Question 1

Both Brook Farm and New Harmony were essentially failures as communal experiments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In the 1830s and 1840s, abolitionists were divided

Accepted Answer

A)  by radicals and moderates within their ranks. 
B)  over whether or not to use violence. 
C)  by calls for northern and southern separation. 
D)  over the question of free-soil, colonization, or full emancipation. 
E)  All these answers are correct. 
A)  by radicals and moderates within their ranks. 
B)  over whether or not to use violence. 
C)  by calls for northern and southern separation. 
D)  over the question of free-soil, colonization, or full emancipation. 
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 3

The Mormons were forced to abandon their settlement at Nauvoo due to persecution from neighbors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Americans in the free-soil movement sought to open up sections of the West to blacks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Prior to 1860, prison reform in the United States

Accepted Answer

A)  included the practice of solitary confinement. 
B)  led to widespread calls to end capital punishment. 
C)  focused on punishment, not on rehabilitation. 
D)  began largely in the West and spread to the East. 
E)  decried the racial bias of the judicial system. 
A)  included the practice of solitary confinement. 
B)  led to widespread calls to end capital punishment. 
C)  focused on punishment, not on rehabilitation. 
D)  began largely in the West and spread to the East. 
E)  decried the racial bias of the judicial system.

Question 6

Through novels such as The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper examined the significance of

Accepted Answer

A)  the disorder of America's westward expansion. 
B)  the American free-enterprise system. 
C)  religious spiritualism in America. 
D)  racism in America. 
E)  slavery in the democratic mind. 
A)  the disorder of America's westward expansion. 
B)  the American free-enterprise system. 
C)  religious spiritualism in America. 
D)  racism in America. 
E)  slavery in the democratic mind.

Question 7

Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poem was titled "________."

Accepted Answer

The answer of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poem was...

Question 8

The black abolitionist who called for uncompromising opposition to and a violent overthrow of slavery in his 1829 pamphlet was

Accepted Answer

A)  William Lloyd Garrison. 
B)  Frederick Douglass. 
C)  Elijah Lovejoy. 
D)  Benjamin Lundy. 
E)  David Walker. 
A)  William Lloyd Garrison. 
B)  Frederick Douglass. 
C)  Elijah Lovejoy. 
D)  Benjamin Lundy. 
E)  David Walker.

Question 9

Prior to the Civil War, the Liberty Party

Accepted Answer

A)  supported the rights of slave owners. 
B)  opposed the admission of California into the Union in 1850. 
C)  promoted "free soil." 
D)  focused on strengthening the fugitive slave laws. 
E)  campaigned for outright abolition. 
A)  supported the rights of slave owners. 
B)  opposed the admission of California into the Union in 1850. 
C)  promoted "free soil." 
D)  focused on strengthening the fugitive slave laws. 
E)  campaigned for outright abolition.

Question 10

In the 1840s, William Lloyd Garrison spoke against

Accepted Answer

A)  equality for women. 
B)  defensive wars. 
C)  ending the asylum system. 
D)  northern disunion from the South. 
E)  extreme pacifism. 
A)  equality for women. 
B)  defensive wars. 
C)  ending the asylum system. 
D)  northern disunion from the South. 
E)  extreme pacifism.

Question 11

Which of the following nineteenth-century leaders is primarily known for her pioneering work in the American feminist movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Mother" Ann Lee 
B)  Harriet Tubman 
C)  Sojourner Truth 
D)  Rachel Eaton 
E)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
A)  "Mother" Ann Lee 
B)  Harriet Tubman 
C)  Sojourner Truth 
D)  Rachel Eaton 
E)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question 12

The Massachusetts reformer who built a national movement for new methods of treating the mentally ill was

Accepted Answer

A)  Susan B. Anthony. 
B)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 
C)  Lucretia Mott. 
D)  Angelina Grimke. 
E)  Dorothea Dix. 
A)  Susan B. Anthony. 
B)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 
C)  Lucretia Mott. 
D)  Angelina Grimke. 
E)  Dorothea Dix.

Question 13

The American Colonization Society called for the gradual freeing of slaves and monetary compensation to slaves' former owners.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Nathaniel Hawthorne briefly lived at the ________ experiment in communal living.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Nathaniel Hawthorne briefly lived at the ________...

Question 15

Transcendentalists

Accepted Answer

A)  rejected European intellectuals. 
B)  regarded reason to be the most important human faculty. 
C)  argued that emotional responses inhibited the internal development of individuals. 
D)  believed all individuals should develop their intellectualism. 
E)  argued for the liberating potential of "understanding." 
A)  rejected European intellectuals. 
B)  regarded reason to be the most important human faculty. 
C)  argued that emotional responses inhibited the internal development of individuals. 
D)  believed all individuals should develop their intellectualism. 
E)  argued for the liberating potential of "understanding."

Question 16

The goal of the 1840s community experiment known as Brook Farm was partly to

Accepted Answer

A)  create a society where individuals did not have to work. 
B)  allow individuals to live without any social limits on their behavior. 
C)  eliminate social sexual discrimination through the practice of celibacy. 
D)  help individuals link the world of the intellect to the world of instinct and nature. 
E)  show that communal living was more efficient and productive than family life. 
A)  create a society where individuals did not have to work. 
B)  allow individuals to live without any social limits on their behavior. 
C)  eliminate social sexual discrimination through the practice of celibacy. 
D)  help individuals link the world of the intellect to the world of instinct and nature. 
E)  show that communal living was more efficient and productive than family life.

Question 17

The American Colonization Society helped to transport blacks from the United States to

Accepted Answer

A)  the Caribbean. 
B)  Liberia. 
C)  Angola. 
D)  England. 
E)  Canada. 
A)  the Caribbean. 
B)  Liberia. 
C)  Angola. 
D)  England. 
E)  Canada.

Question 18

Why did most communal living "experiments" generally quickly fail?

Accepted Answer

Most communal living experiments, often

Question 19

Horace Mann believed public education should promote both democracy and social order.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

All of the following people helped create a distinct American literature EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  Walt Whitman. 
B)  Herman Melville. 
C)  James Fenimore Cooper. 
D)  Edgar Allan Poe. 
E)  Sydney Smith. 
A)  Walt Whitman. 
B)  Herman Melville. 
C)  James Fenimore Cooper. 
D)  Edgar Allan Poe. 
E)  Sydney Smith.

Exam 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform

Both Brook Farm and New Harmony were essentially failures as communal experiments.

In the 1830s and 1840s, abolitionists were divided

The Mormons were forced to abandon their settlement at Nauvoo due to persecution from neighbors.

Americans in the free-soil movement sought to open up sections of the West to blacks.

Prior to 1860, prison reform in the United States

Through novels such as The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper examined the significance of

Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poem was titled "________."

The black abolitionist who called for uncompromising opposition to and a violent overthrow of slavery in his 1829 pamphlet was

Prior to the Civil War, the Liberty Party

In the 1840s, William Lloyd Garrison spoke against

Which of the following nineteenth-century leaders is primarily known for her pioneering work in the American feminist movement?

The Massachusetts reformer who built a national movement for new methods of treating the mentally ill was

The American Colonization Society called for the gradual freeing of slaves and monetary compensation to slaves' former owners.

Nathaniel Hawthorne briefly lived at the ________ experiment in communal living.

Transcendentalists

The goal of the 1840s community experiment known as Brook Farm was partly to

The American Colonization Society helped to transport blacks from the United States to

Why did most communal living "experiments" generally quickly fail?

Horace Mann believed public education should promote both democracy and social order.

All of the following people helped create a distinct American literature EXCEPT

The Collision of Cultures

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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