APUSH - Chapter 14

Match each individual below with the correct invention. A. Samuel Morse B. Cyrus McCormick C. Elias Howe D. Robert Fulton 1. telegraph 2. mower-reaper 3. steamboat 4. sewing machine

A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3

The "Father of the Factory System" in the United States was a. Samuel Slater b. Eli Whitney c. Robert Fulton d. Francis Cabot Lowell

a. Samuel Slater

The dramatic growth of American cities between 1800 and 1860 a. resulted in unsanitary conditions in many communities b. forced the federal government to slow immigration c. sparked federal, state, and local governments to develop urban public transportation d. contributed to a decline in the birthrate

a. resulted in unsanitary conditions in many communities

Native-born Protestant Americans feared that Catholic immigrants to the United States would a. want to attend public school with Protestants b. outbreed, outvoted and eventually overwhelm politically, social, and culturally the Protestant native-born citizens and culture of America c. ignite internecine Catholic armed conflict within the United States d. assume control of the Know-Nothing party

b. outbreed, outvoted and eventually overwhelm politically, social, and culturally the Protestant native-born citizens and culture of America

Ecological imperialism, as exemplified during the American historical period of 1790-1860, can best be described as a. the practice of using spectacular natural settings as symbols of America b. the wanton, heedless exploitation of natural resources by humans aggressively engaged in economic development and trade c. the efforts of white settlers to take land from Native Americans d. humans' domination over the animal kingdom

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

The first major transportation project in the United States, which ran sixty-two miles and was completed in the 1790s, that proved to be a stimulus for western economic developments was the a. Erie Canal b. National (Cumberland) Road c. Lancaster Turnpike d. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

c. Lancaster Turnpike

A major economic consequence of the transportation and marketing revolutions was a. a lessening of the gap between great wealth and poverty b. a stabilization of the work force in industrial cities c. a gradual, steady improvement in average wages and standards of living for all workers including unskilled workers d. the decline significance of American agriculture

c. a gradual, steady improvement in average wages and standards of living for all workers including unskilled workers

Compared with canals, railroads a. required less technological obstacles to overcome to construct and operate them safely b. faced much less political opposition by vested economic interests c. could be built almost anywhere with sufficient financial capital d. were more expensive than canals to construct

c. could be built almost anywhere with sufficient financial capital

Native-born Protestant Americans distrusted and resented the Irish immigrants for all of the following reasons except a. the Irish immigrants constructed a network of parish schools that promoted and advanced Roman Catholicism in America b. the Irish immigrants were financially poor and initially struggled to make economic gains in American society c. the Irish immigrants were very slow to learn American English and mostly spoke Gaelic in their urban neighborhoods d. the Irish immigrants were thought to love alcohol to excess

c. the Irish immigrants were very slow to learn American English and mostly spoke Gaelic in their urban neighborhoods

In early nineteenth-century America, the a. annual population goth rate was much higher than in colonial days b. birthrate was rapidly declining c. urban population was growing at an unprecedented rate d. death rate was increasing

c. urban population was growing at an unprecedented rate

The cult of domesticity a. restricted women's moral influence on the family b. resulted in more pregnancies for women c. was especially strong among rural women d. glorified the traditional role of women as homemakers

d. glorified the traditional role of women as homemakers

The early factory system distributed its economic benefits a. to workers represented by unions b. evenly among factory owners, factory managers, and factory workers c. to overseas investors d. mostly to the owners

d. mostly to the owners

The sentiment of fear and position to open immigration was called a. the cult of domesticity b. rugged individualism c. racism d. nativism

d. nativism