Question 1

The American Tract Society was focused on

Accepted Answer

A)  slavery. 
B)  drinking. 
C)  feminism. 
D)  suffrage. 
E)  religion. 
A)  slavery. 
B)  drinking. 
C)  feminism. 
D)  suffrage. 
E)  religion.

Question 2

What was the source of the term "utopia" as applied to utopian communities in America in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Shakespeare's Twelfth Night 
B)  John Locke's An Concerning Human Understanding 
C)  Thomas Paine's Common Sense 
D)  a sixteenth-century novel by Thomas More 
E)  the Bible 
A)  Shakespeare's Twelfth Night 
B)  John Locke's An Concerning Human Understanding 
C)  Thomas Paine's Common Sense 
D)  a sixteenth-century novel by Thomas More 
E)  the Bible

Question 3

The American Temperance Society directed its efforts at the drunkards but not the occasional drinker.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following strategies did abolitionists use to counter the racism of their time?

Accepted Answer

A)  They argued against the pseudoscientific claim that blacks were inherently inferior. 
B)  They performed the compositions of the ex-slave Henry Highland Garnet. 
C)  They praised Haiti, the scene of the famous slave revolts of the 1790s and 1800s, as a model society. 
D)  They campaigned to make January 1, the anniversary of the end of the international slave trade, a national holiday. 
E)  They nominated Frederick Douglass for president in 1852. 
A)  They argued against the pseudoscientific claim that blacks were inherently inferior. 
B)  They performed the compositions of the ex-slave Henry Highland Garnet. 
C)  They praised Haiti, the scene of the famous slave revolts of the 1790s and 1800s, as a model society. 
D)  They campaigned to make January 1, the anniversary of the end of the international slave trade, a national holiday. 
E)  They nominated Frederick Douglass for president in 1852.

Question 5

Which tactic did abolitionists use most often in the 1820s and 1840s?

Accepted Answer

A)  funding and arming slaves who were willing to rebel against their owners 
B)  presenting slavery as morally wrong 
C)  presenting slavery as an economic threat to northern states 
D)  funding candidates who promised to enact abolitionist agendas 
E)  convincing slave owners to voluntarily free their slaves 
A)  funding and arming slaves who were willing to rebel against their owners 
B)  presenting slavery as morally wrong 
C)  presenting slavery as an economic threat to northern states 
D)  funding candidates who promised to enact abolitionist agendas 
E)  convincing slave owners to voluntarily free their slaves

Question 6

What is the focus of Angelia Grimke's letter in The Liberator of August 2, 1837?

Accepted Answer

A)  the economic rights of women 
B)  the political rights of women 
C)  reproductive freedom 
D)  the social roles of men and women 
E)  domestic abuse 
A)  the economic rights of women 
B)  the political rights of women 
C)  reproductive freedom 
D)  the social roles of men and women 
E)  domestic abuse

Question 7

What does the Declaration of Sentiments accuse men of?

Accepted Answer

A)  treating women as slaves 
B)  treating women as children 
C)  applying moral standards to women that they don't follow themselves 
D)  refusing to share their lives fully with their wives 
E)  seeking to keep women dependent on men 
A)  treating women as slaves 
B)  treating women as children 
C)  applying moral standards to women that they don't follow themselves 
D)  refusing to share their lives fully with their wives 
E)  seeking to keep women dependent on men

Question 8

By saying all humans are "moral beings," Angelina Grimké was in a way extending what concept?

Accepted Answer

A)  John Winthrop's concept of Massachusetts as a "city on a hill" 
B)  the Second Great Awakening idea that people had to choose whether they wanted salvation 
C)  John Locke's idea that all men had natural rights 
D)  Thomas Jefferson's concept that the United States was an "empire of liberty" 
E)  Thomas Paine's belief that the American colonies could win their independence 
A)  John Winthrop's concept of Massachusetts as a "city on a hill" 
B)  the Second Great Awakening idea that people had to choose whether they wanted salvation 
C)  John Locke's idea that all men had natural rights 
D)  Thomas Jefferson's concept that the United States was an "empire of liberty" 
E)  Thomas Paine's belief that the American colonies could win their independence

Question 9

How did Margaret Fuller demonstrate that women could be leaders?

Accepted Answer

A)  She headed the Brook Farm commune. 
B)  She presided over the convention at Seneca Falls. 
C)  She was elected to the state house. 
D)  She edited the New York Tribune. 
E)  She lived in Italy. 
A)  She headed the Brook Farm commune. 
B)  She presided over the convention at Seneca Falls. 
C)  She was elected to the state house. 
D)  She edited the New York Tribune. 
E)  She lived in Italy.

Question 10

With his abolitionist writings, David Walker employed both secular and religious language.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The proliferation of new institutions such as poorhouses and asylums for the insane during the antebellum era demonstrated the

Accepted Answer

A)  lengths to which the federal government would go to provide for the general well-being of its citizens. 
B)  power of the Democratic Party. 
C)  tension between liberation and control in the era's reform movements. 
D)  expansion of liberty for those members of society who could not take care of themselves. 
E)  general economic prosperity of the nation. 
A)  lengths to which the federal government would go to provide for the general well-being of its citizens. 
B)  power of the Democratic Party. 
C)  tension between liberation and control in the era's reform movements. 
D)  expansion of liberty for those members of society who could not take care of themselves. 
E)  general economic prosperity of the nation.

Question 12

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, when published, went virtually unknown for two decades but then became popular in the 1850s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The antislavery poet John Greenleaf Whittier compared reformer Abby Kelley to

Accepted Answer

A)  Helen of Troy, who sowed the seeds of male destruction. 
B)  an Amazon, a mighty female warrior of Greek mythology. 
C)  Queen Elizabeth, who had ruled the British empire with such skill. 
D)  Molly Pitcher, the patriotic heroine of the American Revolution. 
E)  Joan of Arc, who led the armies of France into battle. 
A)  Helen of Troy, who sowed the seeds of male destruction. 
B)  an Amazon, a mighty female warrior of Greek mythology. 
C)  Queen Elizabeth, who had ruled the British empire with such skill. 
D)  Molly Pitcher, the patriotic heroine of the American Revolution. 
E)  Joan of Arc, who led the armies of France into battle.

Question 14

How did the crusade against slavery affect American understandings of citizenship?

Accepted Answer

A)  It led to state laws defining a citizen as white. 
B)  It promoted the idea of birthright citizenship. 
C)  It undermined the movement to decrease property qualifications for voting. 
D)  It led to a violent debate in Congress regarding the citizenship of free blacks in the North. 
E)  It created resentment toward immigrants seeking naturalization. 
A)  It led to state laws defining a citizen as white. 
B)  It promoted the idea of birthright citizenship. 
C)  It undermined the movement to decrease property qualifications for voting. 
D)  It led to a violent debate in Congress regarding the citizenship of free blacks in the North. 
E)  It created resentment toward immigrants seeking naturalization.

Question 15

Angelina and Sarah Grimké

Accepted Answer

A)  supported Catharine Beecher's efforts to expand political and social rights for women. 
B)  critiqued the prevailing notion of separate spheres for men and women. 
C)  were Pennsylvania-born Quakers whose religion compelled them to oppose slavery. 
D)  publicly defended the virtues of southern paternalism in lectures to southern women. 
E)  delivered many public lectures in which they detailed their escape from slavery. 
A)  supported Catharine Beecher's efforts to expand political and social rights for women. 
B)  critiqued the prevailing notion of separate spheres for men and women. 
C)  were Pennsylvania-born Quakers whose religion compelled them to oppose slavery. 
D)  publicly defended the virtues of southern paternalism in lectures to southern women. 
E)  delivered many public lectures in which they detailed their escape from slavery.

Question 16

Which statement is true about black abolitionists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many formerly enslaved people published accounts of their lives in bondage, which together convinced thousands of northerners of the immorality of slavery. 
B)  The American Anti-Slavery Society excluded black abolitionists entirely. 
C)  White abolitionists shared key decision-making posts equally with black abolitionists. 
D)  Black abolitionists celebrated the Fourth of July holiday in order to promote the idea that the United States represented the progress of freedom. 
E)  Black abolitionists were a small minority of the subscribers to William Lloyd Garrison's journal The Liberator. 
A)  Many formerly enslaved people published accounts of their lives in bondage, which together convinced thousands of northerners of the immorality of slavery. 
B)  The American Anti-Slavery Society excluded black abolitionists entirely. 
C)  White abolitionists shared key decision-making posts equally with black abolitionists. 
D)  Black abolitionists celebrated the Fourth of July holiday in order to promote the idea that the United States represented the progress of freedom. 
E)  Black abolitionists were a small minority of the subscribers to William Lloyd Garrison's journal The Liberator.

Question 17

The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848

Accepted Answer

A)  established equal rights as the basis of the early women's rights movement. 
B)  was a gathering of mostly working-class women. 
C)  focused entirely on the issue of women's suffrage. 
D)  opposed the right to vote for women. 
E)  affirmed the cult of domesticity. 
A)  established equal rights as the basis of the early women's rights movement. 
B)  was a gathering of mostly working-class women. 
C)  focused entirely on the issue of women's suffrage. 
D)  opposed the right to vote for women. 
E)  affirmed the cult of domesticity.

Question 18

How did the Catholic viewpoint differ from the Protestant viewpoint in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Catholics were more confident that their sense of morality applied to all Americans. 
B)  Protestants believed that people were predestined for good or evil. 
C)  Catholics emphasized individual independence. 
D)  Catholics viewed sin as an inescapable part of human society. 
E)  Protestants focused on the importance of family and community. 
A)  Catholics were more confident that their sense of morality applied to all Americans. 
B)  Protestants believed that people were predestined for good or evil. 
C)  Catholics emphasized individual independence. 
D)  Catholics viewed sin as an inescapable part of human society. 
E)  Protestants focused on the importance of family and community.

Question 19

Advocates for building asylums, prisons, poorhouses, and orphanages

Accepted Answer

A)  were mainly interested in keeping the insane, criminals, the destitute, and orphans away from the rest of society. 
B)  believed that social ills once considered incurable could in fact be eliminated. 
C)  rejected the idea of perfectionism. 
D)  were seeking to re-create the institutions of colonial society. 
E)  were mainly interested in profiting from the fees paid to the institutions by the states. 
A)  were mainly interested in keeping the insane, criminals, the destitute, and orphans away from the rest of society. 
B)  believed that social ills once considered incurable could in fact be eliminated. 
C)  rejected the idea of perfectionism. 
D)  were seeking to re-create the institutions of colonial society. 
E)  were mainly interested in profiting from the fees paid to the institutions by the states.

Question 20

Which is true of the "colonization" of freed slaves before 1830?

Accepted Answer

A)  Some African-Americans emigrated to Liberia to enjoy rights they did not have in America. 
B)  Most African-Americans supported colonization. 
C)  Some white southerners sent aging slaves to Liberia as a reward for years of service. 
D)  Most white northerners opposed colonization. 
E)  The American Colonization Society was also a proslavery organization. 
A)  Some African-Americans emigrated to Liberia to enjoy rights they did not have in America. 
B)  Most African-Americans supported colonization. 
C)  Some white southerners sent aging slaves to Liberia as a reward for years of service. 
D)  Most white northerners opposed colonization. 
E)  The American Colonization Society was also a proslavery organization.

Exam 12: An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

The American Tract Society was focused on

What was the source of the term "utopia" as applied to utopian communities in America in the nineteenth century?

The American Temperance Society directed its efforts at the drunkards but not the occasional drinker.

Which of the following strategies did abolitionists use to counter the racism of their time?

Which tactic did abolitionists use most often in the 1820s and 1840s?

What is the focus of Angelia Grimke's letter in The Liberator of August 2, 1837?

What does the Declaration of Sentiments accuse men of?

By saying all humans are "moral beings," Angelina Grimké was in a way extending what concept?

How did Margaret Fuller demonstrate that women could be leaders?

With his abolitionist writings, David Walker employed both secular and religious language.

The proliferation of new institutions such as poorhouses and asylums for the insane during the antebellum era demonstrated the

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, when published, went virtually unknown for two decades but then became popular in the 1850s.

The antislavery poet John Greenleaf Whittier compared reformer Abby Kelley to

How did the crusade against slavery affect American understandings of citizenship?

Angelina and Sarah Grimké

Which statement is true about black abolitionists?

The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848

How did the Catholic viewpoint differ from the Protestant viewpoint in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Advocates for building asylums, prisons, poorhouses, and orphanages

Which is true of the "colonization" of freed slaves before 1830?

A New World

Beginnings of English America, 1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America, 1660-1750

Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution, 1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation, 1783-1791

Securing the Republic, 1790-1815

The Market Revolution, 1800-1840

Democracy in America, 1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

A House Divided, 1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War, 1861-1865

What Is Freedom: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Americas Gilded Age, 1870-1890

Freedoms Boundaries, at Home and Abroad, 1890-1900

The Progressive Era, 1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: the United States and World War I, 1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties, 1920-1932

The New Deal, 1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II, 1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953

An Affluent Society, 1953-1960

The Sixties, 1960-1968

The Conservative Turn, 1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy, 1989-2004

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