APUSH 2010-2011
NAME: ______________________________________________________ DATE: ___________________
NORTON: Chapter #11- The Modernizing North 1815-1860
1. When first adopted, the primary purpose of the Waltham system was to:
a. Teach young women the domestic skills they would need as wives and mothers
b. Solve the problem of a labor shortage by creating an attractive place of employment
c. Teach virtue and morality to the young girls of New England
d. Help women in the New England area gain financial and economic independence
2. The paternalism of the Lowell system gave way to exploitation largely as a result of:
a. The change in the type of worker
b. A shift in emphasis from the worker and working conditions to profits
c. The increase in the number of spindles and looms used in textile mills
d. The introduction of water-powered looms
3. In a market economy:
a. The quality of merchandise is emphasized above all else
b. The growth of small, self-sufficient productive units is encouraged
c. The gap between rich and poor is narrowed as income is equalized
d. Specialization is encouraged in agriculture, manufacturing, and finance
4. Which of the following is true of the labor movement during the 1840s?
a. It was made up primarily of socialists and anarchists
b. It was successful in getting pension plans for many workers
c. Its major achievement was that it gained recognition of its right to strike
d. It demonstrated the unity present among workers
5. In the 1830s, some northern farmers successfully adjusted to western competition and soil
exhaustion by:
a. Growing more grain for the market
b. Opening more land for cultivation
c. Turning from commercial production of wheat to dairy farming
d. Turning to new farm implements to increase productivity and profits
6. In the growing urban areas of the 19th century, the cost associated with the construction of
sewers was:
a. Often covered by businessmen’s associations
b. Usually borne by individual property owners
c. Totally covered by city tax dollars
d. Paid for by state governments
7. In order to counteract the feeling of alienation in the urban environment, middle and upper
class urbanites often:
a. Joined clubs and voluntary associations
b. Participated in neighborhood sports activities
c. Joined utopian communities
d. Ran for political office
8. A common threat running through the urban riots of the 1830s and 1840s was:
a. A sense of having been unjustly treated by the authorities
b. White racism
c. Anger directed against perceived political and economic rivals
d. Greed
9. Irish immigrants coming to America in the early 19th century:
a. Came mainly from the Irish middle class
b. Came mainly from the urban areas of Ireland
c. Found work easily in the urban areas of the North
d. Were subjected to anti-Catholic sentiment
10. Which of the following is true of Irish and German immigrants in the 1840s and 1850s?
a. Both of their native countries experienced revolutionary upheaval in the 1840s
b. They both settled almost exclusively in urban areas
c. They both tended to immigrate as families and groups
d. The immigrants of both was prompted by the potato blight
11. Regarding their position in American society in the 1830s and 1840s, free blacks:
a. depended upon the federal government to protect their rights
b. realized that the state government could best protect their rights
c. attempted to improve their status by organizing self-help societies
d. realized that they had to work primarily through white institutions to improve their
status
12. A major reason for the decline in family size in the early 19th century was:
a. The use of traditional forms of birth control
b. The fact that men in urban areas left home to go to work
c. Better sex education at home and at school
d. Higher infant mortality rates
13. Most working-class women in the early 19th century:
a. Found employment in the new factories
b. Had to acquire specialized work skills or face unemployment
c. Sold their domestic skills for wages
d. Found work in urban retail shops
14. Most people who held great wealth in the 1840s and 1850s:
a. Acquired their fortunes through hard work and perseverance
b. Were very discreet about their wealth
c. Were idle men of leisure
d. Had inherited much of their wealth
15. According to the cult of domesticity of the early 19th century:
a. Women were responsible for the educational, moral, and cultural functions of the family
b. Men and women were to share family responsibilities equally
c. Men were to concentrate on the husband/father role rather than the wage-earner role
d. Women were to aid their husbands in finding work outside of the home