Chapter 12: Industry and the North, 1790s-1840s

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Trades such as blacksmithing were perpetuated through a formal system where boys went to work in the shop of a master and learned the trade over a number of years. This system is called:

apprenticeship.indentured servitude.mastery.craftsmanship.

	Women broke into the apprenticeship system after the Revolution.

	True False

The patriarchal organization of the family meant that the father:

was primarily responsible for child-rearing.would not take care of apprentices.would decide on marriage for his daughters.could not inherit his wife's property.

	Legally, when a man died, his widow inherited his property.
	Legally, when a man died, his widow inherited his property.
	True False

John Jacob Astor accumulated capital in the changing economy by making a fortune first in furs and then in:

real estate.iron mills.textile mills.rifle manufacturing.

In the early 1800s, American business moved from a preindustrial system to a "putting out system" in which people:

worked in factories instead of at home, and got paid per finished piece.produced goods at home on their own, and sold the goods themselves.worked in factories instead of at home, and got paid an hourly wage.produced goods at home under the direction of a traveling merchant.

This individual left England illegally and brought his cotton spinning machine construction skills to the United States:

Samuel Slater.Francis Lowell.Thomas Springer.Moses Brown.

	Samuel Slater was the key to obtaining British factory machinery designs for the first American mills.

	True False

	Apprenticeship was replaced by a system of child labor based on wages paid to parents.

	True False

An issue in the growing battle between the North and the South over slavery was:

the use of child labor.The employment of women workers in early textile factories.the breakdown of the family work system.the breakdown in the patriarchal relationship between the master craftsman and his workers.

The nature of women's work was changed by:

the birth of the garment industry.the putting out system.mechanization.male opposition to female workers.

The effect of the rise of the cash economy included:

strengthening the ties between worker and employer.limiting the freedom of workers to change jobs.strengthening community economic ties.the decline of the barter system.

	The market revolution most dramatically affected the "middling sort" of white-collar workers.

	True False

By the 1820s, evangelical religion was gaining among:

Catholic immigrants.southern plantation owners.people on the western frontier.the new middle class.

	The economic changes of the market revolution first re-shaped middle class family roles.

	True False

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Self-Study Quiz: Pretest

Trades such as blacksmithing were perpetuated through a formal system where boys went to work in the shop of a master and learned the trade over a number of years. This system is called:

Women broke into the apprenticeship system after the Revolution.

The patriarchal organization of the family meant that the father:

Legally, when a man died, his widow inherited his property.

John Jacob Astor accumulated capital in the changing economy by making a fortune first in furs and then in:

In the early 1800s, American business moved from a preindustrial system to a "putting out system" in which people:

This individual left England illegally and brought his cotton spinning machine construction skills to the United States:

Samuel Slater was the key to obtaining British factory machinery designs for the first American mills.

Apprenticeship was replaced by a system of child labor based on wages paid to parents.

An issue in the growing battle between the North and the South over slavery was:

The nature of women's work was changed by:

The effect of the rise of the cash economy included:

The market revolution most dramatically affected the "middling sort" of white-collar workers.

By the 1820s, evangelical religion was gaining among:

The economic changes of the market revolution first re-shaped middle class family roles.