Question 1

As a leader of the transcendentalist movement, Ralph Waldo Emerson believed that

Accepted Answer

A)  true fulfillment only could be achieved by the gathering of great wealth and material goods. 
B)  one could only find God in the great architecture and literature of the Greeks. 
C)  man had no spirit and pursuing a just life was ultimately pointless. 
D)  God was dead, and the West had entered into an age of atheism. 
E)  self-knowledge opened the doors to self-improvement and self-realization. 
A)  true fulfillment only could be achieved by the gathering of great wealth and material goods. 
B)  one could only find God in the great architecture and literature of the Greeks. 
C)  man had no spirit and pursuing a just life was ultimately pointless. 
D)  God was dead, and the West had entered into an age of atheism. 
E)  self-knowledge opened the doors to self-improvement and self-realization. E

Question 2

The rise of Romanticism indicated

Accepted Answer

A)  recognition of the limits of science and reason. 
B)  a belief that Americans were too religious. 
C)  a desire for art and literature that was uniquely American. 
D)  a return to and celebration of conformity over nontraditional behavior. 
E)  an emphasis on the rational over the mystical. 
A)  recognition of the limits of science and reason. 
B)  a belief that Americans were too religious. 
C)  a desire for art and literature that was uniquely American. 
D)  a return to and celebration of conformity over nontraditional behavior. 
E)  an emphasis on the rational over the mystical. A

Question 3

Persecution of the Mormons caused them to flee to Great Salt Lake in Utah, which was then a part of Mexico.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Which of the following writers believed wealth made people slaves to materialism, penned the American classic Walden, and came to be an inspiration of the environmental movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Edgar Allan Poe 
B)  Emily Dickinson 
C)  Walt Whitman 
D)  Nathaniel Hawthorne 
E)  Henry David Thoreau 
A)  Edgar Allan Poe 
B)  Emily Dickinson 
C)  Walt Whitman 
D)  Nathaniel Hawthorne 
E)  Henry David Thoreau

Question 5

Describe the southern defense of slavery before and after 1830.

Accepted Answer

Before 1830, the southern defense of sla

Question 6

A major change in attitudes toward prisons during the 1830s was the idea that prisoners could be rehabilitated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The women's rights movement secured the vote for women nationwide before 1860.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following statements about Brigham Young is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  He rejected Joseph Smith's teachings on plural marriage. 
B)  He completely revised the Book of Mormon and strengthened relations with other Christians. 
C)  He declared war on Joseph Smith's killers and conquered rich territory from them. 
D)  He led the Mormons to Utah and, as territorial governor, defied federal authority. 
E)  His leadership led to a drastic decrease in the size of the Mormon Church. 
A)  He rejected Joseph Smith's teachings on plural marriage. 
B)  He completely revised the Book of Mormon and strengthened relations with other Christians. 
C)  He declared war on Joseph Smith's killers and conquered rich territory from them. 
D)  He led the Mormons to Utah and, as territorial governor, defied federal authority. 
E)  His leadership led to a drastic decrease in the size of the Mormon Church.

Question 9

The southern state that by 1860 had done the most to advance public education was

Accepted Answer

A)  Virginia. 
B)  Texas. 
C)  Alabama. 
D)  Georgia. 
E)  North Carolina. 
A)  Virginia. 
B)  Texas. 
C)  Alabama. 
D)  Georgia. 
E)  North Carolina.

Question 10

What about the Mormons often generated hostility from non-Mormons?

Accepted Answer

A)  They denied the existence of a "promised land." 
B)  Their doctrines and practices were deemed too radical for mainstream Christianity. 
C)  They embraced all Christian denominations. 
D)  They equated the U.S. Constitution with God's law. 
E)  They promoted interracial marriage. 
A)  They denied the existence of a "promised land." 
B)  Their doctrines and practices were deemed too radical for mainstream Christianity. 
C)  They embraced all Christian denominations. 
D)  They equated the U.S. Constitution with God's law. 
E)  They promoted interracial marriage.

Question 11

Frederick Douglass

Accepted Answer

A)  was the founder of the Underground Railroad. 
B)  became a notable black preacher. 
C)  wrote a famous account of his life as a slave. 
D)  was captured in the North and returned to slavery. 
E)  helped abolish slavery in the British West Indies. 
A)  was the founder of the Underground Railroad. 
B)  became a notable black preacher. 
C)  wrote a famous account of his life as a slave. 
D)  was captured in the North and returned to slavery. 
E)  helped abolish slavery in the British West Indies.

Question 12

Dorothea Lynde Dix directed her reform efforts at

Accepted Answer

A)  insane asylums. 
B)  public education. 
C)  women's rights. 
D)  slavery. 
E)  temperance. 
A)  insane asylums. 
B)  public education. 
C)  women's rights. 
D)  slavery. 
E)  temperance.

Question 13

The American Temperance Union often asked that members that took the pledge

Accepted Answer

A)  destroy a liquor store in secret. 
B)  sign a T for total abstinence from alcohol beside their names. 
C)  spread the message of Christianity across the South. 
D)  take in immigrants from Ireland. 
E)  become socialists and move to the Oneida Community. 
A)  destroy a liquor store in secret. 
B)  sign a T for total abstinence from alcohol beside their names. 
C)  spread the message of Christianity across the South. 
D)  take in immigrants from Ireland. 
E)  become socialists and move to the Oneida Community.

Question 14

What was one of the most significant shifts in religion after the Revolution into the nineteenth century, and how did this trend relate to political attitudes during the time?

Accepted Answer

A)  As the excitement of the Revolution wore off and the impulse for citizens to participate in political spheres quickly waned, Americans began to view sin as innate and inevitable and to take more of a backseat role in their religious and political lives. 
B)  Encouraged by the lack of sectional tensions over economic policies as the new nation grew and experienced a market revolution, Americans came to adopt cohesive religious beliefs and to develop more united views on the morality of slavery. 
C)  As individual property ownership by and large grew far less accessible, Americans began to feel that they also had less of a stake in religious matters and lost faith in the idea of a God-given mission to create an ideal society. 
D)  With the decrease in economic inequality brought about by the market revolution, Americans had less of an incentive to engage in reform movements and began to give renewed importance to ideas of Calvinist determinism in their religious and political lives. 
E)  Complementing their interest in having a say and exercising political rights, Americans experienced a theological revolution in which they began to see themselves as free agents who could choose salvation and improve themselves and society. 
A)  As the excitement of the Revolution wore off and the impulse for citizens to participate in political spheres quickly waned, Americans began to view sin as innate and inevitable and to take more of a backseat role in their religious and political lives. 
B)  Encouraged by the lack of sectional tensions over economic policies as the new nation grew and experienced a market revolution, Americans came to adopt cohesive religious beliefs and to develop more united views on the morality of slavery. 
C)  As individual property ownership by and large grew far less accessible, Americans began to feel that they also had less of a stake in religious matters and lost faith in the idea of a God-given mission to create an ideal society. 
D)  With the decrease in economic inequality brought about by the market revolution, Americans had less of an incentive to engage in reform movements and began to give renewed importance to ideas of Calvinist determinism in their religious and political lives. 
E)  Complementing their interest in having a say and exercising political rights, Americans experienced a theological revolution in which they began to see themselves as free agents who could choose salvation and improve themselves and society.

Question 15

Which of the following writers was the most original of the New England poets, led a solitary lifestyle, and explored abstract themes such as life, death, fear, and the withdrawal of God?

Accepted Answer

A)  Edgar Allan Poe 
B)  Emily Dickinson 
C)  Walt Whitman 
D)  Nathaniel Hawthorne 
E)  Ralph Waldo Emerson 
A)  Edgar Allan Poe 
B)  Emily Dickinson 
C)  Walt Whitman 
D)  Nathaniel Hawthorne 
E)  Ralph Waldo Emerson

Question 16

What were the impacts of the anti-slavery movement on society and politics?

Accepted Answer

The anti-slavery movement had significan

Question 17

Which of the following is true of the Seneca Falls Convention?

Accepted Answer

A)  It celebrated the cult of domesticity. 
B)  It was a meeting of women's rights activists. 
C)  It showed the mass appeal of temperance. 
D)  It reflected female dominance of the abolitionist movement. 
E)  It brought immediate improvements in women's lives. 
A)  It celebrated the cult of domesticity. 
B)  It was a meeting of women's rights activists. 
C)  It showed the mass appeal of temperance. 
D)  It reflected female dominance of the abolitionist movement. 
E)  It brought immediate improvements in women's lives.

Question 18

Evaluate the black abolitionist movement. Who were some of the major leaders, and what methods did they use to promote their cause?

Accepted Answer

The black abolitionist movement was a cr

Question 19

Many prison reformers of the early 1800s, such as those at Auburn, used the penitentiary for

Accepted Answer

A)  group therapy. 
B)  group labor. 
C)  corporal punishment. 
D)  providing prisoners an education. 
E)  patriotic indoctrination. 
A)  group therapy. 
B)  group labor. 
C)  corporal punishment. 
D)  providing prisoners an education. 
E)  patriotic indoctrination.

Question 20

During the nineteenth century, many Christians generally moved away from ________ and instead began to embrace ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  rationalism; the belief in predestination 
B)  Enlightenment ideas; religious coercion 
C)  the ideas of the Great Awakening; Puritanism 
D)  Calvinist views; a more democratic religion 
E)  Deism; guaranteed salvation 
A)  rationalism; the belief in predestination 
B)  Enlightenment ideas; religious coercion 
C)  the ideas of the Great Awakening; Puritanism 
D)  Calvinist views; a more democratic religion 
E)  Deism; guaranteed salvation

Exam 12: Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

As a leader of the transcendentalist movement, Ralph Waldo Emerson believed that

The rise of Romanticism indicated

Persecution of the Mormons caused them to flee to Great Salt Lake in Utah, which was then a part of Mexico.

Which of the following writers believed wealth made people slaves to materialism, penned the American classic Walden, and came to be an inspiration of the environmental movement?

Describe the southern defense of slavery before and after 1830.

A major change in attitudes toward prisons during the 1830s was the idea that prisoners could be rehabilitated.

The women's rights movement secured the vote for women nationwide before 1860.

Which of the following statements about Brigham Young is accurate?

The southern state that by 1860 had done the most to advance public education was

What about the Mormons often generated hostility from non-Mormons?

Frederick Douglass

Dorothea Lynde Dix directed her reform efforts at

The American Temperance Union often asked that members that took the pledge

What was one of the most significant shifts in religion after the Revolution into the nineteenth century, and how did this trend relate to political attitudes during the time?

Which of the following writers was the most original of the New England poets, led a solitary lifestyle, and explored abstract themes such as life, death, fear, and the withdrawal of God?

What were the impacts of the anti-slavery movement on society and politics?

Which of the following is true of the Seneca Falls Convention?

Evaluate the black abolitionist movement. Who were some of the major leaders, and what methods did they use to promote their cause?

Many prison reformers of the early 1800s, such as those at Auburn, used the penitentiary for

During the nineteenth century, many Christians generally moved away from ________ and instead began to embrace ________.

The Collision of Cultures

Englands Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic

The Emergence of a Market Economy

Nationalism and Sectionalism

The Jacksonian Era

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton

Western Expansion

The Gathering Storm

The War of the Union

The Era of Reconstruction

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era

The New South and the New West

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt

Seizing an American Empire

The Progressive Era

America and the Great War

A Clash of Cultures

The Reactionary Twenties

25

The Second World War

The Cold War and the Fair Deal

Cold War America

A New Frontier and a Great Society

Rebellion and Reaction

Conservative Revival

Twenty-First-Century America

Filters

During the nineteenth century, many Christians generally moved away from and instead began to embrace .