Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of Dorothea Dix.

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Traveled over 60,000 miles over eight years collecting accounts of mistreatment of the mentally ill in asylums. She successfully lobbied the Massachusetts legislature to improve treatment of the mentally ill.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of Joseph Smith.

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Founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) after claiming an encounter with an angel who gave him a holy book to translate.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

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Mother of seven and women's rights activist. She called for suffrage for women.

Question 4

America's artistic achievements in the first half of the 19th century

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A)  were included after the War of 1812, turning away from human portraits and history paintings to pastoral depictions of local landscapes. 
B)  borrowed heavily from existing European styles in painting and architecture. 
C)  illustrated a gradual shaking off the religious restraints of the Puritans. 
D)  included the use of new technologies such as the daguerreotype, a crude early form of photography. 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  were included after the War of 1812, turning away from human portraits and history paintings to pastoral depictions of local landscapes. 
B)  borrowed heavily from existing European styles in painting and architecture. 
C)  illustrated a gradual shaking off the religious restraints of the Puritans. 
D)  included the use of new technologies such as the daguerreotype, a crude early form of photography. 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 5

_____ was one of the founding ideals for most of the utopian communities in pre-1860s America.

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A)  Rugged individualism 
B)  Pacifism 
C)  Capitalism 
D)  Opposition to communism 
E)  Cooperative social and economic practices 
A)  Rugged individualism 
B)  Pacifism 
C)  Capitalism 
D)  Opposition to communism 
E)  Cooperative social and economic practices

Question 6

Transcendentalists were dedicated to

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A)  individualism. 
B)  self-reliance. 
C)  respect for authority. 
D)  conventional wisdom. 
E)  political activism. 
A)  individualism. 
B)  self-reliance. 
C)  respect for authority. 
D)  conventional wisdom. 
E)  political activism.

Question 7

Identify and state the historical significance of Peter Cartwright.

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Traveling Methodist

Question 8

Which of the following was NOT associated with the early 19th-century cause of women's rights?

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A)  Emily Dickinson 
B)  Lucy Stone 
C)  Lucretia Mott 
D)  Susan B. Anthony 
E)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
A)  Emily Dickinson 
B)  Lucy Stone 
C)  Lucretia Mott 
D)  Susan B. Anthony 
E)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of Lucretia Mott.

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Quaker and founder o

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of William Miller.

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The father of Adventists. His

Question 11

Match each writer below with his/her work.

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A)  A-3, B-2, C-l, D-4 
B)  A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2 
C)  A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2 
D)  A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3 
E)  A-3, B-4, C-l, D-2 
A)  A-3, B-2, C-l, D-4 
B)  A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2 
C)  A-1, B-4, C-3, D-2 
D)  A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3 
E)  A-3, B-4, C-l, D-2

Question 12

Two areas where women in the 19th century were widely thought to be superior to men were

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A)  physical strength and mental vigor. 
B)  moral sensibility and artistic refinement. 
C)  political ability and organizational shrewdness. 
D)  sexual appetite and physical desire. 
E)  economic competitiveness and capacity for education. 
A)  physical strength and mental vigor. 
B)  moral sensibility and artistic refinement. 
C)  political ability and organizational shrewdness. 
D)  sexual appetite and physical desire. 
E)  economic competitiveness and capacity for education.

Question 13

Those seeking to reform women's style of dress in the 1840s claimed all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  corsets constricted women's vital organs. 
B)  voluminous skirts unfairly restricted women's mobility. 
C)  that bloomer-style trousers were necessary to prevent a woman's sexuality from becoming unhinged leading to immoral actions with a man who was not her husband. 
D)  that simpler clothing styles would serve as a rejection of the artificial desires created by industrialization. 
E)  that bloomer-style trousers were a more rational form of dress. 
A)  corsets constricted women's vital organs. 
B)  voluminous skirts unfairly restricted women's mobility. 
C)  that bloomer-style trousers were necessary to prevent a woman's sexuality from becoming unhinged leading to immoral actions with a man who was not her husband. 
D)  that simpler clothing styles would serve as a rejection of the artificial desires created by industrialization. 
E)  that bloomer-style trousers were a more rational form of dress.

Question 14

What was the relationship between industrialization and the women's rights movement? What did women reformers want in the early-to-mid-19th century? How would you assess the scope and substance of their goals and measure their level of success?

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The relationship between industrializati

Question 15

Of the following, the most successful of the early 19th-century communitarian experiments was at

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A)  Brook Farm, Massachusetts. 
B)  Oneida, New York. 
C)  New Harmony, Indiana. 
D)  Seneca Falls, New York. 
E)  Shaker Heights, Ohio. 
A)  Brook Farm, Massachusetts. 
B)  Oneida, New York. 
C)  New Harmony, Indiana. 
D)  Seneca Falls, New York. 
E)  Shaker Heights, Ohio.

Question 16

How do the Knickerbocker group, Hudson River school, and transcendentalists all reflect the nationalism of early 19th-century America? What particularly American values did each reflect?

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The Knickerbocker group, Hudson River sc

Question 17

The Second Great Awakening tended to

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A)  widen the lines between classes and regions. 
B)  open Episcopalian and Presbyterian churches to the poor. 
C)  unite southern Baptists and southern Methodists against slavery. 
D)  bring the more prosperous and conservative eastern churches into the revivalist camps. 
E)  increase the influence of educated clergy. 
A)  widen the lines between classes and regions. 
B)  open Episcopalian and Presbyterian churches to the poor. 
C)  unite southern Baptists and southern Methodists against slavery. 
D)  bring the more prosperous and conservative eastern churches into the revivalist camps. 
E)  increase the influence of educated clergy.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of Emma Willard.

Accepted Answer

Established a female

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of Lucy Stone.

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Women's rights activist who ma

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of William H. McGuffey.

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A teacher-preacher who created

Exam 14: The Ferment of Reform and Culture

Identify and state the historical significance of Dorothea Dix.

Identify and state the historical significance of Joseph Smith.

Identify and state the historical significance of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

America's artistic achievements in the first half of the 19th century

_____ was one of the founding ideals for most of the utopian communities in pre-1860s America.

Transcendentalists were dedicated to

Identify and state the historical significance of Peter Cartwright.

Which of the following was NOT associated with the early 19th-century cause of women's rights?

Identify and state the historical significance of Lucretia Mott.

Identify and state the historical significance of William Miller.

Match each writer below with his/her work.

Two areas where women in the 19th century were widely thought to be superior to men were

Those seeking to reform women's style of dress in the 1840s claimed all of the following EXCEPT

What was the relationship between industrialization and the women's rights movement? What did women reformers want in the early-to-mid-19th century? How would you assess the scope and substance of their goals and measure their level of success?

Of the following, the most successful of the early 19th-century communitarian experiments was at

How do the Knickerbocker group, Hudson River school, and transcendentalists all reflect the nationalism of early 19th-century America? What particularly American values did each reflect?

The Second Great Awakening tended to

Identify and state the historical significance of Emma Willard.

Identify and state the historical significance of Lucy Stone.

Identify and state the historical significance of William H. McGuffey.

New World Beginnings

The Contest for North America

Settling the English Colonies

American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

The Road to Revolution

America Secedes From the Empire

The Confederation and the Constitution

Launching the New Ship of State

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism

The Rise of a Mass Democracy

Forging the National Economy

The South and the Slavery Controversy

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy

Renewing the Sectional Struggle

Drifting Toward Disunion

Girding for War the North and the South

The Furnace of Civil War

The Ordeal of Reconstruction

The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

Rumbles of Discontent

Empire and Expansion

Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt

Wilsonian Progressivism in Peace and War

American Life in the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

America in World War II

The Cold War Begins

American Zenith

The Stormy Sixties

A Sea of Troubles

The Resurgence of Conservatism

America Confronts the Post Cold War Era

The American People Face a New Century

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America's artistic achievements in the first half of the 19^th century

Which of the following was NOT associated with the early 19^th-century cause of women's rights?

Two areas where women in the 19^th century were widely thought to be superior to men were

What was the relationship between industrialization and the women's rights movement? What did women reformers want in the early-to-mid-19^th century? How would you assess the scope and substance of their goals and measure their level of success?

Of the following, the most successful of the early 19^th-century communitarian experiments was at

How do the Knickerbocker group, Hudson River school, and transcendentalists all reflect the nationalism of early 19^th-century America? What particularly American values did each reflect?