Question 1

Oberlin College shocked many Americans in 1837 by

Accepted Answer

A)  adopting an experimental curriculum based on communitarian living. 
B)  opening a medical school for women. 
C)  imposing dress reform on its students. 
D)  admitting women, not long after opening its doors to African Americans. 
E)  becoming the first college affiliated with the Mormon church. 
A)  adopting an experimental curriculum based on communitarian living. 
B)  opening a medical school for women. 
C)  imposing dress reform on its students. 
D)  admitting women, not long after opening its doors to African Americans. 
E)  becoming the first college affiliated with the Mormon church.

Question 2

The harsh criticism of churches in ____ by ____ was an extreme example of the anticlericalism and rationalism of the Revolutionary era that challenged American Calvinist orthodoxy.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom; Thomas Jefferson 
B)  Poor Richard's Almanack; Benjamin Franklin 
C)  The Age of Reason; Thomas Paine 
D)  "The American Scholar"; Ralph Waldo Emerson 
E)  Charlotte Temple; Susanna Rowson 
A)  the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom; Thomas Jefferson 
B)  Poor Richard's Almanack; Benjamin Franklin 
C)  The Age of Reason; Thomas Paine 
D)  "The American Scholar"; Ralph Waldo Emerson 
E)  Charlotte Temple; Susanna Rowson

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Stephen C.Foster

Accepted Answer

Stephen Collins Foster, commonly known a

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Robert Owen

Accepted Answer

Robert Owen (1771-1858) was a Welsh soci

Question 5

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Walt Whitman

Accepted Answer

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was an American

Question 6

Why have historians regarded some reform crusades of the early nineteenth century not so much as selfless benevolence,but as efforts by anxious elites to assert more control over society? Do you agree?

Accepted Answer

Historians have regarded some reform cru

Question 7

Which early-nineteenth-century communitarian experiment was the most successful?

Accepted Answer

A)  Brook Farm, Massachusetts 
B)  Oneida, New York 
C)  New Harmony, Indiana 
D)  Seneca Falls, New York 
E)  Shaker Heights, Ohio 
A)  Brook Farm, Massachusetts 
B)  Oneida, New York 
C)  New Harmony, Indiana 
D)  Seneca Falls, New York 
E)  Shaker Heights, Ohio

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Brook Farm

Accepted Answer

Brook Farm, officially known as the Broo

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Charles Grandison Finney

Accepted Answer

Charles Grandison Finney was a prominent

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Neal S.Dow

Accepted Answer

Neal S. Dow (1804-1897) was an American

Question 11

John Humphrey Noyes believed that the key to happiness was

Accepted Answer

A)  political anarchism. 
B)  the suppression of selfishness. 
C)  simple living and deep thought. 
D)  celibacy. 
E)  polygamy. 
A)  political anarchism. 
B)  the suppression of selfishness. 
C)  simple living and deep thought. 
D)  celibacy. 
E)  polygamy.

Question 12

What unorthodox practice contributed to the persecution of Mormons in several states?

Accepted Answer

A)  Polyamory 
B)  Polyglotism 
C)  Polytheism 
D)  Polyandry 
E)  Polygamy 
A)  Polyamory 
B)  Polyglotism 
C)  Polytheism 
D)  Polyandry 
E)  Polygamy

Question 13

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Second Great Awakening

Accepted Answer

The Second Great Awakening was a Protest

Question 14

American missionaries inspired by the Second Great Awakening were especially active in

Accepted Answer

A)  the West Indies and Latin America. 
B)  northwest Canada and Alaska. 
C)  Hawaii and Asia. 
D)  the Middle East and Russia. 
E)  Britain and Ireland. 
A)  the West Indies and Latin America. 
B)  northwest Canada and Alaska. 
C)  Hawaii and Asia. 
D)  the Middle East and Russia. 
E)  Britain and Ireland.

Question 15

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was a prominent f

Question 16

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Horace Mann

Accepted Answer

Horace Mann (1796-1859) was an American

Question 17

"Civil Disobedience," an essay that later influenced both Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King,Jr.,was written by the transcendentalist

Accepted Answer

A)  Edgar Allan Poe. 
B)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
C)  Walt Whitman. 
D)  Margaret Fuller. 
E)  Henry David Thoreau. 
A)  Edgar Allan Poe. 
B)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
C)  Walt Whitman. 
D)  Margaret Fuller. 
E)  Henry David Thoreau.

Question 18

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-John Humphrey Noyes

Accepted Answer

John Humphrey Noyes was a prominent Amer

Question 19

American transcendentalist writers included

Accepted Answer

A)  Harriet Tubman. 
B)  Noah Webster. 
C)  Herman Melville. 
D)  Angelina Grimke. 
E)  Margaret Fuller. 
A)  Harriet Tubman. 
B)  Noah Webster. 
C)  Herman Melville. 
D)  Angelina Grimke. 
E)  Margaret Fuller.

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-New Harmony

Accepted Answer

New Harmony is a small town on the Wabas

Exam 15: The Ferment of Reform and Culture,1790-1860

Oberlin College shocked many Americans in 1837 by

The harsh criticism of churches in ____ by ____ was an extreme example of the anticlericalism and rationalism of the Revolutionary era that challenged American Calvinist orthodoxy.

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Stephen C.Foster

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Robert Owen

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Walt Whitman

Why have historians regarded some reform crusades of the early nineteenth century not so much as selfless benevolence,but as efforts by anxious elites to assert more control over society? Do you agree?

Which early-nineteenth-century communitarian experiment was the most successful?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Brook Farm

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Charles Grandison Finney

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Neal S.Dow

John Humphrey Noyes believed that the key to happiness was

What unorthodox practice contributed to the persecution of Mormons in several states?

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Second Great Awakening

American missionaries inspired by the Second Great Awakening were especially active in

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Horace Mann

"Civil Disobedience," an essay that later influenced both Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King,Jr.,was written by the transcendentalist

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -John Humphrey Noyes

American transcendentalist writers included

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -New Harmony

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The Planting of English America,1500-1733

Settling the Northern Colonies,1619-1700

American Life in the Seventeenth Century,1607-1692

Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution,1700-1775

The Duel for North America,1608-1763

The Road to Revolution 1763-1775

America Secedes from the Empire,1775-1783

The Confederation and the Constitution,1776-1790

Launching the New Ship of State,1789-1800

The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic,1800-1812

The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism,1812-1824

The Rise of a Mass Democracy 1824-1840

Forging the National Economy,1790-1860

The South and the Slavery Controversy,1793-1860

Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,1841-1848

Renewing the Sectional Struggle,1848-1854

Drifting Toward Disunion,1854-1861

Girding for War: The North and the South,1861-1865

The Furnace of Civil War,1861-1865

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