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Ch 13 History
NEW MOVEMENTS IN AMERICA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What led to the flood of Irish immigrants entering the United States in the mid-1840s? | a potato blight in Ireland that led to starvation and disease |
| How was the development of the Know-Nothing Party in 1849 a reflection of the attitude of most Americans towards the wave of immigration? | Most Americans feared the effect of immigration on the jobs and culture of native-born Americans. |
| In 1848, the German people staged a revolution against their government. How did this revolution affect German immigration to the U.S. in the late 1840s? | Many Germans came to the U.S. to escape punishment for rising up against the government. |
| Why did the populations of cities in the northeastern and mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. grow most rapidly during the mid-1800s? | More than half of the country’s manufacturing jobs were located in these regions. |
| In the mid-1800s, transcendentalism emerged in American society. Transcendentalist thinkers believed that people | could rise above material things in life and should depend on themselves rather than outside authority. |
| In transcendentalist Margaret Fuller’s Woman in the Nineteenth Century, Fuller stated that women should | be able to make independent choices about their lives. |
| How did the American Romantic movement affect art in the U.S.? | Artists began to show their appreciation for the beauty and wonder of nature. |
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