1. What weird sport became crazy popular among working class Americans? 2. Why did northern workers believe that industrialization posed a threat to their status and independence?
A. Jobs that used to be performed in the United States were moved overseas
B. Most skilled workers did not have the education to make the transition to industrial work
C. Women were able to find high-paying, high-status work in industry
D. Many workers feared they were becoming “enslaved” by the wage
3. Which statement was true of most white antislavery reformers?
A. They supported the American Colonization Society specifically
B. They longed for a world in which race did not exist as a social category
C. They supported slavery in the West
D. They supported an end to slavery for economic reasons
4. In the middle-class industrial household of the mid nineteenth century (1800s), “home” became:
A. An extension of the workplace
B. A haven for leisure and relaxation and an escape from the public sphere
C. A male-dominated place
D. A school and church for children
5. All of the following statements about nativists are true EXCEPT:
A. Nativists feared the impact of immigration on American political and social life
B. Nativists believed the English in particular were a lazy, childlike, and irrational people unfamiliar with American ideas of liberty and subservient to the Catholic Church
C. Nativist riots targeted immigrants and their institutions, and nativist politicians were elected in the 1840s and 1850s
D. Nativists blamed immigrants for crime, political corruption, heavy drinking, and job competition
6. The American Colonization Society:
A. Fought to send newly freed black people to Africa
B. Sought the creation of American utopian colonies abroad
C. Wanted an immediate end to slavery
D. Lobbied for the rights of free black people to vote
7. For many industrial workers, the move from farm to factory meant:
A. A new division between work and leisure
B. Less free time
C. A higher standard of living
D. More control over their own lives