Why was life on the frontier especially difficult for women?

They experienced extreme loneliness and mental breakdowns from weeks without seeing another person.

Ecological imperialism, as exemplified during the American historical period of 1790 to 1860, can best be described as what?

The wanton, heedless exploitation of natural resources by humans aggressively engaged in economic development and trade

Where did almost all the growth of the American population after 1820 come from?

Natural increase rather than immigration

The great Irish immigration of the 1840s primarily stimulated by what?

The potato famine in Ireland

All of the following were true of German immigrants except:

The majority were liberal political refugees after the collapse of the democratic revolutions of 1848.

Where did the worst anti-Catholic violence occur in 1834 and 1844?

Boston and Philadelphia

Why was American industry slow to develop?

U.S. manufacturers had difficulty competing in quality and price with imported European goods.

What did Eli Whitney's cotton gin enable?

Cotton production to expand from the coastal areas to the vast plains of Alabama and Mississippi

What did the legal principle of free incorporation mean?

Businessmen could create corporations without applying for individual state charters.

What did the Supreme Court rule in Commonwealth v. Hunt?

Labor unions were legal.

Which of the following was true about the cult of domesticity?

It limited women's opportunities outside the home.

Why was the invention of McCormick's reaper significant?

It fueled the establishment of large-scale commercial agriculture.

All of the following were results of the construction of the Erie Canal except:

It eliminated the need for the railroad.

What happened as the new continental market economy grew?

The home came to be viewed as a refuge from the workday world.

Which was a major economic consequence of the transportation and marketing revolutions?

A widened gap between great wealth and poverty