Question 1

The "cult of domesticity" banned women from joining organized religious denominations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Describe the various trends in education during this period. Explore how geographic location, gender, or socioeconomic status impacted attitudes and access to education.

Accepted Answer

During this period, there have been seve

Question 3

One significant factor that inspired the Second Great Awakening was

Accepted Answer

A)  the growing distrust of religion among African Americans. 
B)  the formation of the Methodist denomination. 
C)  the decline of Baptists in the South. 
D)  The Book of Mormon. 
E)  the intense discord between Presbyterians and Congregationalists. 
A)  the growing distrust of religion among African Americans. 
B)  the formation of the Methodist denomination. 
C)  the decline of Baptists in the South. 
D)  The Book of Mormon. 
E)  the intense discord between Presbyterians and Congregationalists.

Question 4

William Lloyd Garrison published a radical anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which Protestant denomination was grounded in biblical fundamentalism and stressed the equality of all before God and had no authority higher than the congregation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Baptist 
B)  Lutheran 
C)  Methodist 
D)  Presbyterian 
E)  Mormon 
A)  Baptist 
B)  Lutheran 
C)  Methodist 
D)  Presbyterian 
E)  Mormon

Question 6

Why were the working poor attracted to Universalism?

Accepted Answer

A)  It encouraged sinning. 
B)  It advocated for slavery and white superiority. 
C)  It claimed that God had already determined people's fates. 
D)  It stressed the possibility of salvation for all people. 
E)  It claimed that eternal punishment for sinners was not all that bad. 
A)  It encouraged sinning. 
B)  It advocated for slavery and white superiority. 
C)  It claimed that God had already determined people's fates. 
D)  It stressed the possibility of salvation for all people. 
E)  It claimed that eternal punishment for sinners was not all that bad.

Question 7

The Unitarian church was especially popular with the educated elite in major cities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Attempts to create official African American Methodist congregations largely failed because freed slaves feared discrimination.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Match each description with the item below.
-Frederick Douglass

Accepted Answer

A) was able to devote most of her attention as an unmarried woman to the women's movement and organized the Seneca Falls Convention 
B) was the most successful circuit rider and went on to run for Congress against Abraham Lincoln 
C) gave riveting speeches against slavery, became the first woman officer in the American Anti-Slavery Society, and hosted fugitive slaves 
D) was the founder of the Shakers and was thought to be a prophet and seer who equated cleanliness, hard work, and chastity with saintliness 
E) gathered a group of "Perfectionists" in Vermont, banned private property, and proclaimed a new doctrine called "complex marriage"
F)was a poet who would become a leader of the women's suffrage movement after her oppressive husband's death
G)was a leading but controversial health reformer who promoted a strict diet and discouraged sexual activity
H)advocated for the reform of insane asylums and proved the most important figure in boosting awareness of the plight of the mentally ill
I)was an escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate, a traveling speaker, and the best-known man of color in America
J)was a former slave who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and helped runaway slaves cross the border into Canada 
A) was able to devote most of her attention as an unmarried woman to the women's movement and organized the Seneca Falls Convention 
B) was the most successful circuit rider and went on to run for Congress against Abraham Lincoln 
C) gave riveting speeches against slavery, became the first woman officer in the American Anti-Slavery Society, and hosted fugitive slaves 
D) was the founder of the Shakers and was thought to be a prophet and seer who equated cleanliness, hard work, and chastity with saintliness 
E) gathered a group of "Perfectionists" in Vermont, banned private property, and proclaimed a new doctrine called "complex marriage"
F)was a poet who would become a leader of the women's suffrage movement after her oppressive husband's death
G)was a leading but controversial health reformer who promoted a strict diet and discouraged sexual activity
H)advocated for the reform of insane asylums and proved the most important figure in boosting awareness of the plight of the mentally ill
I)was an escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate, a traveling speaker, and the best-known man of color in America
J)was a former slave who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and helped runaway slaves cross the border into Canada

Question 10

Charles Finney successfully preached in Rochester, New York, during the winter of 1830-1831. Who did his audiences tend to attract in contrast to camp-meetings?

Accepted Answer

A)  farm families 
B)  working-class groups 
C)  women's groups 
D)  prosperous higher-class groups 
E)  Native Americans 
A)  farm families 
B)  working-class groups 
C)  women's groups 
D)  prosperous higher-class groups 
E)  Native Americans

Question 11

Some utopian communities experimented with new ideas and practices such as socialism, free love, and special diets.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

For all their differences, the variety of reform movements that arose in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century had what in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  a commitment to abolitionism 
B)  an absence of female membership and involvement 
C)  a prohibition against black participation 
D)  an impulse to perfect people and society 
E)  the rejection of the idea that America had a divine mission 
A)  a commitment to abolitionism 
B)  an absence of female membership and involvement 
C)  a prohibition against black participation 
D)  an impulse to perfect people and society 
E)  the rejection of the idea that America had a divine mission

Question 13

What was Francis Asbury's significance as a historical figure?

Accepted Answer

A)  He recognized the failures of the frontier revival system in the western territories and shifted the focus of Protestant evangelicals to the North. 
B)  He retired the practice of the sermon among many evangelical churches and asked that followers engage in community service as their primary form of worship. 
C)  As an Anglican, he used the Second Great Awakening as an opportunity to strengthen the denomination's ties to the Church of England and to abandon Episcopalianism. 
D)  His teachings caused Universalism and Unitarianism to supplant traditional religious beliefs and greatly decrease the geographical reach of evangelism. 
E)  As a Methodist, he began the itinerant preacher system, which became the most effective evangelical method of the time. 
A)  He recognized the failures of the frontier revival system in the western territories and shifted the focus of Protestant evangelicals to the North. 
B)  He retired the practice of the sermon among many evangelical churches and asked that followers engage in community service as their primary form of worship. 
C)  As an Anglican, he used the Second Great Awakening as an opportunity to strengthen the denomination's ties to the Church of England and to abandon Episcopalianism. 
D)  His teachings caused Universalism and Unitarianism to supplant traditional religious beliefs and greatly decrease the geographical reach of evangelism. 
E)  As a Methodist, he began the itinerant preacher system, which became the most effective evangelical method of the time.

Question 14

Which of the following best describes the Transcendental Club, which had its first meeting in the 1830s?

Accepted Answer

A)  a tightly knit group of pro-slavery advocates who insisted that slavery should transcend sectional divisions 
B)  a loosely knit group of diverse, intellectually curious individualists who met to discuss philosophy, religion, and literature 
C)  a radical group of religious scholars who believed in reincarnation and possession 
D)  a conservative group of political leaders who promoted territorial expansion so that the United States would transcend its current boundaries 
E)  a meeting hall outside of Boston where political leaders met to discuss how they might transcend their differences 
A)  a tightly knit group of pro-slavery advocates who insisted that slavery should transcend sectional divisions 
B)  a loosely knit group of diverse, intellectually curious individualists who met to discuss philosophy, religion, and literature 
C)  a radical group of religious scholars who believed in reincarnation and possession 
D)  a conservative group of political leaders who promoted territorial expansion so that the United States would transcend its current boundaries 
E)  a meeting hall outside of Boston where political leaders met to discuss how they might transcend their differences

Question 15

Which of the following statements describes the significance of William Lloyd Garrison as a historical figure?

Accepted Answer

A)  As a white abolitionist, he demanded immediate emancipation of slaves and launched the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator. 
B)  He organized an anti-slavery political party that grew in size such that it participated in several presidential elections in the early 1800s. 
C)  As a prominent business leader, he used calm, moderate language to oppose unfair treatment of laborers in factories and bring other industrialists to his side. 
D)  He was a black man murdered when a mob attacked his printing office, and his death sent shockwaves around the country. 
E)  As a southern senator, he actively defended slavery because of its importance to the economy and created a system for turning in runaways. 
A)  As a white abolitionist, he demanded immediate emancipation of slaves and launched the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator. 
B)  He organized an anti-slavery political party that grew in size such that it participated in several presidential elections in the early 1800s. 
C)  As a prominent business leader, he used calm, moderate language to oppose unfair treatment of laborers in factories and bring other industrialists to his side. 
D)  He was a black man murdered when a mob attacked his printing office, and his death sent shockwaves around the country. 
E)  As a southern senator, he actively defended slavery because of its importance to the economy and created a system for turning in runaways.

Question 16

What was Brook Farm?

Accepted Answer

A)  an attempt at cooperative living founded by transcendentalists that became America's first secular utopian community 
B)  a church founded by Mormons with the purpose of increasing dialogue between all Christian denominations 
C)  a community that practiced "complex marriage" and promoted free sex and birth control access 
D)  a home for escaped slaves founded by free blacks along the Underground Railroad to Canada 
E)  a long-lasting Quaker community that practiced strict celibacy and worshipped through actions such as shrieking and stamping their feet 
A)  an attempt at cooperative living founded by transcendentalists that became America's first secular utopian community 
B)  a church founded by Mormons with the purpose of increasing dialogue between all Christian denominations 
C)  a community that practiced "complex marriage" and promoted free sex and birth control access 
D)  a home for escaped slaves founded by free blacks along the Underground Railroad to Canada 
E)  a long-lasting Quaker community that practiced strict celibacy and worshipped through actions such as shrieking and stamping their feet

Question 17

Match each description with the item below.
-Abigail Kelley

Accepted Answer

A) was able to devote most of her attention as an unmarried woman to the women's movement and organized the Seneca Falls Convention 
B) was the most successful circuit rider and went on to run for Congress against Abraham Lincoln 
C) gave riveting speeches against slavery, became the first woman officer in the American Anti-Slavery Society, and hosted fugitive slaves 
D) was the founder of the Shakers and was thought to be a prophet and seer who equated cleanliness, hard work, and chastity with saintliness 
E) gathered a group of "Perfectionists" in Vermont, banned private property, and proclaimed a new doctrine called "complex marriage"
F)was a poet who would become a leader of the women's suffrage movement after her oppressive husband's death
G)was a leading but controversial health reformer who promoted a strict diet and discouraged sexual activity
H)advocated for the reform of insane asylums and proved the most important figure in boosting awareness of the plight of the mentally ill
I)was an escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate, a traveling speaker, and the best-known man of color in America
J)was a former slave who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and helped runaway slaves cross the border into Canada 
A) was able to devote most of her attention as an unmarried woman to the women's movement and organized the Seneca Falls Convention 
B) was the most successful circuit rider and went on to run for Congress against Abraham Lincoln 
C) gave riveting speeches against slavery, became the first woman officer in the American Anti-Slavery Society, and hosted fugitive slaves 
D) was the founder of the Shakers and was thought to be a prophet and seer who equated cleanliness, hard work, and chastity with saintliness 
E) gathered a group of "Perfectionists" in Vermont, banned private property, and proclaimed a new doctrine called "complex marriage"
F)was a poet who would become a leader of the women's suffrage movement after her oppressive husband's death
G)was a leading but controversial health reformer who promoted a strict diet and discouraged sexual activity
H)advocated for the reform of insane asylums and proved the most important figure in boosting awareness of the plight of the mentally ill
I)was an escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate, a traveling speaker, and the best-known man of color in America
J)was a former slave who settled in Cleveland, Ohio, and helped runaway slaves cross the border into Canada

Question 18

Which of the following did Universalists believe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fear of hell should drive most decisions. 
B)  Followers must place full trust in priests and ministers. 
C)  God predestined only a few for salvation. 
D)  Everyone had dignity and worth. 
E)  Americans are God's chosen people. 
A)  Fear of hell should drive most decisions. 
B)  Followers must place full trust in priests and ministers. 
C)  God predestined only a few for salvation. 
D)  Everyone had dignity and worth. 
E)  Americans are God's chosen people.

Question 19

Which of the following did the Liberty party advocate?

Accepted Answer

A)  socialism 
B)  anarchy 
C)  abolitionism 
D)  free trade 
E)  free love 
A)  socialism 
B)  anarchy 
C)  abolitionism 
D)  free trade 
E)  free love

Question 20

Horace Mann was a notable promoter of public schools.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 12: Religion, Romanticism, and Reform

The "cult of domesticity" banned women from joining organized religious denominations.

Describe the various trends in education during this period. Explore how geographic location, gender, or socioeconomic status impacted attitudes and access to education.

One significant factor that inspired the Second Great Awakening was

William Lloyd Garrison published a radical anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator.

Which Protestant denomination was grounded in biblical fundamentalism and stressed the equality of all before God and had no authority higher than the congregation?

Why were the working poor attracted to Universalism?

The Unitarian church was especially popular with the educated elite in major cities.

Attempts to create official African American Methodist congregations largely failed because freed slaves feared discrimination.

Match each description with the item below. -Frederick Douglass

Charles Finney successfully preached in Rochester, New York, during the winter of 1830-1831. Who did his audiences tend to attract in contrast to camp-meetings?

Some utopian communities experimented with new ideas and practices such as socialism, free love, and special diets.

For all their differences, the variety of reform movements that arose in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century had what in common?

What was Francis Asbury's significance as a historical figure?

Which of the following best describes the Transcendental Club, which had its first meeting in the 1830s?

Which of the following statements describes the significance of William Lloyd Garrison as a historical figure?

What was Brook Farm?

Match each description with the item below. -Abigail Kelley

Which of the following did Universalists believe?

Which of the following did the Liberty party advocate?

Horace Mann was a notable promoter of public schools.

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

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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

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