Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

The term "burned-over districts" refers

Question 2

The death of Elijah Lovejoy in 1837:

Accepted Answer

A)  convinced many northerners that slavery was incompatible with white Americans' liberties. 
B)  resulted from his leading an anti-abolitionist mob that attacked William Lloyd Garrison. 
C)  demonstrated that fugitive slaves like Lovejoy faced great dangers while escaping from "slave catchers." 
D)  was played up by temperance pamphleteers to show the hazards of alcoholism. 
E)  led Congress to adopt the gag rule to prevent the sort of heated arguments that caused his death. 
A)  convinced many northerners that slavery was incompatible with white Americans' liberties. 
B)  resulted from his leading an anti-abolitionist mob that attacked William Lloyd Garrison. 
C)  demonstrated that fugitive slaves like Lovejoy faced great dangers while escaping from "slave catchers." 
D)  was played up by temperance pamphleteers to show the hazards of alcoholism. 
E)  led Congress to adopt the gag rule to prevent the sort of heated arguments that caused his death.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Abby Kelley was a prominent American abo

Question 4

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-temperance

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 5

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-the Liberty Party

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 6

How did utopian leaders differ from Henry David Thoreau?

Accepted Answer

A)  The utopianists saw the market revolution in a more positive manner than Thoreau. 
B)  Thoreau wanted slave labor to replace free labor, while utopianists wanted to redefine work. 
C)  Thoreau focused on the individual, while utopian leaders emphasized the community. 
D)  The utopian communities embraced nature, while Thoreau rejected it. 
E)  Both saw the industrial revolution as giving too many rights to the workers. 
A)  The utopianists saw the market revolution in a more positive manner than Thoreau. 
B)  Thoreau wanted slave labor to replace free labor, while utopianists wanted to redefine work. 
C)  Thoreau focused on the individual, while utopian leaders emphasized the community. 
D)  The utopian communities embraced nature, while Thoreau rejected it. 
E)  Both saw the industrial revolution as giving too many rights to the workers.

Question 7

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Horace Mann

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 8

Angelina and Sarah Grimké:

Accepted Answer

A)  supported Catharine Beecher's efforts to expand political and social rights for women. 
B)  critiqued the prevailing notion of separate spheres for men and women. 
C)  were Pennsylvania-born Quakers whose religion compelled them to oppose slavery. 
D)  publicly defended the virtues of southern paternalism in lectures to southern women. 
E)  delivered many public lectures in which they detailed their escape from slavery. 
A)  supported Catharine Beecher's efforts to expand political and social rights for women. 
B)  critiqued the prevailing notion of separate spheres for men and women. 
C)  were Pennsylvania-born Quakers whose religion compelled them to oppose slavery. 
D)  publicly defended the virtues of southern paternalism in lectures to southern women. 
E)  delivered many public lectures in which they detailed their escape from slavery.

Question 9

By 1860,all but two states had established tax-supported school systems for their children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Nearly all abolitionists,despite their militant language,rejected violence as a means of ending slavery.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Who founded the Shakers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Joseph Smith. 
B)  Ann Lee. 
C)  Aimee McPherson. 
D)  Louisa Alcott. 
E)  Robert Matthews. 
A)  Joseph Smith. 
B)  Ann Lee. 
C)  Aimee McPherson. 
D)  Louisa Alcott. 
E)  Robert Matthews.

Question 12

The proliferation of new institutions such as poorhouses and asylums for the insane during the antebellum era demonstrated the:

Accepted Answer

A)  lengths to which the federal government would go to provide for the general well-being of its citizens. 
B)  power of the Democratic Party. 
C)  tension between liberation and control in the era's reform movements. 
D)  expansion of liberty for those members of society who could not take care of themselves. 
E)  general economic prosperity of the nation. 
A)  lengths to which the federal government would go to provide for the general well-being of its citizens. 
B)  power of the Democratic Party. 
C)  tension between liberation and control in the era's reform movements. 
D)  expansion of liberty for those members of society who could not take care of themselves. 
E)  general economic prosperity of the nation.

Question 13

According to Alexis de Tocqueville,what were the most important institutions for organizing Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  State and federal governments. 
B)  Schools. 
C)  Political parties. 
D)  Voluntary associations. 
E)  Churches. 
A)  State and federal governments. 
B)  Schools. 
C)  Political parties. 
D)  Voluntary associations. 
E)  Churches.

Question 14

Abolitionists agreed with the labor movement's argument that workers were subjugated to "wage slavery."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In his speech about the Fourth of July,how did Frederick Douglass critique the founding of the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  There was no hope for the United States, since many of the founders were slaveowners. 
B)  The American Revolution was a good starting point for principles of freedom. 
C)  Religion needed to play a more significant role in the starting of the United States. 
D)  It was acceptable for Thomas Jefferson to be a slaveholder because he had many accomplishments. 
E)  The three-fifths clause helped slaves. 
A)  There was no hope for the United States, since many of the founders were slaveowners. 
B)  The American Revolution was a good starting point for principles of freedom. 
C)  Religion needed to play a more significant role in the starting of the United States. 
D)  It was acceptable for Thomas Jefferson to be a slaveholder because he had many accomplishments. 
E)  The three-fifths clause helped slaves.

Question 16

The demand that women should enjoy the rights to regulate their own sexual activity and procreation and to be protected by the state against violence at the hands of their husbands challenged the notion that claims for justice,freedom,and individual rights should stop at the household's door.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The antislavery poet John Greenleaf Whittier compared reformer Abby Kelley to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Helen of Troy, who sowed the seeds of male destruction. 
B)  an Amazon, a mighty female warrior of Greek mythology. 
C)  Queen Elizabeth, who had ruled the British empire with such skill. 
D)  Molly Pitcher, the patriotic heroine of the American Revolution. 
E)  Joan of Arc, who led the armies of France into battle. 
A)  Helen of Troy, who sowed the seeds of male destruction. 
B)  an Amazon, a mighty female warrior of Greek mythology. 
C)  Queen Elizabeth, who had ruled the British empire with such skill. 
D)  Molly Pitcher, the patriotic heroine of the American Revolution. 
E)  Joan of Arc, who led the armies of France into battle.

Question 18

To what extent was Theodore Weld's argument about the sinfulness of slavery not only radical but also necessary for the popularization of immediate abolition?

Accepted Answer

Theodore Weld's argument about the sinfu

Question 19

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Dorothea Dix

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

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

The death of Elijah Lovejoy in 1837:

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -temperance

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -the Liberty Party

How did utopian leaders differ from Henry David Thoreau?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Horace Mann

Angelina and Sarah Grimké:

By 1860,all but two states had established tax-supported school systems for their children.

Nearly all abolitionists,despite their militant language,rejected violence as a means of ending slavery.

Who founded the Shakers?

The proliferation of new institutions such as poorhouses and asylums for the insane during the antebellum era demonstrated the:

According to Alexis de Tocqueville,what were the most important institutions for organizing Americans?

Abolitionists agreed with the labor movement's argument that workers were subjugated to "wage slavery."

In his speech about the Fourth of July,how did Frederick Douglass critique the founding of the United States?

The demand that women should enjoy the rights to regulate their own sexual activity and procreation and to be protected by the state against violence at the hands of their husbands challenged the notion that claims for justice,freedom,and individual rights should stop at the household's door.

The antislavery poet John Greenleaf Whittier compared reformer Abby Kelley to:

To what extent was Theodore Weld's argument about the sinfulness of slavery not only radical but also necessary for the popularization of immediate abolition?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Dorothea Dix

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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