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Why did the Know-Nothing Party want to prevent immigrants from voting?

A
Members of the Know-Nothing Party thought immigrants should learn how to speak English before voting.
B
Members of the Know-Nothing Party believed immigrants were undermining American society.
C
Members of the Know-Nothing Party wanted immigrants to become full-fledged citizens before voting.
D
Members of the Know-Nothing Party felt immigrants should study American laws and government before voting.
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How did changes in manufacturing in the late 1700s and early 1800s affect people living in northern cities?

A
Fewer people worked in factories as water-powered machines increasingly replaced laborers.
B
Factories used interchangeable parts and water power, so workers’ hours became shorter.
C
Factories employed more people, including women and children, for lower wages and longer hours.
D
As factory employment became less widely available, people began leaving the cities to work in agriculture.
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Due to the development of interchangeable parts and new labor practices in the late 1700s, factories began using

A
English mill designs.
B
mass production.
C
skilled labor.
D
water power.
4

Who helped develop the concept of interchangeable parts in 1798?

A
Lucy Larcom
B
Cyrus McCormick
C
Samuel Slater
D
Eli Whitney
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By 1850, in the largest northern cities such as New York and Boston,

A
immigrants made up a large part of the population.
B
new residents found it easy to assimilate into American culture.
C
neighborhoods were emptying as people moved to the country.
D
transportation could not keep up with the demands of industrialization.
6

What was a major pull factor that brought immigrants to the United States between 1830 and 1850?

A
famine and starvation
B
economic hardship
C
religious persecution
D
jobs in manufacturing and trade
7

In the 1840s, nativists believed that immigrants

A
had much in common with them.
B
deserved better working conditions.
C
could not fit into American society.
D
should be better integrated into US society.
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Which of the following best describes nativism during the 1800s?

A
a policy favoring native-born Americans over immigrants
B
an interest in learning about the native cultures of immigrants
C
a regional policy of maintaining traditional economic systems
D
a practice in most factories of hiring only native-born Americans
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In the first half of the nineteenth century, the number of immigrants increased, and the United States experienced

A
an increase in nativism.
B
an economic depression.
C
an rise in unemployment.
D
a decline in urban populations.
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What was one significant result of the changes in manufacturing and transportation that took place in the first half of the nineteenth century?

A
Many factory laborers left cities to work in far away, rural areas due to improvements in transportation.
B
Improved transportation led to the development of many new factories in the south and the west.
C
People in cities often made more money as they took on skilled positions in manufacturing and transportation.
D
Cities became overcrowded as more and more people traveled to the north, looking for factory work.

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