American Yawp Chapter 8

Most northern abolition laws ___

Only promised to liberate future children born to an enslaved mother

Which of these states had slaves until the end of the Civil War?

New Jersey

Which of the following had the greatest impact on the spread of slavery?

Growth of American textile industry

Economic catastrophes occurred in all of the following years except

1828

The Erie Canal connected industry and consumers in the east with what group?

Midwestern farmers

The steamboat most benefited which of the following cities?

St. Louis

What was the initial purpose of the legal status of incorporation?

To fund projects for the public good

The market revolution brought an innovation in labor practices called “piece work.” What is the piece work system?

Division of production into discrete steps performed by different workers

During which era was a laborer LEAST likely to live with their employer

1812-1840

How did the market revolution change the nature of the American family?

The domestic sphere increasingly signified a family’s class status

Which group of women was lost likely to work outside of the home in antebellum America?

Poor women

Irish immigrants to the United States typically settled in what areas?

Northeastern cities

Germans settled in an area of the country known as the German Triangle. The triangle included all three of these cities EXCEPT

Detroit

The nativist “Know-Nothing Party,” also known as the American Party, was strongest in what region?

Northern cities

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