular western wilderness areas especially as -
correct answer-a distinctive and inspirational feature of American national identity
Compared to European immigration to other countries like Australia and Argentina,
immigrants to the United States were - correct answer-from a greater diversity of European
countries
The two leading sources of European immigration to American in the 1840s and 1850s were
- correct answer-Germany and Ireland
Many 19th century Americans feared and distrusted Roman Catholicism because - correct
answer-it was seen as a strange foreign religion under total control of an authoritarian pope
Industrialization was, at first, slow to arrive in America because - correct answer-there was a
shortage of labor, capital, and consumers
The first industry to be substantially dominated by the new factory system of mass
manufacturing was the - correct answer-textile industry
Wages for most American workers rose in the early 19th century, except for the most
exploited workers like - correct answer-women and children
A major change affecting the American family in the early nineteenth century was - correct
answer-a decline in the average number of children per household
In early 19th century America, almost all the women who worked for wages in the new
factories were - correct answer-young and single
The greatest economic and political impact of New York's Erie Canal was to - correct
answer-tie the agricultural Midwest by trade to the Northeast rather than to the South
The new regional division of labor created by improved transportation meant that the South
specialized in - correct answer-cotton, the West in grain and livestock, and the East in
manufacturing
Economy questions and answers
True - correct answer-American frontier life was often plagued by poverty and illness.
True - correct answer-Even as they often despoiled nature, Americans celebrated the
spectacular American landscape and wilderness as a defining element of national culture
and identity.
True - correct answer-The growing cheapness and speed of transatlantic steamships made
the United States the preferred destination for European immigrants.
False - correct answer-The primary cause of nativist hostility to Irish immigrants was their
frequent involvement in fights and street gangs.
False - correct answer-The early industrial revolution was greatly advanced by Eli Whitney's
introduction of the system of interchangeable parts.
True - correct answer-Early labor unions made very slow progress, partly because the strike
weapon was illegal and ineffective.
True - correct answer-Most married women in the early nineteenth century worked only
part-time and contributed their income to the support of their families.
True - correct answer-The child-centered family developed in the early nineteenth century
partly because Americans deliberately limited the number of their children.
True - correct answer-The Erie Canal greatly lowered the cost of Midwestern agricultural
products in the markets of eastern big cities and even Europe.
False - correct answer-The railroad gained quick acceptance as a safer and more efficient
alternative to water-bound transportation.
False - correct answer-In the sectional division of labor that developed before the Civil War,
the South provided corn and meat to feed the nation, the Midwest produced industrial goods
and textiles, and the Northeast supplied financial and communications services.
True - correct answer-The growth of the market economy increasingly undermined the
family's role as a self-sufficient producing unit and made the home a place of refuge from
work.
False - correct answer-By 1850, permanent telegraph lines had been stretched across both
the Atlantic Ocean and the North American continent.
, False - correct answer-The advances in manufacturing and transportation decreased the
gap between rich and poor in America.
True - correct answer-In the 1830's, new legal and governmental policies prohibiting
chartered business monopolies encouraged competition and aided the market economy.
In 1850, over one-half of the American population was - correct answer-under the age of
thirty
Writers like James Fenimore Cooper and Herman Melville explored characters who
exemplified the American frontier's cultural emphasis on - correct answer-rugged
individualism
Americans came to look on their spectacular western wilderness areas especially as -
correct answer-a distinctive and inspirational feature of American national identity
Compared to European immigration to other countries like Australia and Argentina,
immigrants to the United States were - correct answer-from a greater diversity of European
countries
The two leading sources of European immigration to American in the 1840s and 1850s were
- correct answer-Germany and Ireland
Many 19th century Americans feared and distrusted Roman Catholicism because - correct
answer-it was seen as a strange foreign religion under total control of an authoritarian pope
Industrialization was, at first, slow to arrive in America because - correct answer-there was a
shortage of labor, capital, and consumers
The first industry to be substantially dominated by the new factory system of mass
manufacturing was the - correct answer-textile industry
Wages for most American workers rose in the early 19th century, except for the most
exploited workers like - correct answer-women and children
A major change affecting the American family in the early nineteenth century was - correct
answer-a decline in the average number of children per household
In early 19th century America, almost all the women who worked for wages in the new
factories were - correct answer-young and single
The greatest economic and political impact of New York's Erie Canal was to - correct
answer-tie the agricultural Midwest by trade to the Northeast rather than to the South
The new regional division of labor created by improved transportation meant that the South
specialized in - correct answer-cotton, the West in grain and livestock, and the East in
manufacturing
