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The rise of New York City in the-first half of the nineteenth century was the result of all of the following except:
a. a superior natural harbor.
b. liberal state laws that made the city attractive for both foreign and domestic commerce.
c. an absence of "nativist" sentiment.
d. unrivaled access to the interior.
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The rise of New York City in the-first half of the nineteenth century was the result of all of the following except:
a. a superior natural harbor.
b. liberal state laws that made the city attractive for both foreign and domestic commerce.
c. an absence of "nativist" sentiment.
d. unrivaled access to the interior.
c. an absence of "nativist" sentiment.
At the time it was completed, the Erie Canal was:
a. already obsolete.
b. beginning to fill with silt from the Great Lakes.
c. the greatest construction project Americans had ever undertaken.
d. cited as an example of how not to construct a canal.
c. the greatest construction project Americans had ever undertaken.
. Which of the following helped enlarge the urban population in this era?
a. Immigrants from Europe.
b. Northeast farmers.
c. The growth of the population as a whole.
d. All of the above.
e. Both a. and c.
d. All of the above.
The nativist movement wanted to:
a. return all land to Native Americans.
b. enact more restrictive naturalization laws.
c. increase aid to education so voters would be literate.
d. make immigrants feel this was their home.
b. enact more restrictive naturalization laws.
One of the immediate results of the new transportation routes constructed during the "canal age" was:
a. an increased white. settlement in the Northwest.
b. an increased white settlement in the Southwest.
c. the renewed cooperation between states and the national environment on internal improvement projects.
d. the conviction that the national government should be responsible for all internal improvements.
a. an increased white. settlement in the Northwest.
During the 1820s and 1830s, railroads:
a. played only a secondary role in the nation's transportation system.
b. replaced canals as the most important means of transportation.
c. generated little interest among American businessmen.
d. consisted of a few long lines, which were not connected to water routes.
a. played only a secondary role in the nation's transportation system.
The most profound economic development in mid-nineteenth-century America was the:
a. development of a national banking system.
b. creation of corporations.
c. decline of the small-town merchant and general store.
d. rise of the factory.
d. rise of the factory.
The great technical advances in American industry owed much to:
a. American inventors.
b. national research universities.
c. innovative businessmen.
d. labor unions.
a. American inventors.
The beginnings of an industrial labor supply can be traced to:
a. overcrowding in American cities.
b. a dramatic increase in food production.
c. the use of slaves in manufacturing industries.
d. an increase in European immigration.
b. a dramatic increase in food production.
The Lowell or Waltham system of recruiting labor was to:
a. enlist young women from farm families.
b. recruit whole families from rural areas.
c. recruit newly arrived immigrants.
d. enlist young men from farm families.
a. enlist young women from farm families.