Question 1

The most distinctive feature of the Shakers was their commitment to ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The most distinctive feature of the Shakers...

Question 2

The nineteenth-century reformer Horace Mann believed that education should promote

Accepted Answer

A)  capitalism. 
B)  democracy. 
C)  racial equality. 
D)  economic equality. 
E)  Christianity. 
A)  capitalism. 
B)  democracy. 
C)  racial equality. 
D)  economic equality. 
E)  Christianity.

Question 3

Like other mid-nineteenth-century experiments in social organization, Mormons believed in human perfectibility.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

William Lloyd Garrison was a harsh critic of the United States government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The first great school of American painters in the first half of the nineteenth century was known as the ________ School.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The first great school of American painters...

Question 6

Edgar Allan Poe's writings focused on the bleak nature of the human spirit and emotions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau

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A)  was more conventional in his thinking than Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
B)  felt every individual should balance society's expectations with one's own instincts. 
C)  argued that being part of society helped individuals to transcend their egotism. 
D)  established a college for transcendentalism at Walden Pond. 
E)  argued Americans had a moral right to disobey the laws of the United States. 
A)  was more conventional in his thinking than Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
B)  felt every individual should balance society's expectations with one's own instincts. 
C)  argued that being part of society helped individuals to transcend their egotism. 
D)  established a college for transcendentalism at Walden Pond. 
E)  argued Americans had a moral right to disobey the laws of the United States.

Question 8

The transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A)  believed American thinkers should be allied with European intellectuals. 
B)  asserted that through nature, individuals could find personal fulfillment. 
C)  was a leading critic of the American political system. 
D)  asserted that organized religion served no useful purpose in society. 
E)  remained a deeply religious clergyman throughout his life. 
A)  believed American thinkers should be allied with European intellectuals. 
B)  asserted that through nature, individuals could find personal fulfillment. 
C)  was a leading critic of the American political system. 
D)  asserted that organized religion served no useful purpose in society. 
E)  remained a deeply religious clergyman throughout his life.

Question 9

Prior to the Civil War, the religious denomination most active in feminism was the

Accepted Answer

A)  Baptists. 
B)  Quakers. 
C)  Presbyterians. 
D)  Unitarians. 
E)  Methodists. 
A)  Baptists. 
B)  Quakers. 
C)  Presbyterians. 
D)  Unitarians. 
E)  Methodists.

Question 10

Herman Melville's most important literary work was

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A)  Leaves of Grass. 
B)  Moby Dick. 
C)  The Deerslayer. 
D)  "The Raven." 
E)  Uncle Tom's Cabin. 
A)  Leaves of Grass. 
B)  Moby Dick. 
C)  The Deerslayer. 
D)  "The Raven." 
E)  Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Question 11

Shaker societies

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A)  asserted that God was female. 
B)  established most of their communities in the South. 
C)  saw women exercise more power than men. 
D)  first began in the United States in the 1840s. 
E)  were eventually forced to move to Utah. 
A)  asserted that God was female. 
B)  established most of their communities in the South. 
C)  saw women exercise more power than men. 
D)  first began in the United States in the 1840s. 
E)  were eventually forced to move to Utah.

Question 12

In the 1830s, abolitionists in the United States constituted

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A)  a small percentage of the national population. 
B)  approximately one-quarter of the national population. 
C)  the majority of the population in the North. 
D)  the largest reform movement in the nation. 
E)  approximately one-third of the national population. 
A)  a small percentage of the national population. 
B)  approximately one-quarter of the national population. 
C)  the majority of the population in the North. 
D)  the largest reform movement in the nation. 
E)  approximately one-third of the national population.

Question 13

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the novel ________, which first appeared as a serial in an antislavery weekly.

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The answer of Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the novel ________,...

Question 14

In the mid-nineteenth century, the general European attitude toward American art and literature

Accepted Answer

A)  was one of growing respect and admiration. 
B)  was that American artists had little to offer Europe. 
C)  included praise for American artists for defining a new set of national virtues. 
D)  included criticism of American artists for ignoring romanticism. 
E)  was that it had been hopelessly corrupted by the ideology of unfettered capitalism. 
A)  was one of growing respect and admiration. 
B)  was that American artists had little to offer Europe. 
C)  included praise for American artists for defining a new set of national virtues. 
D)  included criticism of American artists for ignoring romanticism. 
E)  was that it had been hopelessly corrupted by the ideology of unfettered capitalism.

Question 15

According to the nineteenth-century "science" of phrenology, what could be discerned from the shape of an individual's skull?

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A)  life expectancy 
B)  likelihood of succumbing to infectious diseases 
C)  future earning potential 
D)  chances of having children 
E)  character and intelligence 
A)  life expectancy 
B)  likelihood of succumbing to infectious diseases 
C)  future earning potential 
D)  chances of having children 
E)  character and intelligence

Question 16

Who among the following was NOT a participant in American communal living?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nathaniel Hawthorne 
B)  Walt Whitman 
C)  George Ripley 
D)  John Humphrey Noyes 
E)  Robert Owen 
A)  Nathaniel Hawthorne 
B)  Walt Whitman 
C)  George Ripley 
D)  John Humphrey Noyes 
E)  Robert Owen

Question 17

The original founder of Mormonism, in the state of ________, was Joseph Smith.

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The answer of The original founder of Mormonism, in the...

Question 18

The events depicted in Uncle Tom's Cabin were taken from news accounts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Mormonism

Accepted Answer

A)  believed in human perfectibility. 
B)  emphasized individual liberty. 
C)  was founded by Brigham Young. 
D)  began in the Midwest. 
E)  always rejected polygamy. 
A)  believed in human perfectibility. 
B)  emphasized individual liberty. 
C)  was founded by Brigham Young. 
D)  began in the Midwest. 
E)  always rejected polygamy.

Question 20

The most important and popular American paintings of the first half of the nineteenth century set out to

Accepted Answer

A)  make realistic depictions of rural white American life. 
B)  show scenes of American aristocracy at play. 
C)  depict the Founding Fathers hard at work. 
D)  celebrate the achievements of the American military. 
E)  evoke the wonder of the nation's landscape. 
A)  make realistic depictions of rural white American life. 
B)  show scenes of American aristocracy at play. 
C)  depict the Founding Fathers hard at work. 
D)  celebrate the achievements of the American military. 
E)  evoke the wonder of the nation's landscape.

Exam 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform

The most distinctive feature of the Shakers was their commitment to ________.

The nineteenth-century reformer Horace Mann believed that education should promote

Like other mid-nineteenth-century experiments in social organization, Mormons believed in human perfectibility.

William Lloyd Garrison was a harsh critic of the United States government.

The first great school of American painters in the first half of the nineteenth century was known as the ________ School.

Edgar Allan Poe's writings focused on the bleak nature of the human spirit and emotions.

The transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau

The transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson

Prior to the Civil War, the religious denomination most active in feminism was the

Herman Melville's most important literary work was

Shaker societies

In the 1830s, abolitionists in the United States constituted

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the novel ________, which first appeared as a serial in an antislavery weekly.

In the mid-nineteenth century, the general European attitude toward American art and literature

According to the nineteenth-century "science" of phrenology, what could be discerned from the shape of an individual's skull?

Who among the following was NOT a participant in American communal living?

The original founder of Mormonism, in the state of ________, was Joseph Smith.

The events depicted in Uncle Tom's Cabin were taken from news accounts.

Mormonism

The most important and popular American paintings of the first half of the nineteenth century set out to

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Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

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