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The Enduring Vision, Fifth Edition
Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Clifford E. Clark, Jr., Carleton College
et al.
Short-Answer Questions
Chapter 9: The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840

  1. Explain the developments between 1815 and 1840 that encouraged white settlement in the Midwest.
  2. What stimulated northeastern manufacturing in the years after the War of 1812?
  3. Explain why New England led the way in industrialization.
  4. Compare and contrast manufacturing in New England with that in New York and Philadelphia.
  5. In the period 1815-1840, how much truth was there to the rags-to-riches idea?
  6. What changes occurred in the economic and social status of artisans and skilled workers in the period 1815-1840?


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