Chapter 12 Quiz Questions Flashcards
In 1817, antislavery reformers founded this society.
the American Colonization Society
All of the following conditions were true for women workers except
they made up a very small percentage of the workforce.
In Jeffersonian America, manufacturing was centered in
households and small workshops.
Lowell, Massachusetts, represented an example of
recruitment of workers through the Waltham system and a planned manufacturing city.
Why did many Irish people come to America in the 1840s and 1850s?
Domination of Protestant landlords and starvation in Ireland
The cult of domesticity emphasized that
women should preserve religion and the morals of a family.
The court system’s support of corporate rights to eminent domain meant that
corporations could purchase “rights of way” land whenever they needed it.
This document, issued at the Seneca Falls Convention, called for full female equality.
the Declaration of Sentiments
This place was a showcase for the transcendentalist philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Brook Farm
The putting-out system
created a business relationship between merchants and household artisans.
Eastern elites, with the support of their wives and daughters, formed this group of church-affiliated reform organizations known as
the Benevolent Empire.
This man is considered the founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons).
Joseph Smith
Which statement characterizes the progress of cities in the period 1790–1850?
Transportation and immigration fueled a rise of population.
Which statement about Eli Whitney is not true?
The cotton gin was his only significant contribution as an inventor.
During the 1840s what boosted interregional trade?
railroads became the most dynamic booster of interregional trade.
