Question 1

The Second Great Awakening partly reshaped American religion by making it

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A)  more dependent on a college-educated clergy. 
B)  more reliant on women as members and social reformers. 
C)  less socially and theologically diverse. 
D)  more sympathetic to hierarchical churches like Catholicism. 
E)  more centered on the life of the local parish. 
A)  more dependent on a college-educated clergy. 
B)  more reliant on women as members and social reformers. 
C)  less socially and theologically diverse. 
D)  more sympathetic to hierarchical churches like Catholicism. 
E)  more centered on the life of the local parish.

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of Brigham Young.

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Led the Mormons to t

Question 3

The writer who faded to obscurity in the nineteenth century but was recognized as one of America's greatest literary geniuses in the 20th century and wrote the masterpiece work of fiction, Moby Dick, was

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A)  Nathaniel Hawthorne. 
B)  Henry David Thoreau. 
C)  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 
D)  Herman Melville. 
E)  Walt Whitman. 
A)  Nathaniel Hawthorne. 
B)  Henry David Thoreau. 
C)  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 
D)  Herman Melville. 
E)  Walt Whitman.

Question 4

New England reformer Dorothea Dix is most notable for her efforts on behalf of

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A)  prison and asylum reform. 
B)  the peace movement. 
C)  the temperance movement. 
D)  abolitionism. 
E)  women's education. 
A)  prison and asylum reform. 
B)  the peace movement. 
C)  the temperance movement. 
D)  abolitionism. 
E)  women's education.

Question 5

The authors claim that in early 19th-century America, public schools "existed chiefly to educate the children of the poor." Why were both upper- and lower-class Americans willing to support public education with their tax dollars?

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In early 19th-century America, the conce

Question 6

The Mormon religion originated in

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A)  Utah. 
B)  New England. 
C)  Nauvoo, Illinois. 
D)  Ireland. 
E)  the Burned-Over District of New York. 
A)  Utah. 
B)  New England. 
C)  Nauvoo, Illinois. 
D)  Ireland. 
E)  the Burned-Over District of New York.

Question 7

One strong prejudice inhibiting women from obtaining higher education in the early 19th century was the belief that

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A)  they would gain political and economic power through education. 
B)  women were inherently conservative and opposed to social reform. 
C)  children should grow up without the influence of educated women. 
D)  the Constitution prohibited women from attending colleges. 
E)  too much learning would injure women's brains, ruin their health, and make them unfit for marriage. 
A)  they would gain political and economic power through education. 
B)  women were inherently conservative and opposed to social reform. 
C)  children should grow up without the influence of educated women. 
D)  the Constitution prohibited women from attending colleges. 
E)  too much learning would injure women's brains, ruin their health, and make them unfit for marriage.

Question 8

Transcendentalists believed that all knowledge came through

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A)  scientific observation and experiment. 
B)  the senses. 
C)  divine revelation. 
D)  reason, logic, and critical thinking. 
E)  an inner light. 
A)  scientific observation and experiment. 
B)  the senses. 
C)  divine revelation. 
D)  reason, logic, and critical thinking. 
E)  an inner light.

Question 9

Why did the utopian communitarian movement flourish in the early 19th century? What were the utopian communitarians trying to prove? Why did most fail? What long-term impact, if any, did any of these utopian communities have on the political, economic, or social development of America?

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The utopian communitarian movement flour

Question 10

The Mormons were advocates or practitioners of

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A)  polygamy. 
B)  free enterprise. 
C)  theocracy. 
D)  pacifism. 
E)  birth control. 
A)  polygamy. 
B)  free enterprise. 
C)  theocracy. 
D)  pacifism. 
E)  birth control.

Question 11

"Civil Disobedience," an essay that later influenced both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., was written by the transcendentalist

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A)  Louisa May Alcott. 
B)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
C)  James Fenimore Cooper. 
D)  Margaret Fuller. 
E)  Henry David Thoreau. 
A)  Louisa May Alcott. 
B)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
C)  James Fenimore Cooper. 
D)  Margaret Fuller. 
E)  Henry David Thoreau.

Question 12

All the following are true of the Second Great Awakening EXCEPT that it

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A)  resulted in the conversion of countless souls. 
B)  encouraged a variety of humanitarian reforms. 
C)  strengthened democratic denominations like the Baptists and Methodists. 
D)  was a reaction against the growing liberalism in religion. 
E)  was not as large, democratic, or influential in terms of social reform as the First Great Awakening. 
A)  resulted in the conversion of countless souls. 
B)  encouraged a variety of humanitarian reforms. 
C)  strengthened democratic denominations like the Baptists and Methodists. 
D)  was a reaction against the growing liberalism in religion. 
E)  was not as large, democratic, or influential in terms of social reform as the First Great Awakening.

Question 13

Match each individual below with his or her achievement.

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

Question 14

Despite early resistance, the main reason free public education ultimately triumphed was

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A)  wealthy and politically powerful Americans feared that if the government failed to provide free public education, poor families immigrants would utilize their free vote to elect candidates and political parties unfavored by these political and economic elites. 
B)  wealthy Americans feared the problem of vagrancy as farm families depended less upon the labor of children. 
C)  Southern slave owners abandoned their resistance to it. 
D)  teaching provided paid employment for unmarried, single women. 
E)  poor Americans threatened to launch a violent rebellion unless free education was made available. 
A)  wealthy and politically powerful Americans feared that if the government failed to provide free public education, poor families immigrants would utilize their free vote to elect candidates and political parties unfavored by these political and economic elites. 
B)  wealthy Americans feared the problem of vagrancy as farm families depended less upon the labor of children. 
C)  Southern slave owners abandoned their resistance to it. 
D)  teaching provided paid employment for unmarried, single women. 
E)  poor Americans threatened to launch a violent rebellion unless free education was made available.

Question 15

Why were women prominent in the reform crusades of the early 19th century? What contributions did they make to social reform in different areas of economic, family, and political life? Evaluate the level of their success in these women's social reform endeavors.

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Women were prominent in the reform crusa

Question 16

Which of the following events prompted the Mormons to abandon their settlement at Nauvoo, Illinois and set out West to the valley of the Great Salt Lake?

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A)  Continuing vicious hostility by non-Mormon Americans including the murder of Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother 
B)  A vision by the Mormon angel Moroni to Brigham Young of a peaceful, bountiful, and safe refuge in the valley of the Great Salt Lake 
C)  The expectation that a lush, easily arable western environment awaited the Mormons in present-day Utah, which would not require or expensive and technologically sophisticated irrigation to grow crops 
D)  A generous land grant by the federal government 
E)  All of these choices are correct. 
A)  Continuing vicious hostility by non-Mormon Americans including the murder of Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother 
B)  A vision by the Mormon angel Moroni to Brigham Young of a peaceful, bountiful, and safe refuge in the valley of the Great Salt Lake 
C)  The expectation that a lush, easily arable western environment awaited the Mormons in present-day Utah, which would not require or expensive and technologically sophisticated irrigation to grow crops 
D)  A generous land grant by the federal government 
E)  All of these choices are correct.

Question 17

The original prophet of the Mormon religion was

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A)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
B)  Brigham Young. 
C)  Charles G. Finney. 
D)  William Miller. 
E)  Joseph Smith. 
A)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
B)  Brigham Young. 
C)  Charles G. Finney. 
D)  William Miller. 
E)  Joseph Smith.

Question 18

All of the following were 19th century notions of gender differences EXCEPT

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A)  women had finely tuned moral sensibilities. 
B)  men were charged with teaching young boys to be good and productive citizens. 
C)  the home was women's special sphere, the centerpiece of the cult of domesticity. 
D)  men were always in danger of slipping into some savage way of life, if not for women's influence. 
E)  women could be legally beaten by husbands. 
A)  women had finely tuned moral sensibilities. 
B)  men were charged with teaching young boys to be good and productive citizens. 
C)  the home was women's special sphere, the centerpiece of the cult of domesticity. 
D)  men were always in danger of slipping into some savage way of life, if not for women's influence. 
E)  women could be legally beaten by husbands.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of Horace Mann.

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Massachusetts state legislator

Question 20

By 1850, all of the following were true about developments in organized religion in America EXCEPT

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A)  organized religion had lost a fair portion of the theological rigor and austerity of the colonial era. 
B)  the influence of Calvinism had been reduced significantly from the colonial era. 
C)  the liberal doctrines of Deism had been embraced by certain Protestant denominations such as Unitarians. 
D)  organized religion had generally grown more theologically conservative than during the colonial eras. 
E)  a significant counterreaction against theological liberalism of the 1790s and early 1800s developed in the form of the Second Great Awakening. 
A)  organized religion had lost a fair portion of the theological rigor and austerity of the colonial era. 
B)  the influence of Calvinism had been reduced significantly from the colonial era. 
C)  the liberal doctrines of Deism had been embraced by certain Protestant denominations such as Unitarians. 
D)  organized religion had generally grown more theologically conservative than during the colonial eras. 
E)  a significant counterreaction against theological liberalism of the 1790s and early 1800s developed in the form of the Second Great Awakening.

Exam 14: The Ferment of Reform and Culture

The Second Great Awakening partly reshaped American religion by making it

Identify and state the historical significance of Brigham Young.

The writer who faded to obscurity in the nineteenth century but was recognized as one of America's greatest literary geniuses in the 20th century and wrote the masterpiece work of fiction, Moby Dick, was

New England reformer Dorothea Dix is most notable for her efforts on behalf of

The authors claim that in early 19th-century America, public schools "existed chiefly to educate the children of the poor." Why were both upper- and lower-class Americans willing to support public education with their tax dollars?

The Mormon religion originated in

One strong prejudice inhibiting women from obtaining higher education in the early 19th century was the belief that

Transcendentalists believed that all knowledge came through

Why did the utopian communitarian movement flourish in the early 19th century? What were the utopian communitarians trying to prove? Why did most fail? What long-term impact, if any, did any of these utopian communities have on the political, economic, or social development of America?

The Mormons were advocates or practitioners of

"Civil Disobedience," an essay that later influenced both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., was written by the transcendentalist

All the following are true of the Second Great Awakening EXCEPT that it

Match each individual below with his or her achievement.

Despite early resistance, the main reason free public education ultimately triumphed was

Why were women prominent in the reform crusades of the early 19th century? What contributions did they make to social reform in different areas of economic, family, and political life? Evaluate the level of their success in these women's social reform endeavors.

Which of the following events prompted the Mormons to abandon their settlement at Nauvoo, Illinois and set out West to the valley of the Great Salt Lake?

The original prophet of the Mormon religion was

All of the following were 19th century notions of gender differences EXCEPT

Identify and state the historical significance of Horace Mann.

By 1850, all of the following were true about developments in organized religion in America EXCEPT

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

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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

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The Industrial Era Dawns

Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

America Moves to the City

The Conquest of the West

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America in World War II

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The writer who faded to obscurity in the nineteenth century but was recognized as one of America's greatest literary geniuses in the 20^th century and wrote the masterpiece work of fiction, Moby Dick, was

The authors claim that in early 19^th-century America, public schools "existed chiefly to educate the children of the poor." Why were both upper- and lower-class Americans willing to support public education with their tax dollars?

One strong prejudice inhibiting women from obtaining higher education in the early 19^th century was the belief that

Why did the utopian communitarian movement flourish in the early 19^th century? What were the utopian communitarians trying to prove? Why did most fail? What long-term impact, if any, did any of these utopian communities have on the political, economic, or social development of America?

Why were women prominent in the reform crusades of the early 19^th century? What contributions did they make to social reform in different areas of economic, family, and political life? Evaluate the level of their success in these women's social reform endeavors.

All of the following were 19^th century notions of gender differences EXCEPT