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- Chosen as president of the confederate states of America
- The Lecompton Constitution stated that Kansas would be this kind of state
- The election of 1860 showed that the North and the South were two distinct political entities because
- The profession of engineering developed largely as a result of: - the immigration of German intellectuals. - the physical and industrial expansion of the nation.- the development of railroads, which required specialized expertise. - John Jacob Astor's founding of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Which of the following was a major U.S. invention that contributed to the growing market economy of the early nineteenth century? - cotton gin - vulcanized rubber - sewing machine- All of these are correct.
- The first telegraph message was transmitted between two cities in what year?
- The invention of the steel plow helped to open up the West.
- By the late 1830s, labor unions in the United States:- were stronger than before. - had grown in numbers but had little economic influence.- had virtually disappeared. - were poised to make major economic gains in the upcoming decade.
- Textile factories appeared first in New England for all of the following reasons except: - the region had ample rivers for water-powered machines. - Jefferson's embargo had hurt international trade.- the region's slaves had little cotton to pick and could work in factories. - the profits from the region's shipping trade provided the initial capital.
- Perishable tea leaves spurred the development of fast-sailing ships known as clippers.
- This case stated that slavery was guaranteed in Western territories.
- Railroads generally increased the cost of transportation.
- Railroads did little to stimulate economic growth nationally until after the Civil War.
- The first labor unions in the United States were known as guilds or craft unions.
- The Erie Canal, in effect, joined the Great Lakes to Boston.
- Irish immigrants faced discrimination in the United States for all of the following reasons except that:- they were Catholics.- they were mostly single males. - they came with little money or education. - they stayed in poor, crime-riddled sections of the large cities of the Northeast.
- The Know-Nothing party was built on:- nativism. - opposition to the growth of professions. - support for the guild system of labor. - All of these are correct.
- The most important American export in the 1830s and 1840s was: - farm equipment. - textiles.- cotton. - railroad cars and engines.
- The Irish made up more than half of the population of major cities like Boston and New York by the 1850s.
- By 1860, Philadelphia had been overtaken as the nation's largest city and port by:- New Orleans. - Boston.- New York. - Baltimore.