8-15 final exam Flashcards
Which of the following had the greatest impact on the spread of slavery?
Invention of the cotton gin
In the 1840s the new england association of farmers, mechanics and other workingmen organized to agitate for what cause?
To limit the workday to ten hours per day
The erie canal connected industry and consumers in the east with what group?
Midwestern farmers
Irish immigrants to the united states typically settled in what areas?
Northeastern cities
The navist “Know-Nothing Party,” also known as the american party, was strongest in what region?
Northern cities
Why did many of the nations founders distrust true democracy
they believed that common people would not make smart decisions
as a condition of the missouri compromise, missouri entered as a slave state and blank entered as a free state
maine
the nullification crisis occurred over political disagreements about which issue
tariffs
over the first 50 years of american history, which of the following statements best describes the ability of black ppl to vote in elections
voting rights among blacks decreased during antebellum america
andrew jacksons background differed from previous american presidents for which of the following reasons
he grew up very poor
which of the following denominations benefitted the least from the second great awakening
episcopalians
what was the term for a region greatly affected by the revivals of the second great awakening
burned over district
how did the second great awakening promote “spiritual egalitarianism?”
all of the above
transcendentalism initally began among which group
american clergymen
which of the following descriptions most accurately describes “disinterested benevolence?”
christianity requires that a person give up self-love in favor of loving others
