Question 1

How did the abolitionists link themselves to the nation's Revolutionary heritage?

Accepted Answer

A)  They seized on the preamble to the Declaration of Independence as an attack against slavery. 
B)  They cracked the Liberty Bell to signify that the bonds of liberty were breaking under the weight of slavery. 
C)  They used mob action, just as the revolutionaries had when they attacked such disagreeable measures as the Stamp Act. 
D)  They reminded audiences constantly that the main issue the Sons of Liberty and similar groups had invoked was liberty. 
E)  They made a heroic figure of Crispus Attucks, the African-American who died at the Boston Massacre. 
A)  They seized on the preamble to the Declaration of Independence as an attack against slavery. 
B)  They cracked the Liberty Bell to signify that the bonds of liberty were breaking under the weight of slavery. 
C)  They used mob action, just as the revolutionaries had when they attacked such disagreeable measures as the Stamp Act. 
D)  They reminded audiences constantly that the main issue the Sons of Liberty and similar groups had invoked was liberty. 
E)  They made a heroic figure of Crispus Attucks, the African-American who died at the Boston Massacre.

Question 2

How did abolitionists portray those working in northern factories?

Accepted Answer

A)  as wage slaves 
B)  as complicit in a slave-based economy 
C)  as traitors to the ideal of liberty 
D)  as the embodiment of freedom 
E)  as potential abolitionists 
A)  as wage slaves 
B)  as complicit in a slave-based economy 
C)  as traitors to the ideal of liberty 
D)  as the embodiment of freedom 
E)  as potential abolitionists

Question 3

Mob attacks and attempts to limit abolitionists' freedom of speech convinced many northerners that slavery was incompatible with the democratic liberties of white Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What was the greatest accomplishment of the abolitionists by 1840?

Accepted Answer

A)  getting all slaves freed 
B)  helping free, on average, 5,000 slaves a year 
C)  getting Abraham Lincoln elected president 
D)  making slavery a prominent topic of conversation 
E)  gaining the right to vote for women 
A)  getting all slaves freed 
B)  helping free, on average, 5,000 slaves a year 
C)  getting Abraham Lincoln elected president 
D)  making slavery a prominent topic of conversation 
E)  gaining the right to vote for women

Question 5

How did the views of William Lloyd Garrison differ from those of Frederick Douglass?

Accepted Answer

A)  Garrison favored abolition but not equal rights for African-Americans. 
B)  Douglass did not think women should play a role in abolitionism. 
C)  Douglass urged ex-slaves to settle in African colonies. 
D)  Garrison favored a gradual end to slavery. 
E)  Garrison described the Constitution as an evil document. 
A)  Garrison favored abolition but not equal rights for African-Americans. 
B)  Douglass did not think women should play a role in abolitionism. 
C)  Douglass urged ex-slaves to settle in African colonies. 
D)  Garrison favored a gradual end to slavery. 
E)  Garrison described the Constitution as an evil document.

Question 6

Dorothea Dix devoted much time to the crusade for the

Accepted Answer

A)  immediate abolition of slavery. 
B)  establishment of common schools in the South. 
C)  better treatment of convicted criminals in jail. 
D)  construction of humane mental hospitals for the insane. 
E)  right for women to vote in local school elections. 
A)  immediate abolition of slavery. 
B)  establishment of common schools in the South. 
C)  better treatment of convicted criminals in jail. 
D)  construction of humane mental hospitals for the insane. 
E)  right for women to vote in local school elections.

Question 7

The role of African-Americans in the abolitionist movement

Accepted Answer

A)  was limited to the writings and speeches of Frederick Douglass. 
B)  included helping to finance William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper. 
C)  showed that the movement was free from the racism that characterized American society. 
D)  was limited because the American Anti-Slavery Society banned them from its board of directors. 
E)  grew over time until, by the 1850s, the movement was dominated by blacks. 
A)  was limited to the writings and speeches of Frederick Douglass. 
B)  included helping to finance William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper. 
C)  showed that the movement was free from the racism that characterized American society. 
D)  was limited because the American Anti-Slavery Society banned them from its board of directors. 
E)  grew over time until, by the 1850s, the movement was dominated by blacks.

Question 8

What were the women at Seneca Falls advocating? Be sure to explain how they understood freedom and liberty. What methods were the feminists using to promote their cause?

Accepted Answer

The women at Seneca Falls were advocatin

Question 9

The drop in the birth rate during the nineteenth century is evidence of women's power in the home.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Common schools

Accepted Answer

A)  were intended to promote social equality. 
B)  taught students to question authority and reject time discipline. 
C)  only employed men as teachers. 
D)  were opposed by the labor movement. 
E)  were more prevalent in the South than the North. 
A)  were intended to promote social equality. 
B)  taught students to question authority and reject time discipline. 
C)  only employed men as teachers. 
D)  were opposed by the labor movement. 
E)  were more prevalent in the South than the North.

Question 11

The antebellum utopian communities were largely located in the Upper South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Do you agree with the assertion that blacks viewed freedom in a different way than did whites? Defend or reject this idea using examples from the text.

Accepted Answer

I agree with the assertion that blacks v

Question 13

Catherine Beecher believed that

Accepted Answer

A)  women needed to use militant tactics to obtain equal rights. 
B)  heaven had designated men superior and women as subordinate. 
C)  women should not try to influence men's positions on issues in any way. 
D)  only men should be teachers. 
E)  women should petition Congress directly to enact change. 
A)  women needed to use militant tactics to obtain equal rights. 
B)  heaven had designated men superior and women as subordinate. 
C)  women should not try to influence men's positions on issues in any way. 
D)  only men should be teachers. 
E)  women should petition Congress directly to enact change.

Question 14

The Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration of Sentiments

Accepted Answer

A)  did not demand voting rights for women because the participants were so divided on that issue. 
B)  was modeled on the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution. 
C)  was written primarily by the Grimké sisters. 
D)  condemned the entire structure of inequality between men and women. 
E)  inspired Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to become abolitionists. 
A)  did not demand voting rights for women because the participants were so divided on that issue. 
B)  was modeled on the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution. 
C)  was written primarily by the Grimké sisters. 
D)  condemned the entire structure of inequality between men and women. 
E)  inspired Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to become abolitionists.

Question 15

Which is true of the efforts of the Colonization Society?

Accepted Answer

A)  They received little support from political leaders. 
B)  They were financially supported by William Lloyd Garrison. 
C)  They resulted in the creation of the free African nation of Ghana in 1835. 
D)  They were praised by the English writer Harriet Martineau. 
E)  They were scorned and opposed by most free African-Americans. 
A)  They received little support from political leaders. 
B)  They were financially supported by William Lloyd Garrison. 
C)  They resulted in the creation of the free African nation of Ghana in 1835. 
D)  They were praised by the English writer Harriet Martineau. 
E)  They were scorned and opposed by most free African-Americans.

Question 16

By 1840, the temperance movement in the United States had

Accepted Answer

A)  united Americans of all classes and religions in a "war" against alcohol. 
B)  virtually disappeared. 
C)  convinced Congress to pass a national prohibition law. 
D)  made no measurable impact on Americans' drinking habits. 
E)  encouraged a substantial decrease in the consumption of alcohol. 
A)  united Americans of all classes and religions in a "war" against alcohol. 
B)  virtually disappeared. 
C)  convinced Congress to pass a national prohibition law. 
D)  made no measurable impact on Americans' drinking habits. 
E)  encouraged a substantial decrease in the consumption of alcohol.

Question 17

Which view of gender does Beecher describe in An on Slavery and Abolitionism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men and women are equals in the eyes of God. 
B)  Men and women do and should occupy separate spheres. 
C)  Men are actually the more dependent gender. 
D)  Men would be better abolitionists if they adopted "feminine" tools. 
E)  Slavery is a product of male society and would not exist if women were in leadership roles. 
A)  Men and women are equals in the eyes of God. 
B)  Men and women do and should occupy separate spheres. 
C)  Men are actually the more dependent gender. 
D)  Men would be better abolitionists if they adopted "feminine" tools. 
E)  Slavery is a product of male society and would not exist if women were in leadership roles.

Question 18

Nearly all abolitionists, despite their militant language, rejected violence as a means of ending slavery.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The gag rule

Accepted Answer

A)  stated that newspapers could not print antislavery materials. 
B)  prevented Congress from hearing antislavery petitions. 
C)  denied women the right to speak in mixed-sex public gatherings. 
D)  prevented Congregational ministers from preaching against Catholics. 
E)  was adopted at the Seneca Falls Convention to symbolize that women did not have a voice in politics. 
A)  stated that newspapers could not print antislavery materials. 
B)  prevented Congress from hearing antislavery petitions. 
C)  denied women the right to speak in mixed-sex public gatherings. 
D)  prevented Congregational ministers from preaching against Catholics. 
E)  was adopted at the Seneca Falls Convention to symbolize that women did not have a voice in politics.

Question 20

Match between columns
                        Premises: Catharine Beecher
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
David Walker
Robert Owen
Sarah Grimké
Dorothea Dix
Elijah Lovejoy
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Margaret Fuller
Theodore Weld
William Lloyd Garrison
Horace Mann

Accepted Answer

The Answer of leading educational reformer and Uncle Tom's Cabin is...

Exam 12: An Age of Reform, 1820-1840

How did the abolitionists link themselves to the nation's Revolutionary heritage?

How did abolitionists portray those working in northern factories?

Mob attacks and attempts to limit abolitionists' freedom of speech convinced many northerners that slavery was incompatible with the democratic liberties of white Americans.

What was the greatest accomplishment of the abolitionists by 1840?

How did the views of William Lloyd Garrison differ from those of Frederick Douglass?

Dorothea Dix devoted much time to the crusade for the

The role of African-Americans in the abolitionist movement

What were the women at Seneca Falls advocating? Be sure to explain how they understood freedom and liberty. What methods were the feminists using to promote their cause?

The drop in the birth rate during the nineteenth century is evidence of women's power in the home.

Common schools

The antebellum utopian communities were largely located in the Upper South.

Do you agree with the assertion that blacks viewed freedom in a different way than did whites? Defend or reject this idea using examples from the text.

Catherine Beecher believed that

The Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration of Sentiments

Which is true of the efforts of the Colonization Society?

By 1840, the temperance movement in the United States had

Which view of gender does Beecher describe in An on Slavery and Abolitionism?

Nearly all abolitionists, despite their militant language, rejected violence as a means of ending slavery.

The gag rule

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