The American Promise: Printed Page 346

The American Promise, Value Edition: Printed Page 316

The American Promise: A Concise History: Printed Page 361

Chapter Chronology

Printed Page 346-316-361(cont.)

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Chapter Review

Review Questions

  1. Why did the United States become a leading industrial power in the nineteenth century?
  2. How did the free-labor ideal account for economic inequality?
  3. Why did westward migration expand dramatically in the mid-nineteenth century?
  4. Why did the United States go to war with Mexico?
  5. Why were women especially prominent in many nineteenth-century reform efforts?