front 1 Why was life on the frontier especially difficult for women? | back 1 They experienced extreme loneliness and mental breakdowns from weeks without seeing another person. |
front 2 Ecological imperialism, as exemplified during the American historical period of 1790 to 1860, can best be described as what? | back 2 The wanton, heedless exploitation of natural resources by humans aggressively engaged in economic development and trade |
front 3 Where did almost all the growth of the American population after 1820 come from? | back 3 Natural increase rather than immigration |
front 4 The great Irish immigration of the 1840s primarily stimulated by what? | back 4 The potato famine in Ireland |
front 5 All of the following were true of German immigrants except: | back 5 The majority were liberal political refugees after the collapse of the democratic revolutions of 1848. |
front 6 Where did the worst anti-Catholic violence occur in 1834 and 1844? | back 6 Boston and Philadelphia |
front 7 Why was American industry slow to develop? | back 7 U.S. manufacturers had difficulty competing in quality and price with imported European goods. |
front 8 What did Eli Whitney's cotton gin enable? | back 8 Cotton production to expand from the coastal areas to the vast plains of Alabama and Mississippi |
front 9 What did the legal principle of free incorporation mean? | back 9 Businessmen could create corporations without applying for individual state charters. |
front 10 What did the Supreme Court rule in Commonwealth v. Hunt? | back 10 Labor unions were legal. |
front 11 Which of the following was true about the cult of domesticity? | back 11 It limited women's opportunities outside the home. |
front 12 Why was the invention of McCormick's reaper significant? | back 12 It fueled the establishment of large-scale commercial agriculture. |
front 13 All of the following were results of the construction of the Erie Canal except: | back 13 It eliminated the need for the railroad. |
front 14 What happened as the new continental market economy grew? | back 14 The home came to be viewed as a refuge from the workday world. |
front 15 Which was a major economic consequence of the transportation and marketing revolutions? | back 15 A widened gap between great wealth and poverty |