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Question 1

How did the character of the free black community shape the Philadelphia riot?

A) The black community was large and visible, angering whites.
B) It had its own institutions and elite, which challenged white supremacy.
C) It had its own wealth, which frustrated jobless whites.
D) All of the above.

Question 2

The concept of domesticity

A) confined women to home and family activities.
B) implied the moral superiority of women.
C) elevated women's economic and political status.
D) helped working-class women make psychological sense of their lives.

Question 3

The role of the ideal woman in antebellum America was to

A) perform complementary tasks in the family's struggle to get ahead.
B) pursue a rewarding and professional career.
C) create a clean and wholesome home for family life.
D) produce vital goods or earn money necessary for the family's subsistence.

Question 4

Of the following economic indicators describing conditions in Philadelphia, which one DECREASED from 1820 to 1860?

A) downward occupational mobility
B) proportion of craftsmen in the laboring class
C) residential mobility
D) percentage of unskilled wage earners in or near poverty

Question 5

A dramatic rise in the concentration of wealth in the United States from 1820 to 1860

A) eased social tensions.
B) hardened class lines.
C) resulted in mass suffering.
D) calmed labor protests.