Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Freedom celebrations refer to the variou

Question 2

According to the mid-nineteenth-century physicians and racial theorists Josiah Nott and George Gliddon:

Accepted Answer

A)  there were no separate species of races. 
B)  blacks and chimpanzees were the same. 
C)  skull sizes were the same for all races, but intelligence differed. 
D)  there was a hierarchy of races, with blacks forming a separate species between whites and chimpanzees. 
E)  there were not yet enough scientific data to prove either the southern or the abolitionist points of view. 
A)  there were no separate species of races. 
B)  blacks and chimpanzees were the same. 
C)  skull sizes were the same for all races, but intelligence differed. 
D)  there was a hierarchy of races, with blacks forming a separate species between whites and chimpanzees. 
E)  there were not yet enough scientific data to prove either the southern or the abolitionist points of view.

Question 3

Explain how the religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening popularized the outlook known as perfectionism,which held that both individuals and society at large were capable of indefinite improvement.How did this idea of perfectionism relate to the various reform movements that arose in the antebellum period?

Accepted Answer

The religious revivals of the Second Gre

Question 4

In regard to utopian communities,how do spiritually oriented groups compare to societies with a worldly orientation?

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A)  The spiritual groups emphasized secularism. 
B)  World-orientation groups had no dissension. 
C)  Both groups were anomalies that had little influence on the world. 
D)  Spiritual groups usually lasted for longer time periods. 
E)  World-orientation societies were more likely to regulate relations between the sexes. 
A)  The spiritual groups emphasized secularism. 
B)  World-orientation groups had no dissension. 
C)  Both groups were anomalies that had little influence on the world. 
D)  Spiritual groups usually lasted for longer time periods. 
E)  World-orientation societies were more likely to regulate relations between the sexes.

Question 5

Frederick Douglass wrote,"When the true history of the antislavery cause shall be written,women will occupy a large space in its pages." Was Douglass correct? Explain the role women played in the abolitionist movement.Then analyze how that experience influenced the feminist movement.

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass was indeed correct in

Question 6

Institutions like jails,mental hospitals,and public schools were inspired by the conviction that those who passed through their doors could eventually be released to become productive,self-disciplined citizens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

The Grimké-Beecher debate was a series o

Question 8

In addition to trying to end slavery,abolitionists from 1830 to 1860 pioneered what?

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A)  The use of the telegraph. 
B)  A modern way of raising funds through fairs and bazaars. 
C)  The spread of the penny press. 
D)  Establishing various colonies in the Caribbean for ex-slaves. 
E)  Successfully getting guns to slaves. 
A)  The use of the telegraph. 
B)  A modern way of raising funds through fairs and bazaars. 
C)  The spread of the penny press. 
D)  Establishing various colonies in the Caribbean for ex-slaves. 
E)  Successfully getting guns to slaves.

Question 9

William Lloyd Garrison:

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A)  secretly financed Nat Turner's Rebellion. 
B)  began publishing his newspaper in Richmond, Virginia, in 1831, but moved it to friendlier territory two years later. 
C)  attracted little support from fellow abolitionists, but historians have discovered his importance. 
D)  suggested that the North dissolve the Union to free itself of any connection to slavery. 
E)  published American Slavery as It Is, an influential pamphlet. 
A)  secretly financed Nat Turner's Rebellion. 
B)  began publishing his newspaper in Richmond, Virginia, in 1831, but moved it to friendlier territory two years later. 
C)  attracted little support from fellow abolitionists, but historians have discovered his importance. 
D)  suggested that the North dissolve the Union to free itself of any connection to slavery. 
E)  published American Slavery as It Is, an influential pamphlet.

Question 10

Abby Kelley:

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A)  was one of the only female voices in the abolitionist movement. 
B)  demonstrated the interconnectedness of nineteenth-century reform movements. 
C)  was the first American woman to speak in public. 
D)  married a leading temperance advocate. 
E)  quit speaking publicly against slavery after her child was born. 
A)  was one of the only female voices in the abolitionist movement. 
B)  demonstrated the interconnectedness of nineteenth-century reform movements. 
C)  was the first American woman to speak in public. 
D)  married a leading temperance advocate. 
E)  quit speaking publicly against slavery after her child was born.

Question 11

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-David Walker

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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 12

Abolitionists fought for the right to debate slavery openly and without reprisal.Analyze what led them to elevate "free opinion" to a central place in what William Lloyd Garrison called the "gospel of freedom."

Accepted Answer

The abolitionists were motivated to elev

Question 13

The Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration of Sentiments was modeled after:

Accepted Answer

A)  The Declaration of Independence. 
B)  The U.S. Constitution. 
C)  Woman of the Nineteenth Century. 
D)  A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. 
E)  Letters on the Equality of the Sexes. 
A)  The Declaration of Independence. 
B)  The U.S. Constitution. 
C)  Woman of the Nineteenth Century. 
D)  A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. 
E)  Letters on the Equality of the Sexes.

Question 14

Abolitionists consciously identified their movement with the heritage of the American Revolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman served as an influence on future women's rights leaders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Although it was an exciting miniature university,the transcendentalists' Brook Farm community failed in part because many of the intellectuals who participated disliked farm labor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

About ________ reform communities,often called utopian communities,were established in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A)  20 
B)  50 
C)  100 
D)  200 
E)  500 
A)  20 
B)  50 
C)  100 
D)  200 
E)  500

Question 18

Which American Revolution ideology is best encapsulated in the Declaration of Sentiments?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Don't tread on me." 
B)  "These are the times that try men's souls." 
C)  "Give me Liberty or give me death." 
D)  "No taxation without representation." 
E)  "One if by land, and two if by sea." 
A)  "Don't tread on me." 
B)  "These are the times that try men's souls." 
C)  "Give me Liberty or give me death." 
D)  "No taxation without representation." 
E)  "One if by land, and two if by sea."

Question 19

What prompted the debate between Catherine Beecher and the Grimké sisters?

Accepted Answer

A)  Beecher did not like the idea of women taking a lead role in the abolition movement. 
B)  Beecher was proslavery and wanted to extend slavery. 
C)  The Grimkés thought the abolitionist movement was too radical and should not try to end slavery immediately. 
D)  The Grimkés did not like Beecher's father, Lyman, who was a minister. 
E)  Frederick Douglass did not support women's rights, which angered the Grimkés. 
A)  Beecher did not like the idea of women taking a lead role in the abolition movement. 
B)  Beecher was proslavery and wanted to extend slavery. 
C)  The Grimkés thought the abolitionist movement was too radical and should not try to end slavery immediately. 
D)  The Grimkés did not like Beecher's father, Lyman, who was a minister. 
E)  Frederick Douglass did not support women's rights, which angered the Grimkés.

Question 20

What inspired Noyes's idea of achieving perfection?

Accepted Answer

A)  Religious revivals. 
B)  Jefferson's ideas on democracy. 
C)  Original sin. 
D)  The Enlightenment. 
E)  Calvin's ideas on predestination. 
A)  Religious revivals. 
B)  Jefferson's ideas on democracy. 
C)  Original sin. 
D)  The Enlightenment. 
E)  Calvin's ideas on predestination.

Exam 12: An Age of Reform,1820-1840

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

According to the mid-nineteenth-century physicians and racial theorists Josiah Nott and George Gliddon:

In regard to utopian communities,how do spiritually oriented groups compare to societies with a worldly orientation?

Frederick Douglass wrote,"When the true history of the antislavery cause shall be written,women will occupy a large space in its pages." Was Douglass correct? Explain the role women played in the abolitionist movement.Then analyze how that experience influenced the feminist movement.

Institutions like jails,mental hospitals,and public schools were inspired by the conviction that those who passed through their doors could eventually be released to become productive,self-disciplined citizens.

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

In addition to trying to end slavery,abolitionists from 1830 to 1860 pioneered what?

William Lloyd Garrison:

Abby Kelley:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -David Walker

Abolitionists fought for the right to debate slavery openly and without reprisal.Analyze what led them to elevate "free opinion" to a central place in what William Lloyd Garrison called the "gospel of freedom."

The Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration of Sentiments was modeled after:

Abolitionists consciously identified their movement with the heritage of the American Revolution.

Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman served as an influence on future women's rights leaders.

Although it was an exciting miniature university,the transcendentalists' Brook Farm community failed in part because many of the intellectuals who participated disliked farm labor.

About ________ reform communities,often called utopian communities,were established in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century.

Which American Revolution ideology is best encapsulated in the Declaration of Sentiments?

What prompted the debate between Catherine Beecher and the Grimké sisters?

What inspired Noyes's idea of achieving perfection?

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