TAMU History 105 Resch Exam 2 2026
Questions and Answers
Minstrel shows forged a common "whiteness" out of working class ethnic diversity
and allowed Northern workers to express their ambivalence about the process of
proletarianization to which they were being subjected - Correct answer-False
The tidal wave of immigrants between 1840 and 1860 provided essential wage
laborers in an American society where large numbers of people still lived on their
own land - Correct answer-false
Because of their own experience of discrimination in England, Irish immigrants to
the united states rejected racism within the democratic party and "whiteness"
among American workers - Correct answer-False
The founding fathers who drafted the american constitution were democratic in
their political ideology - Correct answer-False, they were elitist
Antebellum whigs found supporters among those who gained little from the
capitalist revolution and who has no use for the moral agenda of the democrats -
Correct answer-false
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,After the war of 1812, american merchant capitalism shifted from international
commerce to the development of the domestic economy - Correct answer-True-
market revolution
"Accommodation" to slavery by slaves themselves constituted a form of class
struggle, doing as littles as possible, sabotage, and pretending to be incapable -
Correct answer-true
the introduction of the sewing machine greatly improved the working conditions
and income of female outworkers in the clothing industry - Correct answer-false, it
started factory working where conditions were horrible
Although a supporter of states rights, jackson refused to allow state governments to
take over federal land grants from indians - Correct answer-false, trail of tears was
under his rule
In antebellum america, the capitalist revolution created a new middle class of well-
to-do commercial farmers and urban manufacturers - Correct answer-true
The erie canal inaugurated a capitalist transformation of the US by creating a huge
domestic market connecting the northwest and northeast - Correct answer-true
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, during the nullification crisis, jackson maintained that states rights existed prior to
the union and independently of the union - Correct answer-false, he was against
calhoun and nullification
profits from ready made clothing produced by large companies were initially low
because less-skilled women had to be used in place of skilled artisans - Correct
answer-false- they made money bc the women worked for cheaper
The slave mode of production had to expand or it would die from soil exhaustion
and a slave population that would be no longer profitable - Correct answer-true
The crashes in early 1800s were caused by excessive govt regulation of economy
and excessively high wages demanded by organized workers - Correct answer-
false- the crashes were due to inflation and unbacked credit
In order to ensure that wealthy speculators be paid full value for their revolutionary
war bonds, hamilton proposed the fed govt assume the debts as part of natnl debt -
Correct answer-true
capitalism privileges property rights over community rights, when democracy
privileges community rights over property rights - Correct answer-true
the antebellum south had a dual economy consisting of plantations at commercial
center and yeoman farmers in the economic periphery - Correct answer-true
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Questions and Answers
Minstrel shows forged a common "whiteness" out of working class ethnic diversity
and allowed Northern workers to express their ambivalence about the process of
proletarianization to which they were being subjected - Correct answer-False
The tidal wave of immigrants between 1840 and 1860 provided essential wage
laborers in an American society where large numbers of people still lived on their
own land - Correct answer-false
Because of their own experience of discrimination in England, Irish immigrants to
the united states rejected racism within the democratic party and "whiteness"
among American workers - Correct answer-False
The founding fathers who drafted the american constitution were democratic in
their political ideology - Correct answer-False, they were elitist
Antebellum whigs found supporters among those who gained little from the
capitalist revolution and who has no use for the moral agenda of the democrats -
Correct answer-false
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,After the war of 1812, american merchant capitalism shifted from international
commerce to the development of the domestic economy - Correct answer-True-
market revolution
"Accommodation" to slavery by slaves themselves constituted a form of class
struggle, doing as littles as possible, sabotage, and pretending to be incapable -
Correct answer-true
the introduction of the sewing machine greatly improved the working conditions
and income of female outworkers in the clothing industry - Correct answer-false, it
started factory working where conditions were horrible
Although a supporter of states rights, jackson refused to allow state governments to
take over federal land grants from indians - Correct answer-false, trail of tears was
under his rule
In antebellum america, the capitalist revolution created a new middle class of well-
to-do commercial farmers and urban manufacturers - Correct answer-true
The erie canal inaugurated a capitalist transformation of the US by creating a huge
domestic market connecting the northwest and northeast - Correct answer-true
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, during the nullification crisis, jackson maintained that states rights existed prior to
the union and independently of the union - Correct answer-false, he was against
calhoun and nullification
profits from ready made clothing produced by large companies were initially low
because less-skilled women had to be used in place of skilled artisans - Correct
answer-false- they made money bc the women worked for cheaper
The slave mode of production had to expand or it would die from soil exhaustion
and a slave population that would be no longer profitable - Correct answer-true
The crashes in early 1800s were caused by excessive govt regulation of economy
and excessively high wages demanded by organized workers - Correct answer-
false- the crashes were due to inflation and unbacked credit
In order to ensure that wealthy speculators be paid full value for their revolutionary
war bonds, hamilton proposed the fed govt assume the debts as part of natnl debt -
Correct answer-true
capitalism privileges property rights over community rights, when democracy
privileges community rights over property rights - Correct answer-true
the antebellum south had a dual economy consisting of plantations at commercial
center and yeoman farmers in the economic periphery - Correct answer-true
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