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Question 1

How did most Americans earn a living in 1800?

farming

commerce

ship-building

manufacturing

Answer 1

farming

Question 2

Where did most of the U.S. cities develop in the early nineteenth century?

along the rivers that lace the South

along the coast and waterways in the North

near the large plantations in the North

along the railroad lines in the South

Answer 2

along the coast and waterways in the North

Question 3

Which of the following was not a problem in most U.S. cities in the nineteenth century?

fire

crime

disease

unemployment

Answer 3

unemployment

Question 4

In the early nineteenth century, where did most of the immigrants to the United States come from?

Mexico, El Salvador, Cuba

Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia

Ireland, Germany, Sweden

Italy, Greece, Turkey

Answer 4

Ireland, Germany, Sweden

Question 5

Which of the following did not cause many immigrants to leave their native countries?

political unrest

poverty

crop failures

harsh climate

Answer 5

harsh climate

Question 6

What did the nativists advocate?

more privileges for immigrants

greater rights for Native Americans

strict limits on where Native Americans could live

strict limits on immigration

Answer 6

strict limits on immigration

Question 7

Which crop contributed the greatest wealth to the United States in the early nineteenth century?

wheat

tobacco

rice

cotton

Answer 7

cotton

Question 8

Which invention made plantations in the South more profitable than they had ever been?

steel plow

barbed wire

cotton gin

telegraph

Answer 8

cotton gin

Question 9

Why was the demand for cotton so high during the early nineteenth century?

Cotton was used to protect manufactured goods being shipped overseas.

Textile mills in India and China had increased production dramatically.

People substituted cotton for wool after most of the sheep died during an epidemic.

Textile mills in the northern states and in Britain had increased production dramatically.

Answer 9

Textile mills in the northern states and in Britain had increased production dramatically.

Question 10

Who supplied most of the labor on cotton plantations?

subsistence farmers from neighboring farms

enslaved people

immigrants from Europe

immigrants from Latin America

Answer 10

enslaved people