Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of Neal S. Dow.

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Considered the "Fath

Question 2

All of the following influenced transcendental thought EXCEPT

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A)  German philosophers. 
B)  Oriental religions. 
C)  Catholicism and the papacy. 
D)  individualism. 
E)  love of nature. 
A)  German philosophers. 
B)  Oriental religions. 
C)  Catholicism and the papacy. 
D)  individualism. 
E)  love of nature.

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of Amelia Bloomer.

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Rebelled against restrictions

Question 4

Explain why the Mormons became a target for religious intolerance in America. Why did the Mormons continually run afoul of Congress and the federal government even after they moved to Utah to escape the religious intolerance they encountered in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois? What factors accounted for their economic and social success when they moved to the Utah territory after 1844?

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The Mormons became a target for religiou

Question 5

According to John Humphrey Noyes, founder of the utopian Oneida Community, the key to happiness is

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A)  acceptance of a sinful mankind. 
B)  the suppression of selfishness. 
C)  the abandonment of "free love" or complex marriages. 
D)  liberal political reform. 
E)  None of these choices are correct. 
A)  acceptance of a sinful mankind. 
B)  the suppression of selfishness. 
C)  the abandonment of "free love" or complex marriages. 
D)  liberal political reform. 
E)  None of these choices are correct.

Question 6

Besides polygamy, characteristic behavior(s) of Mormons which angered many non-Mormon Americans in the 1840s was their

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A)  belief in visions and a special spiritual role for America. 
B)  constant movement toward the western frontier. 
C)  refusal to take up arms and defend themselves. 
D)  voting as a religious bloc and openly drilling their militia, albeit for defensive purposes. 
E)  dislike of federal government control of their lives. 
A)  belief in visions and a special spiritual role for America. 
B)  constant movement toward the western frontier. 
C)  refusal to take up arms and defend themselves. 
D)  voting as a religious bloc and openly drilling their militia, albeit for defensive purposes. 
E)  dislike of federal government control of their lives.

Question 7

The Hudson River school excelled in the art of painting

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A)  portraits. 
B)  classical frescos. 
C)  still life. 
D)  daguerreotypes. 
E)  landscapes. 
A)  portraits. 
B)  classical frescos. 
C)  still life. 
D)  daguerreotypes. 
E)  landscapes.

Question 8

The text's authors label Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville "literary individualists and dissenters." Against what were they dissenting? Why?

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Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville were dissen

Question 9

The text's authors contend that early 19th-century Americans "were more interested in practical gadgets than in pure science," and it is widely believed that Americans have always had a love affair with technology. What political, economic, and social factors would account for this asserted long-standing American love affair with technology?

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There are several political, economic, a

Question 10

The Knickerbocker group of American writers included

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A)  Henry David Thoreau. 
B)  Louisa May Alcott. 
C)  Washington Irving. 
D)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
E)  William Cullen Bryant. 
A)  Henry David Thoreau. 
B)  Louisa May Alcott. 
C)  Washington Irving. 
D)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
E)  William Cullen Bryant.

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of Susan B. Anthony.

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Militant lecturer for women's

Question 12

All of the following contributed to the appeal of the Second Great Awakening to women EXCEPT

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A)  it offered women an active role in bringing their husbands and families back to God. 
B)  it encouraged women to enter into professions normally reserved for men in order to make these professional more ethical and morally upright. 
C)  it provided a springboard for them to turn their attention to reforming society. 
D)  it preached a gospel of female spiritual worth. 
E)  it allayed women's concerns about the expanding market economy. 
A)  it offered women an active role in bringing their husbands and families back to God. 
B)  it encouraged women to enter into professions normally reserved for men in order to make these professional more ethical and morally upright. 
C)  it provided a springboard for them to turn their attention to reforming society. 
D)  it preached a gospel of female spiritual worth. 
E)  it allayed women's concerns about the expanding market economy.

Question 13

Social reformers of the early-to-mid-19th century wanted to

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A)  find a practical, application for their religious beliefs and principles during this era. 
B)  reaffirm traditional social values and strengthen family in the confusion of industrialization. 
C)  do something for the welfare of early factory workers. 
D)  fundamentally alter middle-class values. 
E)  fulfill many of the political, economic, and social ideals of American democracy. 
A)  find a practical, application for their religious beliefs and principles during this era. 
B)  reaffirm traditional social values and strengthen family in the confusion of industrialization. 
C)  do something for the welfare of early factory workers. 
D)  fundamentally alter middle-class values. 
E)  fulfill many of the political, economic, and social ideals of American democracy.

Question 14

The Oneida colony declined due to

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A)  widespread criticism from neighbors of its licentious "free love" sexual practices, which undermined the community's integral complex marriage system. 
B)  a decline in animal trapping. 
C)  their adoption of capitalism. 
D)  the loss of Noyes's leadership. 
E)  the meteoric rise in the cost of silver. 
A)  widespread criticism from neighbors of its licentious "free love" sexual practices, which undermined the community's integral complex marriage system. 
B)  a decline in animal trapping. 
C)  their adoption of capitalism. 
D)  the loss of Noyes's leadership. 
E)  the meteoric rise in the cost of silver.

Question 15

A third revolution accompanied the reformation of American politics and the transformation of the American economy in the mid-19th century that contained all of the following characteristics EXCEPT

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A)  improved the character of ordinary Americans. 
B)  made Americans more upstanding and God-fearing. 
C)  focused on preserving the traditions of the founders. 
D)  made Americans more literate and educated. 
E)  poured their energies into religious revivals and reform movements. 
A)  improved the character of ordinary Americans. 
B)  made Americans more upstanding and God-fearing. 
C)  focused on preserving the traditions of the founders. 
D)  made Americans more literate and educated. 
E)  poured their energies into religious revivals and reform movements.

Question 16

A dark writer whose genres included poetry, horror stories, and detective fiction was

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A)  Edgar Allan Poe. 
B)  Herman Melville. 
C)  Sherlock Holmes. 
D)  Walt Whitman. 
E)  Henry David Thoreau. 
A)  Edgar Allan Poe. 
B)  Herman Melville. 
C)  Sherlock Holmes. 
D)  Walt Whitman. 
E)  Henry David Thoreau.

Question 17

Perhaps the greatest inhibiting factor for American artists in the first half of the 19th century was the

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A)  lack of first-rate art schools. 
B)  Puritan prejudice that art was a waste of time. 
C)  cultural dependence on Europe. 
D)  lack of adequate patronage from the wealthy or the government. 
E)  popular suspicion of artistic creativity. 
A)  lack of first-rate art schools. 
B)  Puritan prejudice that art was a waste of time. 
C)  cultural dependence on Europe. 
D)  lack of adequate patronage from the wealthy or the government. 
E)  popular suspicion of artistic creativity.

Question 18

The beliefs advocated by John Humphrey Noyes of the Oneida Community included all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  no private property. 
B)  sharing of all material goods. 
C)  removing children from exclusive parental care at a very young age so they can be raised communally. 
D)  strictly monogamous marriages. 
E)  improvement of the human race through eugenics. 
A)  no private property. 
B)  sharing of all material goods. 
C)  removing children from exclusive parental care at a very young age so they can be raised communally. 
D)  strictly monogamous marriages. 
E)  improvement of the human race through eugenics.

Question 19

Sexual differences were strongly emphasized in 19th-century America because

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A)  frontier life necessitated these distinctions. 
B)  men were regarded as morally superior beings. 
C)  it was the duty of men to teach the young how to be good, productive citizens. 
D)  the market economy increasingly separated men and women into distinct economic roles. 
E)  women believed this emphasis brought them greater respect. 
A)  frontier life necessitated these distinctions. 
B)  men were regarded as morally superior beings. 
C)  it was the duty of men to teach the young how to be good, productive citizens. 
D)  the market economy increasingly separated men and women into distinct economic roles. 
E)  women believed this emphasis brought them greater respect.

Question 20

Early 19th-century American educators included

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A)  Horace Mann. 
B)  William H. McGuffey. 
C)  Noah Webster. 
D)  Emma Willard. 
E)  Mary Lyon. 
A)  Horace Mann. 
B)  William H. McGuffey. 
C)  Noah Webster. 
D)  Emma Willard. 
E)  Mary Lyon.

Exam 14: The Ferment of Reform and Culture

Identify and state the historical significance of Neal S. Dow.

All of the following influenced transcendental thought EXCEPT

Identify and state the historical significance of Amelia Bloomer.

According to John Humphrey Noyes, founder of the utopian Oneida Community, the key to happiness is

Besides polygamy, characteristic behavior(s) of Mormons which angered many non-Mormon Americans in the 1840s was their

The Hudson River school excelled in the art of painting

The text's authors label Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville "literary individualists and dissenters." Against what were they dissenting? Why?

The Knickerbocker group of American writers included

Identify and state the historical significance of Susan B. Anthony.

All of the following contributed to the appeal of the Second Great Awakening to women EXCEPT

Social reformers of the early-to-mid-19th century wanted to

The Oneida colony declined due to

A third revolution accompanied the reformation of American politics and the transformation of the American economy in the mid-19th century that contained all of the following characteristics EXCEPT

A dark writer whose genres included poetry, horror stories, and detective fiction was

Perhaps the greatest inhibiting factor for American artists in the first half of the 19th century was the

The beliefs advocated by John Humphrey Noyes of the Oneida Community included all of the following EXCEPT

Sexual differences were strongly emphasized in 19th-century America because

Early 19th-century American educators included

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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A third revolution accompanied the reformation of American politics and the transformation of the American economy in the mid-19^th century that contained all of the following characteristics EXCEPT

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Sexual differences were strongly emphasized in 19^th-century America because

Early 19^th-century American educators included