US History I
An Interpretive History of Life in America, 1492-1877
Exam Review
UNIT 3 EXAM: “The Market Revolution” -- 1815-1840
Multiple Choice -- 40% [NOTE: See quizzes and notes for lecture and textbook subjects.]
Essay -- 60%
Answer one (1) of the following questions with an extended essay that draws upon class lectures and assigned readings. Be sure to answer all parts of the question you select.
[NOTE: On your examination, you will have two choices from which you will select one.]
1. Did the “market revolution” change American's notions of the proper role of government in the United States between 1815-1840?
[HINT: Explain how transportation improvements affected the market revolution.]
Address each of the following questions with at least one paragraph for each as you answer the question above.
- How did “self interest” lead to the shift from “use value” to “exchange value”?
- How did the growth of towns and cities both reflect and promote the market revolution?
- What role did government and banks play in investment?
- Why did the Bank War occur?
- How did the Bank War reflect the debate over the role of government?
Be sure to give examples. Remember to define your terms.
2. How did the rise of “wage labor” change work in the United States between 1815-1840?
[HINT: Discuss the shift from “use value” to “exchange value.”]
Address each of the following questions with at least one paragraph for each as you answer the question above.
- What was the apprentice system?
- Why were they called “mill girls”?
- How did factory production change labor?
- Why did some workers during the market revolution call themselves “wage slaves”?
- How did “whiteness” evolve in response to wage labor?
Be sure to give examples. Remember to define your terms.
3. What led to the rise of the modern two-party system between 1815-1840?
[HINT: Explain what happened to the first party system.]
Address each of the following questions with at least one paragraph for each as you answer the question above.
- How did John Quincy Adams win the election of 1824?
- Why did Andrew Jackson appeal to the “common man“?
- Why did voter turnout change after 1824?
- Why did Martin Van Buren win the election of 1836?
- Why does the election of 1840 represent the birth of the modern two-party system?
Be sure to give examples. Remember to define your terms.
4. Why did so many Americas flock to reform movements during the market revolution?
[HINT: Discuss the impact of the market revolution on urban life.]
Address each of the following questions with at least one paragraph for each as you answer the question above.
- What was the “second great awakening”?
- How did “volunteer associations” reflect a middle-class desire for proper society?
- What role did women play in institutional reform?
- What were the two great reform movements of the period?
- Why did some believe society could be “perfected”?
Be sure to give examples. Remember to define your terms.
5. Did the rise of a class system change notions of gender and race in America between 1840-1877?
[HINT: Explain how Americans viewed social class.]
Address each of the following questions with at least one paragraph for each as you answer the question above.
- Why did some workers during the market revolution call themselves “wage slaves”?
- How did “whiteness” evolve in response to wage labor?
- Why did so many American women embrace the “cult of domesticity”?
- Why did reformers seek to draw on their “moral authority”?
- Did abolitionists believe in racial equality?
Be sure to give examples. Remember to define your terms.
NOTE: Use your Blue Book to write your essay. Material written on the test sheet will NOT be considered. Stay cool and keep moving.
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