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Most German immigrants in the 1850s were Jewish.
By 1900, the "household" economy had given way to a market economy.
Immigration into the United States:- was very popular up until the War of 1812.- increased most during the period from 1845 to 1854. - declined when the cost of passage on ships increased to as much as $300 per passenger. - brought more Italians and Chinese than any other ethnic group prior to the Civil War.
In Commonwealth v. Hunt, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled all labor unions illegal.
By 1860, Catholicism was the largest religious denomination in the United States.
In the Lowell system, mill owners preferred to use women in part because of the lower wages they commanded.
Developments in transportation usually occurred in which order?- railroads, flatboats, canals, and turnpikes- turnpikes, steamboats, canals, and railroads - turnpikes, canals, flatboats, and steamboats - canals, turnpikes, railroads, and steamboats
Middle-class women in the early nineteenth century:- still worked primarily in the home. - had equal pay with men as teachers. - were welcomed into the field of medicine. - were discouraged from taking active roles to reform society.
As a result of the invention of the cotton gin, Maryland and Virginia slaves were:- in higher demand due to the increase in cotton grown in those states. - put on a path to freedom since there was no more demand for their labor.- often sold to owners in newly opened cotton-growing states like Alabama and Mississippi. - often transferred from tobacco plantations to cotton plantations in the same state.
The first successful steamboat was used on the Mississippi River in between New Orleans and Memphis.
During the growth of internal improvement, the federal government:- financed the construction of the Erie Canal.- bought stock in, and gave land grants to, some transportation companies. - left all governmental assistance up to the individual states. - built some demonstration roads, canals, and railroads.
Many northerners were angry with the Supreme Court over this case because it never allowed Congress to prohibit slavery in the territories.
In 1856 this party showed amazing strength for being a new party.
The sacking to this town by proslavery supporters started a conflict in Kansas in 1856.
Preston Brooks, exemplifying the dangerous division between North and South on the issue of slavery physically beat this man on the floor of the Senate.
In 1858 this group believed that the North was filled with "Brown loving" Republicans.
This event in California threatened to destroy the balance between free and slave states in the Senate.
A mechanical reaper to harvest grain was invented by: - Samuel F. B. Morse. - John Deere. - Eli Whitney.- Cyrus Hall McCormick
The Mexican Cession threatened to split the nation over this issue.
This political party's greatest issue was that slavery took away jobs.

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