Question 1

To members of the North's emerging middle-class culture,reform became a badge of respectability.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

If the American Tract Society existed today,which of the following would anger this group?

Accepted Answer

A)  Churches working together to feed the poor. 
B)  Different Protestant faiths protesting government policy. 
C)  Church services being promoted on television. 
D)  Businesses opening on Sundays to run special advertised sales. 
E)  Churches trying to end illegal drug abuse. 
A)  Churches working together to feed the poor. 
B)  Different Protestant faiths protesting government policy. 
C)  Church services being promoted on television. 
D)  Businesses opening on Sundays to run special advertised sales. 
E)  Churches trying to end illegal drug abuse.

Question 3

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Declaration of Sentiments

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and give the historical significance of...

Question 4

Dorothea Dix devoted much time to the crusade for the:

Accepted Answer

A)  immediate abolition of slavery. 
B)  establishment of common schools in the South. 
C)  better treatment of convicted criminals in jail. 
D)  construction of humane mental hospitals for the insane. 
E)  right for women to vote in local school elections. 
A)  immediate abolition of slavery. 
B)  establishment of common schools in the South. 
C)  better treatment of convicted criminals in jail. 
D)  construction of humane mental hospitals for the insane. 
E)  right for women to vote in local school elections.

Question 5

What was most significant about Theodore Weld's argument concerning the sinfulness of slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  It convinced some that slavery needed to be abolished immediately. 
B)  Ministers could preach that slavery was the devil's work. 
C)  It contradicted passages in the Bible that seemed to be proslavery. 
D)  It allowed ministers like William Lloyd Garrison to take on a leadership role. 
E)  It led to Frederick Douglass gaining his freedom. 
A)  It convinced some that slavery needed to be abolished immediately. 
B)  Ministers could preach that slavery was the devil's work. 
C)  It contradicted passages in the Bible that seemed to be proslavery. 
D)  It allowed ministers like William Lloyd Garrison to take on a leadership role. 
E)  It led to Frederick Douglass gaining his freedom.

Question 6

The organized abolitionist movement split into two wings in 1840,largely over:

Accepted Answer

A)  whether to nominate William Lloyd Garrison or James G. Birney as the antislavery presidential candidate. 
B)  the question of abolitionists' taking a public stand on the controversial gag rule. 
C)  whether African-Americans should be allowed to speak at mixed-race public events. 
D)  a dispute concerning the proper role of women in antislavery work. 
E)  disagreements concerning the endorsement of colonization. 
A)  whether to nominate William Lloyd Garrison or James G. Birney as the antislavery presidential candidate. 
B)  the question of abolitionists' taking a public stand on the controversial gag rule. 
C)  whether African-Americans should be allowed to speak at mixed-race public events. 
D)  a dispute concerning the proper role of women in antislavery work. 
E)  disagreements concerning the endorsement of colonization.

Question 7

With his abolitionist writings,David Walker employed both secular and religious language.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What was the greatest accomplishment of the abolitionists by 1840?

Accepted Answer

A)  Getting all slaves freed. 
B)  Helping free, on average, 5,000 slaves a year. 
C)  Getting Abraham Lincoln elected president. 
D)  Making slavery a prominent topic of conversation. 
E)  Gaining the right to vote for women. 
A)  Getting all slaves freed. 
B)  Helping free, on average, 5,000 slaves a year. 
C)  Getting Abraham Lincoln elected president. 
D)  Making slavery a prominent topic of conversation. 
E)  Gaining the right to vote for women.

Question 9

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Elijah Lovejoy

Accepted Answer

A) equated slavery with sin 
B) The Liberator 
C) Uncle Tom's Cabin 
D) accepted men as "the superior" 
E) organized the Seneca Falls Convention
F)advocate for the mentally ill
G)leading educational reformer
H)An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
I)editor and martyr of the abolitionist movement
J)Letters on the Equality of the Sexes
K)New Harmony
L)Woman in the Nineteenth Century 
A) equated slavery with sin 
B) The Liberator 
C) Uncle Tom's Cabin 
D) accepted men as "the superior" 
E) organized the Seneca Falls Convention
F)advocate for the mentally ill
G)leading educational reformer
H)An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
I)editor and martyr of the abolitionist movement
J)Letters on the Equality of the Sexes
K)New Harmony
L)Woman in the Nineteenth Century

Question 10

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Sarah Grimké

Accepted Answer

A) equated slavery with sin 
B) The Liberator 
C) Uncle Tom's Cabin 
D) accepted men as "the superior" 
E) organized the Seneca Falls Convention
F)advocate for the mentally ill
G)leading educational reformer
H)An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
I)editor and martyr of the abolitionist movement
J)Letters on the Equality of the Sexes
K)New Harmony
L)Woman in the Nineteenth Century 
A) equated slavery with sin 
B) The Liberator 
C) Uncle Tom's Cabin 
D) accepted men as "the superior" 
E) organized the Seneca Falls Convention
F)advocate for the mentally ill
G)leading educational reformer
H)An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
I)editor and martyr of the abolitionist movement
J)Letters on the Equality of the Sexes
K)New Harmony
L)Woman in the Nineteenth Century

Question 11

The North Carolina-born free black whose An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World won widespread attention was:

Accepted Answer

A)  David Walker. 
B)  William Lloyd Garrison. 
C)  Lewis Tappan. 
D)  Wendell Phillips. 
E)  Theodore Weld. 
A)  David Walker. 
B)  William Lloyd Garrison. 
C)  Lewis Tappan. 
D)  Wendell Phillips. 
E)  Theodore Weld.

Question 12

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-gag rule

Accepted Answer

A) made abolition a political movement 
B) group of reformed drinkers 
C) Seneca Falls Convention 
D) New England transcendentalists 
E) advocated blacks returning to Africa
F)tax-supported public schools
G)a vision for a perfect society
H)area of intensive revivals in New York and Ohio
I)preventing antislavery petitions to be heard in Congress
J)feminist style of dress
K)first U.S.black newspaper
L)movement against alcohol 
A) made abolition a political movement 
B) group of reformed drinkers 
C) Seneca Falls Convention 
D) New England transcendentalists 
E) advocated blacks returning to Africa
F)tax-supported public schools
G)a vision for a perfect society
H)area of intensive revivals in New York and Ohio
I)preventing antislavery petitions to be heard in Congress
J)feminist style of dress
K)first U.S.black newspaper
L)movement against alcohol

Question 13

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-William Lloyd Garrison

Accepted Answer

A) equated slavery with sin 
B) The Liberator 
C) Uncle Tom's Cabin 
D) accepted men as "the superior" 
E) organized the Seneca Falls Convention
F)advocate for the mentally ill
G)leading educational reformer
H)An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
I)editor and martyr of the abolitionist movement
J)Letters on the Equality of the Sexes
K)New Harmony
L)Woman in the Nineteenth Century 
A) equated slavery with sin 
B) The Liberator 
C) Uncle Tom's Cabin 
D) accepted men as "the superior" 
E) organized the Seneca Falls Convention
F)advocate for the mentally ill
G)leading educational reformer
H)An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
I)editor and martyr of the abolitionist movement
J)Letters on the Equality of the Sexes
K)New Harmony
L)Woman in the Nineteenth Century

Question 14

Like Indian removal,the colonization of former slaves rested on the premise that America:

Accepted Answer

A)  was fundamentally a white society. 
B)  wanted what was in the best interest of all the people. 
C)  was not financially able to support all who lived there. 
D)  provided opportunity for new land to those who desired it. 
E)  was a land of diversity and equality. 
A)  was fundamentally a white society. 
B)  wanted what was in the best interest of all the people. 
C)  was not financially able to support all who lived there. 
D)  provided opportunity for new land to those who desired it. 
E)  was a land of diversity and equality.

Question 15

The gag rule:

Accepted Answer

A)  stated that newspapers could not print antislavery materials. 
B)  prevented Congress from hearing antislavery petitions. 
C)  denied women the right to speak in mixed-sex public gatherings. 
D)  prevented Congregational ministers from preaching against Catholics. 
E)  was adopted at the Seneca Falls Convention to symbolize that women did not have a voice in politics. 
A)  stated that newspapers could not print antislavery materials. 
B)  prevented Congress from hearing antislavery petitions. 
C)  denied women the right to speak in mixed-sex public gatherings. 
D)  prevented Congregational ministers from preaching against Catholics. 
E)  was adopted at the Seneca Falls Convention to symbolize that women did not have a voice in politics.

Question 16

Horace Mann believed that public schools would do all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  "equalize the conditions of men." 
B)  provide an avenue for social advancement. 
C)  restore a fractured society. 
D)  reinforce social stability. 
E)  help eliminate racial discrimination. 
A)  "equalize the conditions of men." 
B)  provide an avenue for social advancement. 
C)  restore a fractured society. 
D)  reinforce social stability. 
E)  help eliminate racial discrimination.

Question 17

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-American Colonization Society

Accepted Answer

A) made abolition a political movement 
B) group of reformed drinkers 
C) Seneca Falls Convention 
D) New England transcendentalists 
E) advocated blacks returning to Africa
F)tax-supported public schools
G)a vision for a perfect society
H)area of intensive revivals in New York and Ohio
I)preventing antislavery petitions to be heard in Congress
J)feminist style of dress
K)first U.S.black newspaper
L)movement against alcohol 
A) made abolition a political movement 
B) group of reformed drinkers 
C) Seneca Falls Convention 
D) New England transcendentalists 
E) advocated blacks returning to Africa
F)tax-supported public schools
G)a vision for a perfect society
H)area of intensive revivals in New York and Ohio
I)preventing antislavery petitions to be heard in Congress
J)feminist style of dress
K)first U.S.black newspaper
L)movement against alcohol

Question 18

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin,when published,went virtually unknown for two decades but then became popular in the 1850s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration of Sentiments:

Accepted Answer

A)  did not demand voting rights for women because the participants were so divided on that issue. 
B)  was modeled on the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution. 
C)  was written primarily by the Grimké sisters. 
D)  condemned the entire structure of inequality between men and women. 
E)  inspired Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to become abolitionists. 
A)  did not demand voting rights for women because the participants were so divided on that issue. 
B)  was modeled on the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution. 
C)  was written primarily by the Grimké sisters. 
D)  condemned the entire structure of inequality between men and women. 
E)  inspired Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to become abolitionists.

Question 20

Which state enacted a far-reaching law allowing married women to sign contracts and buy and sell property?

Accepted Answer

A)  New Jersey. 
B)  Massachusetts. 
C)  Vermont. 
D)  Pennsylvania. 
E)  New York. 
A)  New Jersey. 
B)  Massachusetts. 
C)  Vermont. 
D)  Pennsylvania. 
E)  New York.

Exam 12: An Age of Reform,1820-1840

To members of the North's emerging middle-class culture,reform became a badge of respectability.

If the American Tract Society existed today,which of the following would anger this group?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Declaration of Sentiments

Dorothea Dix devoted much time to the crusade for the:

What was most significant about Theodore Weld's argument concerning the sinfulness of slavery?

The organized abolitionist movement split into two wings in 1840,largely over:

With his abolitionist writings,David Walker employed both secular and religious language.

What was the greatest accomplishment of the abolitionists by 1840?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Elijah Lovejoy

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Sarah Grimké

The North Carolina-born free black whose An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World won widespread attention was:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -gag rule

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -William Lloyd Garrison

Like Indian removal,the colonization of former slaves rested on the premise that America:

The gag rule:

Horace Mann believed that public schools would do all of the following EXCEPT:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -American Colonization Society

Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin,when published,went virtually unknown for two decades but then became popular in the 1850s.

The Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration of Sentiments:

Which state enacted a far-reaching law allowing married women to sign contracts and buy and sell property?

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-America,1660-1750

Slavery,Freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

The Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War,1861-1865

What Is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

America’s Gilded Age,1870-1890

Freedom’s Boundaries,at Home and Abroad,1890-1900

The Progressive Era,1900-1916

Safe for Democracy: The United States and World War I,1916-1920

From Business Culture to Great Depression: The Twenties,1920-1932

The New Deal,1932-1940

Fighting for the Four Freedoms: World War II,1941-1945

The United States and the Cold War,1945-1953

An Affluent Society,1953-1960

The Sixties,1960-1968

The Triumph of Conservatism,1969-1988

From Triumph to Tragedy,1989–2001

A New Century and New Crises

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