Question 1

Where did antislavery orators and organizers tend to have their greatest success?

Accepted Answer

A)  border states 
B)  the upper North 
C)  large cities 
D)  frontier territories 
E)  northern state legislatures 
A)  border states 
B)  the upper North 
C)  large cities 
D)  frontier territories 
E)  northern state legislatures

Question 2

Each of the following was a result of the temperance campaign of the 1830s EXCEPT ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  thousands of local temperance organizations were set up 
B)  large numbers of confirmed drunkards were cured 
C)  temperance became a mark of respectability among middle-class men 
D)  per capita consumption of hard liquor declined by over 50 percent 
E)  the drinking habits of middle-class American males were significantly altered 
A)  thousands of local temperance organizations were set up 
B)  large numbers of confirmed drunkards were cured 
C)  temperance became a mark of respectability among middle-class men 
D)  per capita consumption of hard liquor declined by over 50 percent 
E)  the drinking habits of middle-class American males were significantly altered

Question 3

Which of the following movements of the nineteenth century had the greatest influence on the development of the abolitionist movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cult of Domesticity 
B)  extension of public education 
C)  women's rights movement 
D)  temperance movement 
E)  Second Great Awakening 
A)  Cult of Domesticity 
B)  extension of public education 
C)  women's rights movement 
D)  temperance movement 
E)  Second Great Awakening

Question 4

Frederick Douglass was all of the following EXCEPT ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a former slave 
B)  the founder of the black newspaper North Star 
C)  a prominent black abolitionist 
D)  a fiery orator, who described slavery to northern audiences 
E)  a presidential candidate in 1868 
A)  a former slave 
B)  the founder of the black newspaper North Star 
C)  a prominent black abolitionist 
D)  a fiery orator, who described slavery to northern audiences 
E)  a presidential candidate in 1868

Question 5

What was the main source of tension between black and white abolitionists?

Accepted Answer

A)  Black abolitionists thought that white abolitionists were too radical. 
B)  White abolitionists thought that black abolitionists were too radical. 
C)  White abolitionists protested that they did not have a fair share of influence and leadership positions in the movement. 
D)  Black abolitionists protested that they did not have a fair share of influence and leadership positions in the movement. 
E)  White abolitionists did not want to end slavery immediately, whereas black abolitionists did. 
A)  Black abolitionists thought that white abolitionists were too radical. 
B)  White abolitionists thought that black abolitionists were too radical. 
C)  White abolitionists protested that they did not have a fair share of influence and leadership positions in the movement. 
D)  Black abolitionists protested that they did not have a fair share of influence and leadership positions in the movement. 
E)  White abolitionists did not want to end slavery immediately, whereas black abolitionists did.

Question 6

In what way do historians consider the abolitionist movement of the 1830s and 1840s to be a success?

Accepted Answer

A)  It brought the issue of slavery into the public consciousness. 
B)  It convinced most people that slavery should be abolished immediately. 
C)  It peacefully converted many slaveholders to abolition. 
D)  It led to a marked decrease in racism among northern urban whites. 
E)  It orchestrated the emancipation of thousands of slaves. 
A)  It brought the issue of slavery into the public consciousness. 
B)  It convinced most people that slavery should be abolished immediately. 
C)  It peacefully converted many slaveholders to abolition. 
D)  It led to a marked decrease in racism among northern urban whites. 
E)  It orchestrated the emancipation of thousands of slaves.

Question 7

Why has the nineteenth century been identified as "the century of the child"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Parents began having more children, and larger families required more attention. 
B)  Parents had a new attitude towards childhood, and families became child-centered. 
C)  Medical advances made it possible for more children to survive to adulthood. 
D)  Children became a more important part of the labor force. 
E)  For the first time ever, children began to spend money in the economy. 
A)  Parents began having more children, and larger families required more attention. 
B)  Parents had a new attitude towards childhood, and families became child-centered. 
C)  Medical advances made it possible for more children to survive to adulthood. 
D)  Children became a more important part of the labor force. 
E)  For the first time ever, children began to spend money in the economy.

Question 8

What was a major goal of the early women's rights activists in the mid-1800s?

Accepted Answer

A)  to free unmarried women from laws that did not allow them to work outside the home 
B)  to give married women some control of themselves, their property, and their children 
C)  to enact laws that would require men to participate equally in household duties such as child-rearing 
D)  to convince more women to run for public office 
E)  procuring the right to vote 
A)  to free unmarried women from laws that did not allow them to work outside the home 
B)  to give married women some control of themselves, their property, and their children 
C)  to enact laws that would require men to participate equally in household duties such as child-rearing 
D)  to convince more women to run for public office 
E)  procuring the right to vote

Question 9

What was one of the results from changes in the middle-class family in the nineteenth-century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children left home sooner. 
B)  Children became more available for labor. 
C)  Children received more physical punishment than in earlier generations. 
D)  Children increasingly became viewed as individuals. 
E)  Children were often offered up for adoption. 
A)  Children left home sooner. 
B)  Children became more available for labor. 
C)  Children received more physical punishment than in earlier generations. 
D)  Children increasingly became viewed as individuals. 
E)  Children were often offered up for adoption.

Question 10

What was considered the main function of the family unit in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  to establish a good name for the family 
B)  to maintain the family's reputation 
C)  to contribute to the economy 
D)  to defend family members against outsiders 
E)  to raise children 
A)  to establish a good name for the family 
B)  to maintain the family's reputation 
C)  to contribute to the economy 
D)  to defend family members against outsiders 
E)  to raise children

Question 11

How did the American social reform movement evolve out of the Second Great Awakening?

Accepted Answer

The American social reform movement evol

Question 12

In addition to reading,writing,and arithmetic,mid-nineteenth-century public schools taught ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  abolitionist ideals 
B)  the Protestant ethic 
C)  Catholicism 
D)  the evils of industrialization 
E)  the merits of science over religion 
A)  abolitionist ideals 
B)  the Protestant ethic 
C)  Catholicism 
D)  the evils of industrialization 
E)  the merits of science over religion

Question 13

What significant event occurred in 1848,at Seneca Falls,New York?

Accepted Answer

A)  the largest religious revival in American history 
B)  the first national gathering of feminists 
C)  an anti-Mormon riot in which several were killed 
D)  the beginning of the radical antislavery movement 
E)  the cession of the Ohio Valley to the United States 
A)  the largest religious revival in American history 
B)  the first national gathering of feminists 
C)  an anti-Mormon riot in which several were killed 
D)  the beginning of the radical antislavery movement 
E)  the cession of the Ohio Valley to the United States

Question 14

Which of these describe the effect of the Cult of Domesticity?

Accepted Answer

A)  It spread the message that women had no value in the society. 
B)  It saw women as guardians of virtue within the family. 
C)  It idealized women who left their families for religious missions. 
D)  It taught that women should help the economic stability of their families. 
E)  It focused on the domestic role of men. 
A)  It spread the message that women had no value in the society. 
B)  It saw women as guardians of virtue within the family. 
C)  It idealized women who left their families for religious missions. 
D)  It taught that women should help the economic stability of their families. 
E)  It focused on the domestic role of men.

Where did antislavery orators and organizers tend to have their greatest success?

Each of the following was a result of the temperance campaign of the 1830s EXCEPT ________.

Which of the following movements of the nineteenth century had the greatest influence on the development of the abolitionist movement?

Frederick Douglass was all of the following EXCEPT ________.

What was the main source of tension between black and white abolitionists?

In what way do historians consider the abolitionist movement of the 1830s and 1840s to be a success?

Why has the nineteenth century been identified as "the century of the child"?

What was a major goal of the early women's rights activists in the mid-1800s?

What was one of the results from changes in the middle-class family in the nineteenth-century?

What was considered the main function of the family unit in the nineteenth century?

How did the American social reform movement evolve out of the Second Great Awakening?

In addition to reading,writing,and arithmetic,mid-nineteenth-century public schools taught ________.

What significant event occurred in 1848,at Seneca Falls,New York?

Which of these describe the effect of the Cult of Domesticity?

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Exam 12: The Pursuit of Perfection

Where did antislavery orators and organizers tend to have their greatest success?

Each of the following was a result of the temperance campaign of the 1830s EXCEPT ________.

Which of the following movements of the nineteenth century had the greatest influence on the development of the abolitionist movement?

Frederick Douglass was all of the following EXCEPT ________.

What was the main source of tension between black and white abolitionists?

In what way do historians consider the abolitionist movement of the 1830s and 1840s to be a success?

Why has the nineteenth century been identified as "the century of the child"?

What was a major goal of the early women's rights activists in the mid-1800s?

What was one of the results from changes in the middle-class family in the nineteenth-century?

What was considered the main function of the family unit in the nineteenth century?

How did the American social reform movement evolve out of the Second Great Awakening?

In addition to reading,writing,and arithmetic,mid-nineteenth-century public schools taught ________.

What significant event occurred in 1848,at Seneca Falls,New York?

Which of these describe the effect of the Cult of Domesticity?

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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