American Yawp Quiz 1 (Exam 2) Questions And Answers

Irish immigrants to the United States typically settled in what areas? {Ans: Northeastern cities}Which of the following ideals represented an American innovation in nineteenth-century Atlantic intellectual trends? {Ans: Orientation toward the future rather than the past}What was the term for a region in the state of New York greatly affected by the revivals of the Second Great Awakening? {Ans: Burned over District}Transcendentalism initially began among which group? {Ans: American clergymen}Which of the following descriptions most accurately describes "disinterested benevolence?" {Ans: Christianity requires that a person give up self-love in favor of loving others}The market revolution brought an innovation in labor practices called "piece work." What is the piece work system? {Ans: Division of production into discrete steps performed by different workers}