Question 1

What did radical revivalist Charles G.Finney do that was considered a violation of tradition?

Accepted Answer

A)  He allowed women to join his church. 
B)  He allowed women to pray aloud in church. 
C)  He relied on rational, scientific arguments to win converts. 
D)  His sermons were lengthy, sometimes lasting two hours. 
E)  He did not believe in a mysterious, all-powerful God. 
A)  He allowed women to join his church. 
B)  He allowed women to pray aloud in church. 
C)  He relied on rational, scientific arguments to win converts. 
D)  His sermons were lengthy, sometimes lasting two hours. 
E)  He did not believe in a mysterious, all-powerful God. B

Question 2

William Lloyd Garrison's stand on _________ led to an open break at the national convention of the American Anti-slavery Society in 1840.

Accepted Answer

A)  interracial marriage 
B)  African-American rights 
C)  religion 
D)  temperance 
E)  women's rights 
A)  interracial marriage 
B)  African-American rights 
C)  religion 
D)  temperance 
E)  women's rights E

Question 3

Abolitionism served as a catalyst for the ________ movement.

Accepted Answer

A)  temperance 
B)  women's rights 
C)  utopian socialist 
D)  transcendentalist 
E)  prison reform 
A)  temperance 
B)  women's rights 
C)  utopian socialist 
D)  transcendentalist 
E)  prison reform B

Question 4

What was the focus of the feminine subculture for many middle-class women during the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  establishing that women are morally superior to men 
B)  establishing a sense of solidarity with other women 
C)  gaining political equality with men 
D)  gaining economic equality with men 
E)  competition with other women to be most virtuous 
A)  establishing that women are morally superior to men 
B)  establishing a sense of solidarity with other women 
C)  gaining political equality with men 
D)  gaining economic equality with men 
E)  competition with other women to be most virtuous

Question 5

The idea that people could conduct their lives completely free of sin is called ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  perfectionism 
B)  abolitionism 
C)  temperance 
D)  acceptance 
E)  purification 
A)  perfectionism 
B)  abolitionism 
C)  temperance 
D)  acceptance 
E)  purification

Question 6

How did the social reform movement of the early nineteenth century affect women,children,and the family?

Accepted Answer

The social reform movement of the early

Question 7

The radical abolitionist and cofounder of the American Anti-slavery Society was ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  William Lloyd Garrison 
B)  Theodore Weld 
C)  Sojourner Truth 
D)  Harriet Beecher Stowe 
E)  Harriet Tubman 
A)  William Lloyd Garrison 
B)  Theodore Weld 
C)  Sojourner Truth 
D)  Harriet Beecher Stowe 
E)  Harriet Tubman

Question 8

What was considered to be the most important function of the school in the mid-nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  intellectual training 
B)  vocational training 
C)  moral indoctrination 
D)  child care 
E)  physical conditioning 
A)  intellectual training 
B)  vocational training 
C)  moral indoctrination 
D)  child care 
E)  physical conditioning

Question 9

Who were the main conductors on the Underground Railroad?

Accepted Answer

A)  sympathetic plantation owners in the South 
B)  freed slaves in the Southwest 
C)  free blacks in the North 
D)  affluent whites in the North 
E)  working-class whites 
A)  sympathetic plantation owners in the South 
B)  freed slaves in the Southwest 
C)  free blacks in the North 
D)  affluent whites in the North 
E)  working-class whites

Question 10

What were the major goals of the expanded and improved public education system of the 1830s and 1840s? How did these goals reflect the influence of the Second Great Awakening?

Accepted Answer

The major goals of the expanded and impr

Question 11

The reality behind the Cult of Domesticity was ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the growing urban population of the nation 
B)  the accepted use of child labor 
C)  a growing division between the workplace and the home 
D)  the increasing acceptance of careers for women 
E)  the staggering number of women dying during childbirth 
A)  the growing urban population of the nation 
B)  the accepted use of child labor 
C)  a growing division between the workplace and the home 
D)  the increasing acceptance of careers for women 
E)  the staggering number of women dying during childbirth

Question 12

The reform movement in New England began as a(n)________.

Accepted Answer

A)  effort to defend Calvinism against Enlightenment ideas 
B)  attempt to maintain the status quo in religion 
C)  result of the actions of social radicals in religion 
D)  outgrowth of deism 
E)  rejection of Catholicism 
A)  effort to defend Calvinism against Enlightenment ideas 
B)  attempt to maintain the status quo in religion 
C)  result of the actions of social radicals in religion 
D)  outgrowth of deism 
E)  rejection of Catholicism

Question 13

In contrast to the North,revivalism in southern states did not ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  seek to improve the morals of society 
B)  push for social reform 
C)  encourage temperance 
D)  discourage dueling 
E)  have an impact on religious life 
A)  seek to improve the morals of society 
B)  push for social reform 
C)  encourage temperance 
D)  discourage dueling 
E)  have an impact on religious life

Question 14

Which of the following men was the most influential spokesman for the common school movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  John Harward 
B)  Lyman Beecher 
C)  Henry James 
D)  Horace Mann 
E)  Terrance Knox 
A)  John Harward 
B)  Lyman Beecher 
C)  Henry James 
D)  Horace Mann 
E)  Terrance Knox

Question 15

In practice,working-class families viewed the new public schools ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  as depriving them of needed wage earners 
B)  as essential to the improvement of their economic situation 
C)  with indifference 
D)  as an indication of upper class paternalism 
E)  as a welcome learning opportunity for themselves and their children 
A)  as depriving them of needed wage earners 
B)  as essential to the improvement of their economic situation 
C)  with indifference 
D)  as an indication of upper class paternalism 
E)  as a welcome learning opportunity for themselves and their children

Question 16

Which of the following individuals is INCORRECTLY matched with his or her reform movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lyman Beecher: Temperance 
B)  Horace Mann: public schools 
C)  Theodore Dwight Weld: abolition 
D)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton: women's rights 
E)  David Walker: prison reform 
A)  Lyman Beecher: Temperance 
B)  Horace Mann: public schools 
C)  Theodore Dwight Weld: abolition 
D)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton: women's rights 
E)  David Walker: prison reform

Question 17

Which of the following identifies a key reason why society began focusing on childhood in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children were becoming a larger part of the national economy. 
B)  Urban couples saw large families as an economic asset. 
C)  Religious revivalism made birth control and abortions impossible. 
D)  Families were getting larger and individual children became more highly valued. 
E)  Families got smaller. 
A)  Children were becoming a larger part of the national economy. 
B)  Urban couples saw large families as an economic asset. 
C)  Religious revivalism made birth control and abortions impossible. 
D)  Families were getting larger and individual children became more highly valued. 
E)  Families got smaller.

Question 18

Who was the first great practitioner of evangelical Calvinism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Samuel John Mills 
B)  Lyman Beecher 
C)  Nathaniel Taylor 
D)  Horace Mann 
E)  Charles G. Finney 
A)  Samuel John Mills 
B)  Lyman Beecher 
C)  Nathaniel Taylor 
D)  Horace Mann 
E)  Charles G. Finney

Question 19

Why did Catharine Beecher argue that women should be schoolteachers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Teaching was a form of parenting, at which women naturally excelled. 
B)  Women had a stronger moral sense than men. 
C)  Women were more intelligent than men. 
D)  Teaching was the only paid occupation for which women were qualified. 
E)  Women had better language and explication skills than men. 
A)  Teaching was a form of parenting, at which women naturally excelled. 
B)  Women had a stronger moral sense than men. 
C)  Women were more intelligent than men. 
D)  Teaching was the only paid occupation for which women were qualified. 
E)  Women had better language and explication skills than men.

Question 20

What was considered the "proper" sphere for middle-class white women in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  helping with her husband's small business 
B)  being involved in the arts and literature 
C)  keeping house and raising a family 
D)  working on tasks that did not need physical strength 
E)  wage-earning outside the home 
A)  helping with her husband's small business 
B)  being involved in the arts and literature 
C)  keeping house and raising a family 
D)  working on tasks that did not need physical strength 
E)  wage-earning outside the home

What did radical revivalist Charles G.Finney do that was considered a violation of tradition?

William Lloyd Garrison's stand on _________ led to an open break at the national convention of the American Anti-slavery Society in 1840.

Abolitionism served as a catalyst for the ________ movement.

What was the focus of the feminine subculture for many middle-class women during the nineteenth century?

The idea that people could conduct their lives completely free of sin is called ________.

How did the social reform movement of the early nineteenth century affect women,children,and the family?

The radical abolitionist and cofounder of the American Anti-slavery Society was ________.

What was considered to be the most important function of the school in the mid-nineteenth century?

Who were the main conductors on the Underground Railroad?

What were the major goals of the expanded and improved public education system of the 1830s and 1840s? How did these goals reflect the influence of the Second Great Awakening?

The reality behind the Cult of Domesticity was ________.

The reform movement in New England began as a(n)________.

In contrast to the North,revivalism in southern states did not ________.

Which of the following men was the most influential spokesman for the common school movement?

In practice,working-class families viewed the new public schools ________.

Which of the following individuals is INCORRECTLY matched with his or her reform movement?

Which of the following identifies a key reason why society began focusing on childhood in the nineteenth century?

Who was the first great practitioner of evangelical Calvinism?

Why did Catharine Beecher argue that women should be schoolteachers?

What was considered the "proper" sphere for middle-class white women in the nineteenth century?

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Exam 12: The Pursuit of Perfection

What did radical revivalist Charles G.Finney do that was considered a violation of tradition?

William Lloyd Garrison's stand on _________ led to an open break at the national convention of the American Anti-slavery Society in 1840.

Abolitionism served as a catalyst for the ________ movement.

What was the focus of the feminine subculture for many middle-class women during the nineteenth century?

The idea that people could conduct their lives completely free of sin is called ________.

How did the social reform movement of the early nineteenth century affect women,children,and the family?

The radical abolitionist and cofounder of the American Anti-slavery Society was ________.

What was considered to be the most important function of the school in the mid-nineteenth century?

Who were the main conductors on the Underground Railroad?

What were the major goals of the expanded and improved public education system of the 1830s and 1840s? How did these goals reflect the influence of the Second Great Awakening?

The reality behind the Cult of Domesticity was ________.

The reform movement in New England began as a(n)________.

In contrast to the North,revivalism in southern states did not ________.

Which of the following men was the most influential spokesman for the common school movement?

In practice,working-class families viewed the new public schools ________.

Which of the following individuals is INCORRECTLY matched with his or her reform movement?

Which of the following identifies a key reason why society began focusing on childhood in the nineteenth century?

Who was the first great practitioner of evangelical Calvinism?

Why did Catharine Beecher argue that women should be schoolteachers?

What was considered the "proper" sphere for middle-class white women in the nineteenth century?

New World Encounters

New World Experiments: England’s Seventeenth-century Colonies

Putting Down Roots: Opportunity and Oppression in Colonial Society

Experience of Empire: Eighteenth Century America

The American Revolution: From Elite Protest to Popular Revolt 1763–1783

The Republican Experiment

Democracy and Dissent: The Violence of Party Politics 1788–1800

Republican Ascendancy: The Jeffersonian Vision

Nation Building and Nationalism

The Triumph of White Men’s Democracy

Slaves and Masters

an Age of Expansionism

The Sectional Crisis

Secession and the Civil War

The Agony of Reconstruction

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