Question 1

The writings of Edgar Allan Poe were

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A)  primarily sad and macabre. 
B)  mostly ignored during his lifetime. 
C)  largely focused on southern society. 
D)  acclaimed by many American writers in his time. 
E)  completely ignored in Europe after his death. 
A)  primarily sad and macabre. 
B)  mostly ignored during his lifetime. 
C)  largely focused on southern society. 
D)  acclaimed by many American writers in his time. 
E)  completely ignored in Europe after his death.

Question 2

Reform movements emerged in America in the mid-nineteenth century in part because of a

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A)  pessimistic assumption of the natural weakness of individuals. 
B)  desire for social stability and discipline in the face of change. 
C)  belief that society needed to break free from its old traditions. 
D)  fear that civil war was going to engulf the nation. 
E)  declining importance placed on religious piety. 
A)  pessimistic assumption of the natural weakness of individuals. 
B)  desire for social stability and discipline in the face of change. 
C)  belief that society needed to break free from its old traditions. 
D)  fear that civil war was going to engulf the nation. 
E)  declining importance placed on religious piety.

Question 3

Which of the following features was NOT a characteristic of the Hudson River School?

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A)  canvases that tended to be very large in size 
B)  an assumption that America was a land of greater promise than Europe 
C)  a belief that democracy was the best source of wisdom and spiritual fulfillment 
D)  a sense of nostalgia for a kind of nature that might be disappearing 
E)  portraits of some of the nation's most spectacular and undeveloped areas 
A)  canvases that tended to be very large in size 
B)  an assumption that America was a land of greater promise than Europe 
C)  a belief that democracy was the best source of wisdom and spiritual fulfillment 
D)  a sense of nostalgia for a kind of nature that might be disappearing 
E)  portraits of some of the nation's most spectacular and undeveloped areas

Question 4

Joseph Smith and Elijah Lovejoy were both ________.

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The answer of Joseph Smith and Elijah Lovejoy were both...

Question 5

Sylvester Graham encouraged people to eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Supreme Court ruling in Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)

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A)  prohibited the interstate slave trade. 
B)  led to the passage of "personal liberty laws." 
C)  angered abolitionists. 
D)  abolished slavery in the District of Columbia. 
E)  forced state officials to assist in the capture of runaways. 
A)  prohibited the interstate slave trade. 
B)  led to the passage of "personal liberty laws." 
C)  angered abolitionists. 
D)  abolished slavery in the District of Columbia. 
E)  forced state officials to assist in the capture of runaways.

Question 7

Compare American medical care in the colonial period with medical care in the first half of the nineteenth century. What aspects of care had changed and what had remained the same?

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In the colonial period, American medical

Question 8

The Seneca Falls "Declaration of Sentiments" included a demand that women have the right to vote.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

William Lloyd Garrison was assassinated for his advocacy of abolitionism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following was arguably the most distinctive feature of Shakerism?

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A)  the admittance of women only 
B)  communal raising of children 
C)  polygamy 
D)  free love 
E)  complete celibacy 
A)  the admittance of women only 
B)  communal raising of children 
C)  polygamy 
D)  free love 
E)  complete celibacy

Question 11

The nineteenth-century practice of placing American Indians on reservations was partially designed to

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A)  integrate Indians with white society. 
B)  create sovereign nations within U.S. territory so that Indians could negotiate with other nations. 
C)  allow Indians to develop to a point where they would not need to assimilate into white society. 
D)  allow them to develop to a point where they could assimilate into white society. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  integrate Indians with white society. 
B)  create sovereign nations within U.S. territory so that Indians could negotiate with other nations. 
C)  allow Indians to develop to a point where they would not need to assimilate into white society. 
D)  allow them to develop to a point where they could assimilate into white society. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 12

The antislavery Liberty Party never campaigned for outright abolitionism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Many reformers of the pre-Civil War period thought it was possible to rehabilitate criminals through solitary confinement.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

One of the most enduring of the pre-Civil War utopian colonies was

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A)  Oneida. 
B)  New Harmony. 
C)  Brook Farm. 
D)  Walden. 
E)  Nauvoo. 
A)  Oneida. 
B)  New Harmony. 
C)  Brook Farm. 
D)  Walden. 
E)  Nauvoo.

Question 15

Describe the essential tenets of the transcendentalist philosophy.

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The essential tenets of the transcendent

Question 16

The Supreme Court case of Prigg v. Pennsylvania concerned the issue of ________.

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The answer of The Supreme Court case of Prigg v....

Question 17

The term "penitentiary" comes from the word ________.

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The answer of The term "penitentiary" comes from the word...

Question 18

The study of the human brain through phrenology was the origin of modern psychology.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Many blacks rejected the American Colonization Society's offer to return them to Africa.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Prior to the Civil War, free blacks in the North tended to be

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A)  deeply antagonistic toward William Lloyd Garrison. 
B)  indifferent to slavery in the South. 
C)  anxious to leave the United States. 
D)  in favor of the "back to Africa" movement. 
E)  strongly opposed to southern slavery. 
A)  deeply antagonistic toward William Lloyd Garrison. 
B)  indifferent to slavery in the South. 
C)  anxious to leave the United States. 
D)  in favor of the "back to Africa" movement. 
E)  strongly opposed to southern slavery.

Exam 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform

The writings of Edgar Allan Poe were

Reform movements emerged in America in the mid-nineteenth century in part because of a

Which of the following features was NOT a characteristic of the Hudson River School?

Joseph Smith and Elijah Lovejoy were both ________.

Sylvester Graham encouraged people to eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat.

The Supreme Court ruling in Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)

Compare American medical care in the colonial period with medical care in the first half of the nineteenth century. What aspects of care had changed and what had remained the same?

The Seneca Falls "Declaration of Sentiments" included a demand that women have the right to vote.

William Lloyd Garrison was assassinated for his advocacy of abolitionism.

Which of the following was arguably the most distinctive feature of Shakerism?

The nineteenth-century practice of placing American Indians on reservations was partially designed to

The antislavery Liberty Party never campaigned for outright abolitionism.

Many reformers of the pre-Civil War period thought it was possible to rehabilitate criminals through solitary confinement.

One of the most enduring of the pre-Civil War utopian colonies was

Describe the essential tenets of the transcendentalist philosophy.

The Supreme Court case of Prigg v. Pennsylvania concerned the issue of ________.

The term "penitentiary" comes from the word ________.

The study of the human brain through phrenology was the origin of modern psychology.

Many blacks rejected the American Colonization Society's offer to return them to Africa.

Prior to the Civil War, free blacks in the North tended to be

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