Market Revolution: Society & Culture (College Board AP® US History): Flashcards
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Which social changes did the market revolution bring?
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Which social changes did the market revolution bring?
The market revolution led to the growth of cities, an increase in factory labor, and a rise in immigration.
Where did most immigrants to the United States come from in the first half of the 19th century?
Most immigrants came from Ireland and Germany.
Why did many Irish people immigrate to the United States from 1845 to 1852?
They were escaping the Potato Famine.
Why did many Germans leave Germany in the 1840s?
Germans left after years of crop failures and to seek a democratic way of life after a failed democratic revolution in 1848.
Immigration to the United States rose to about million people in the 1840s.
Immigration to the United States rose to about 1.7 million people in the 1840s.
Why did many Irish immigrants stay in East Coast cities?
Many Irish immigrants did not have much money to move further.
True or False?
German immigrants settled only in East Coast cities.
False.
Numerous German immigrants settled in midwestern cities such as Milwaukee, St. Louis, and Cincinnati.
Define tenement.
A tenement was a crowded, cheaply built city building where immigrants lived, with little light or ventilation and no indoor plumbing.
Which disease spread because of overcrowding in immigrant neighborhoods?
Overcrowding led to the spread of cholera.
How did the market revolution affect the Northern middle class?
Their standard of living rose as the economy expanded, fueled partly by immigrant factory labor.
Which values did the Northern middle class hold?
The middle class valued education and practiced temperance.
Why did many women work in factories?
Women worked in factories to support their families.
True or False?
Women factory workers were given the most complex tasks.
False.
Women repeated one step of a process quickly; men received more complex tasks.
Women factory workers typically worked 12 to 13 hours a day, days a week.
Women factory workers typically worked 12 to 13 hours a day, six days a week.
Define piece-work.
Piece-work was work paid for each finished piece, such as sewing garments or rolling cigars.
Define nativism.
Nativism was a movement that favored native-born Americans over immigrants and minority religions.
Which religion did nativists see as more "acceptable"?
Nativists viewed Protestantism as more "acceptable."
How did nativists view Catholic immigrants?
Nativists accused Catholics of being threats to American democracy who wanted a country that obeyed the Pope in Rome.
What discrimination did Irish immigrants face when looking for work?
Irish immigrants faced "No Irish Need Apply" notices in advertisements and on signs.
True or False?
Most Irish immigrants in the 1830s-1840s were Protestant.
False.
Most Irish immigrants were Catholic, which fueled nativist hostility.
Define Cult of Domesticity.
The Cult of Domesticity was the idea, promoted in books and magazines, that upper- and middle-class women should only raise children and create a restful household for their husbands.
Women were expected to remain in the sphere (the home) and stay out of the public sphere.
Women were expected to remain in the private sphere (the home) and stay out of the public sphere.
What were the four cardinal virtues of women under the Cult of Domesticity?
The four virtues were piety, purity, domesticity, and submission.
What did "submission" mean under the Cult of Domesticity?
Women were expected to be obedient to men and accept that they were inferior to men.
True or False?
The Cult of Domesticity was aimed mainly at working-class factory women.
False.
It was aimed at upper- and middle-class women.
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