Question 1

The reform communities established in the years before the Civil War:

Accepted Answer

A)  followed all the laws but simply banned ownership of private property. 
B)  usually followed standard gender and marital relations. 
C)  made no effort to combat the growing disparity between rich and poor. 
D)  called themselves utopian because they knew that their efforts were likely to fail. 
E)  set out to reorganize society on a cooperative basis. 
A)  followed all the laws but simply banned ownership of private property. 
B)  usually followed standard gender and marital relations. 
C)  made no effort to combat the growing disparity between rich and poor. 
D)  called themselves utopian because they knew that their efforts were likely to fail. 
E)  set out to reorganize society on a cooperative basis.

Question 2

Which of the following correctly pairs the reform community with the state in which it was located?

Accepted Answer

A)  Brook Farm: Virginia. 
B)  Oneida: Massachusetts. 
C)  Zoar: Maine. 
D)  New Harmony: Indiana. 
E)  Modern Times: Tennessee. 
A)  Brook Farm: Virginia. 
B)  Oneida: Massachusetts. 
C)  Zoar: Maine. 
D)  New Harmony: Indiana. 
E)  Modern Times: Tennessee.

Question 3

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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 4

Overall,how did utopian societies and worldly communities perceive women?

Accepted Answer

A)  A woman's place was in the home. 
B)  Women needed to serve in the military. 
C)  The prostitution of women was an example of free love. 
D)  Women should not participate in religious services. 
E)  Women needed to be treated as equals. 
A)  A woman's place was in the home. 
B)  Women needed to serve in the military. 
C)  The prostitution of women was an example of free love. 
D)  Women should not participate in religious services. 
E)  Women needed to be treated as equals.

Question 5

The abolitionist movement split in two in part because Abby Kelley had been appointed to an office within the American Anti-Slavery Society,which angered some men who believed it was wrong for a woman to occupy such a prominent position.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The participants at Seneca Falls embraced the identification of the home as the women's "sphere."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In general,Catholics supported the temperance movement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Burned-over districts were:

Accepted Answer

A)  areas in New York City where slaves had set fires. 
B)  in Louisiana, where slaves had burned cotton fields as a form of resistance. 
C)  regions where few evangelical Protestants lived (as though they had been burned out). 
D)  in Kansas and Nebraska, where fighting broke out over issues of slavery. 
E)  in New York and Ohio, where intense revivals occurred. 
A)  areas in New York City where slaves had set fires. 
B)  in Louisiana, where slaves had burned cotton fields as a form of resistance. 
C)  regions where few evangelical Protestants lived (as though they had been burned out). 
D)  in Kansas and Nebraska, where fighting broke out over issues of slavery. 
E)  in New York and Ohio, where intense revivals occurred.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Oneida was a utopian community founded i

Question 10

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Washingtonian 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 11

The antebellum utopian communities were largely located in the Upper South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

How did Margaret Fuller demonstrate that women could be leaders?

Accepted Answer

A)  She headed the Brook Farm commune. 
B)  She presided over the convention at Seneca Falls. 
C)  She was elected to the state house. 
D)  She edited the New York Tribune. 
E)  She lived in Italy. 
A)  She headed the Brook Farm commune. 
B)  She presided over the convention at Seneca Falls. 
C)  She was elected to the state house. 
D)  She edited the New York Tribune. 
E)  She lived in Italy.

Question 13

Do you agree with the assertion that blacks viewed freedom in a different way than did whites? Defend or reject this idea using examples from the text.

Accepted Answer

I agree with the assertion that blacks v

Question 14

How did the fairs of abolitionists expand on the Christmas holiday?

Accepted Answer

A)  They added more church services. 
B)  They made it mandatory for all members of abolitionist societies to attend church on Christmas day. 
C)  They helped to create the idea of a Christmas shopping season. 
D)  They encouraged slaveowners to teach slaves about Christmas. 
E)  They created the Christmas tree. 
A)  They added more church services. 
B)  They made it mandatory for all members of abolitionist societies to attend church on Christmas day. 
C)  They helped to create the idea of a Christmas shopping season. 
D)  They encouraged slaveowners to teach slaves about Christmas. 
E)  They created the Christmas tree.

Question 15

What would John Winthrop most likely criticize about antebellum America?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slavery. 
B)  Education reform. 
C)  The temperance movement. 
D)  Merchants trading with Europe. 
E)  Utopian societies promoting free love. 
A)  Slavery. 
B)  Education reform. 
C)  The temperance movement. 
D)  Merchants trading with Europe. 
E)  Utopian societies promoting free love.

Question 16

Why could William Lloyd Garrison be seen as a more radical abolitionist than Frederick Douglass?

Accepted Answer

A)  Garrison wanted equal rights for African-Americans. 
B)  Douglass wanted women to play a role in abolitionism. 
C)  Douglass wanted ex-slaves to leave the United States. 
D)  Douglass favored a gradual end to slavery. 
E)  Garrison saw the Constitution as evil. 
A)  Garrison wanted equal rights for African-Americans. 
B)  Douglass wanted women to play a role in abolitionism. 
C)  Douglass wanted ex-slaves to leave the United States. 
D)  Douglass favored a gradual end to slavery. 
E)  Garrison saw the Constitution as evil.

Question 17

What did reformers commonly believe about prisons and asylums?

Accepted Answer

A)  That the persons entering these institutions would likely never leave them. 
B)  That they were not widely needed, and not many were built. 
C)  That they would be excellent holding centers for society's undesirables. 
D)  That the persons in the facilities could be used as forced labor in factories. 
E)  That they could rehabilitate individuals and then release them back into society. 
A)  That the persons entering these institutions would likely never leave them. 
B)  That they were not widely needed, and not many were built. 
C)  That they would be excellent holding centers for society's undesirables. 
D)  That the persons in the facilities could be used as forced labor in factories. 
E)  That they could rehabilitate individuals and then release them back into society.

Question 18

Abolitionists challenged stereotypes about African-Americans by:

Accepted Answer

A)  countering the pseudoscientific claim that they formed a separate species. 
B)  presenting the compositions of Henry Highland Garnet to disprove the belief that African culture was inferior because it produced no classical music composers. 
C)  pointing to Haiti, the scene of the famous slave revolts of the 1790s and 1800s, as a model of civilization. 
D)  making January 1, the anniversary of the end of the international slave trade, a holiday throughout the North until the end of the Civil War. 
E)  nominating Frederick Douglass for president in 1852 and winning him Vermont's electoral votes. 
A)  countering the pseudoscientific claim that they formed a separate species. 
B)  presenting the compositions of Henry Highland Garnet to disprove the belief that African culture was inferior because it produced no classical music composers. 
C)  pointing to Haiti, the scene of the famous slave revolts of the 1790s and 1800s, as a model of civilization. 
D)  making January 1, the anniversary of the end of the international slave trade, a holiday throughout the North until the end of the Civil War. 
E)  nominating Frederick Douglass for president in 1852 and winning him Vermont's electoral votes.

Question 19

The Oneida community:

Accepted Answer

A)  allowed each member an equal vote in governing the community. 
B)  permitted all of its members to own private property. 
C)  banished any member who divulged any information about the community's sexual practices. 
D)  invented the concept of birth control in America. 
E)  controlled which of its members would be allowed to reproduce. 
A)  allowed each member an equal vote in governing the community. 
B)  permitted all of its members to own private property. 
C)  banished any member who divulged any information about the community's sexual practices. 
D)  invented the concept of birth control in America. 
E)  controlled which of its members would be allowed to reproduce.

Question 20

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Robert Owen

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

Exam 12: An Age of Reform,1820-1840

The reform communities established in the years before the Civil War:

Which of the following correctly pairs the reform community with the state in which it was located?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Overall,how did utopian societies and worldly communities perceive women?

The abolitionist movement split in two in part because Abby Kelley had been appointed to an office within the American Anti-Slavery Society,which angered some men who believed it was wrong for a woman to occupy such a prominent position.

The participants at Seneca Falls embraced the identification of the home as the women's "sphere."

In general,Catholics supported the temperance movement.

Burned-over districts were:

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Washingtonian Society

The antebellum utopian communities were largely located in the Upper South.

How did Margaret Fuller demonstrate that women could be leaders?

Do you agree with the assertion that blacks viewed freedom in a different way than did whites? Defend or reject this idea using examples from the text.

How did the fairs of abolitionists expand on the Christmas holiday?

What would John Winthrop most likely criticize about antebellum America?

Why could William Lloyd Garrison be seen as a more radical abolitionist than Frederick Douglass?

What did reformers commonly believe about prisons and asylums?

Abolitionists challenged stereotypes about African-Americans by:

The Oneida community:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Robert Owen

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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