The first national park, Yellowstone, was the product of:
an emerging conservation movement that began in the 1830s
a desire to make access to some western lands available to the entire public
an effort to keep miners from exploiting and abandoning the soil there
early overcrowding of people and animals on western lands
By 1840, overland highways had proved a more effective form of transportation than canals
What was the main factor contributing to rapid population growth in the 1840s and beyond?
Widespread immigration
Increased imports of slaves
Rising birth rates
Improved health
Acquisition of new territories
An influx of Irish immigrants contributed to American's tolerance to ethnic and religious pluralism
German Immigrants in America differed from the Irish in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
Many Germans left their homeland for political reasons
German immigrants tended to be poorer
Germans settled in the Middle West rather than in eastern cities
Germans became outspoken opponents of slavery
Only a minority of Germans were Roman Catholic
Who is considered the father of the American Railroad?
John Stevens
Eli Whitney
Samuel Slater
Francis Cabot
Isaac Singer
Americans lagged behind the British in industrializing largely because they:
feared that they could not compete with the quality of British manufacturing.
associated the factory system with the worst qualities of European society.
were not interested in shifting from handmade goods.
lacked the capital and infrastructure necessary to support the factory system.
Who is considered the father of the American Factory System
The principle of "general incorporation" permitted individual business people to apply for limited liability corporate charters from the state legislature
Early labor unions made slow progress partly because the strike weapon was illegal
The steel plow and mechanical reaper helped turn American farmers from subsistence farming to commercial market-oriented agriculture.
The Erie Canal's greatest economic effect was to create strong east-west commercial and industrial links between the Northeast and the West (Midwest)
The growth of market economy drew most married American women off the farms and out of the home and into the new factories and mills
