American History: A Survey (Brinkley), 13th Edition

Chapter 10: AMERICA'S ECONOMIC REVOLUTION

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This nineteenth-century cartoon depicts newly arrived immigrants in conversation. Which country are they likely from?
A)Germany
B)Scotland
C)Czechoslovakia
D)Ireland
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Pictured here is an anti-immigrant riot taking place in Philadelphia. For which party would these rioters most likely have voted?
A)Whigs
B)American Party
C)Democrats
D)Republicans
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This image shows the Know-Nothing party's vision of the "ideal American." How did the Know-Nothings get their name?
A)their strict code of secrecy
B)Andrew Jackson's term of contempt
C)1853 speech given by Edwin Forrest
D)their lack of knowledge
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Pictured here is the founder of the American Museum and arguably the most famous showman of the nineteenth century. Who is he?
A)Tom Thumb
B)Al Jolson
C)Richard Hoe
D)P.T. Barnum
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This is the DeWitt Clinton locomotive, riding on the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad. What was the first functioning passenger railroad line in the United States?
A)Short Line Railroad
B)Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
C)Stockton and Darlington Railroad
D)Reading Railroad
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Above is an ad for the Great Southern Mail Line on the Stockton and Falls Railroad. If one wanted to send a telegram to New Orleans instead, whose invention would one have used?
A)John Deere
B)Cyrus McCormick
C)Charles Goodyear
D)Samuel Morse
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