Question 1

Which of the following is true of canal and turnpike transportation?

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A)   Canal construction was less expensive than turnpike construction.
B)   State governments gave little financial support to canal transportation.
C)   Canal transportation was generally developed before turnpike transportation.
D)   Canal boats could haul vastly larger loads than could turnpike transports.
E)   Pennsylvania was the first to finance canal construction.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 2

For most American farmers,the 1840s and 1850s were a period of

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A)   extreme economic highs and lows brought on by volatile changes in demand.
B)   economic decline, as more people moved to urban centers.
C)   economic growth in the West but decline in the East.
D)   rising prosperity, due to increased worldwide demand for farm products.
E)   increasing economic connections between the North and South.F) C) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 3

For most nineteenth-century urban Americans,leisure activities grew more varied.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In the 1840s,P.T.Barnum's American Museum in New York showcased

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A)   European artists.
B)   human oddities.
C)   past American leaders and heroes.
D)   nature and natural history.
E)   American artists.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 5

Which city did NOT owe its growth to the Great Lakes?

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A)   Cincinnati
B)   Detroit
C)   Milwaukee
D)   Buffalo
E)   ChicagoF) C) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 6

The rise of the American factory system

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A)   complemented the nation's traditional republican ideals.
B)   saw the government act to maintain the trades of skilled artisans.
C)   led to the creation of national craft unions.
D)   resulted in a rise in the status of skilled artisans among consumers.
E)   led some northerners to advocate repealing abolition.F) None of the above
G) All of the above

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