Inquizitive 9 Complete Questions And
Answers 2025
Identify the statements that describe the experiences of free blacks in the nineteenth
century. CORRECT ANSWERS Blacks faced widespread discrimination and were
unable to find work as craftsmen or store clerks.
Blacks constructed their own institutional life, by creating schools and churches.
Identify the statements that describe the Second Great Awakening and its impact.
CORRECT ANSWERS It democratized American Christianity, making it a mass
enterprise.
Preachers stressed that individuals were "free agents" able to make their own choices,
and stressed industry, sobriety, and self-discipline.
Alarmed by low church attendance, religious leaders organized religious revivals where
they preached, warning of hell and promising salvation to converts.
How did slavery shape social and economic relations in the Old South?
Identify the statements that describe the Old South. CORRECT ANSWERS Correct
Answer(s)
In 1860, the South produced less than 10 percent of the nation's manufactured goods.
Slavery powerfully shaped race relations, politics, religion, and the law in the Old South.
Incorrect Answer(s)
There were no industrial centers in the South.
Large numbers of immigrants were attracted to settling in the South.
What does this advertisement reveal about how slaves were perceived in the South?
CORRECT ANSWERS Slaves were considered property, and as such they were no
different than a piece of furniture or a horse.
What does it reveal about the contrast between how America viewed the West, and the
reality of the West? CORRECT ANSWERS Americans romanticized the West as a land
of opportunity and promise, in reality it was rough and a difficult place to live.
The concept of "Liberty of Living" made economic security an essential part of American
freedom. CORRECT ANSWERS true
After 1793, cotton production soared due to the invention of Eli Whitney's cotton gin.
Identify how the cotton gin further changed the United States. CORRECT ANSWERS It
allowed slavery to expand to the West and increased it in the South as profits were
realized.
Identify the statements that describe the market revolution. CORRECT ANSWERS
rapid change in the U.S. economy caused by territorial expansion enabled by
improvements to transportation
, shift from self-sufficient farming to a national market
creation of opportunities for economic improvement and the ability to get ahead
What does this map reveal about the transportation revolution and shortened travel
times? CORRECT ANSWERS Between 1800 and 1830, travel time between New York
City and the meeting point of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers decreased by three
weeks.
Between 1800 and 1830, travel time between New York City and Florida decreased by
one week.
By 1830, a traveler could get anywhere along the Atlantic coast in two weeks or less.
Identify the statement that describes the concept of a "family wage." CORRECT
ANSWERS A "family wage" referred to the amount a man should be able to make to
support his wife and children without their earnings.
Identify the statements that describe westward expansion. CORRECT ANSWERS
Westward expansion had been happening since the first settlers arrived and moved
inland.
The West emerged as its own distinct region, with its own culture, different from the
South and New England.
By supporting the West, politicians gained power.
During the nineteenth century, legal decisions supported entrepreneurs participating in
the market revolution by striking down monopolies and encouraging competition.
CORRECT ANSWERS true
Identify the contributions of John Deere and Cyrus McCormick to the expansion of the
market economy in the United States. CORRECT ANSWERS invented equipment that
increased farm production
Most slaves who succeeded in escaping slavery, like Frederick Douglass, came from
the Upper South, especially from states that bordered free states like Virginia, Maryland,
and Kentucky. CORRECT ANSWERS True
Slave owners attempted to prevent slaves from learning about the larger world around
them. How did slaves acquire knowledge of current events? CORRECT ANSWERS
Many owners were unaware that slaves created neighborhood networks that
transmitted news of local and national importance between plantations.
How did family, gender, religion, and values combine to create distinct slave cultures in
the Old South?
In some ways, gender roles under slavery differed markedly from those in the larger
society. Why did the nineteenth century's "cult of domesticity" not apply to slave
women? CORRECT ANSWERS Slave women were expected to work in the fields with
the men, not take care of the home life.
Answers 2025
Identify the statements that describe the experiences of free blacks in the nineteenth
century. CORRECT ANSWERS Blacks faced widespread discrimination and were
unable to find work as craftsmen or store clerks.
Blacks constructed their own institutional life, by creating schools and churches.
Identify the statements that describe the Second Great Awakening and its impact.
CORRECT ANSWERS It democratized American Christianity, making it a mass
enterprise.
Preachers stressed that individuals were "free agents" able to make their own choices,
and stressed industry, sobriety, and self-discipline.
Alarmed by low church attendance, religious leaders organized religious revivals where
they preached, warning of hell and promising salvation to converts.
How did slavery shape social and economic relations in the Old South?
Identify the statements that describe the Old South. CORRECT ANSWERS Correct
Answer(s)
In 1860, the South produced less than 10 percent of the nation's manufactured goods.
Slavery powerfully shaped race relations, politics, religion, and the law in the Old South.
Incorrect Answer(s)
There were no industrial centers in the South.
Large numbers of immigrants were attracted to settling in the South.
What does this advertisement reveal about how slaves were perceived in the South?
CORRECT ANSWERS Slaves were considered property, and as such they were no
different than a piece of furniture or a horse.
What does it reveal about the contrast between how America viewed the West, and the
reality of the West? CORRECT ANSWERS Americans romanticized the West as a land
of opportunity and promise, in reality it was rough and a difficult place to live.
The concept of "Liberty of Living" made economic security an essential part of American
freedom. CORRECT ANSWERS true
After 1793, cotton production soared due to the invention of Eli Whitney's cotton gin.
Identify how the cotton gin further changed the United States. CORRECT ANSWERS It
allowed slavery to expand to the West and increased it in the South as profits were
realized.
Identify the statements that describe the market revolution. CORRECT ANSWERS
rapid change in the U.S. economy caused by territorial expansion enabled by
improvements to transportation
, shift from self-sufficient farming to a national market
creation of opportunities for economic improvement and the ability to get ahead
What does this map reveal about the transportation revolution and shortened travel
times? CORRECT ANSWERS Between 1800 and 1830, travel time between New York
City and the meeting point of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers decreased by three
weeks.
Between 1800 and 1830, travel time between New York City and Florida decreased by
one week.
By 1830, a traveler could get anywhere along the Atlantic coast in two weeks or less.
Identify the statement that describes the concept of a "family wage." CORRECT
ANSWERS A "family wage" referred to the amount a man should be able to make to
support his wife and children without their earnings.
Identify the statements that describe westward expansion. CORRECT ANSWERS
Westward expansion had been happening since the first settlers arrived and moved
inland.
The West emerged as its own distinct region, with its own culture, different from the
South and New England.
By supporting the West, politicians gained power.
During the nineteenth century, legal decisions supported entrepreneurs participating in
the market revolution by striking down monopolies and encouraging competition.
CORRECT ANSWERS true
Identify the contributions of John Deere and Cyrus McCormick to the expansion of the
market economy in the United States. CORRECT ANSWERS invented equipment that
increased farm production
Most slaves who succeeded in escaping slavery, like Frederick Douglass, came from
the Upper South, especially from states that bordered free states like Virginia, Maryland,
and Kentucky. CORRECT ANSWERS True
Slave owners attempted to prevent slaves from learning about the larger world around
them. How did slaves acquire knowledge of current events? CORRECT ANSWERS
Many owners were unaware that slaves created neighborhood networks that
transmitted news of local and national importance between plantations.
How did family, gender, religion, and values combine to create distinct slave cultures in
the Old South?
In some ways, gender roles under slavery differed markedly from those in the larger
society. Why did the nineteenth century's "cult of domesticity" not apply to slave
women? CORRECT ANSWERS Slave women were expected to work in the fields with
the men, not take care of the home life.
