Question 1

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-William McGuffey

Accepted Answer

William Holmes McGuffey (1800-1873) was

Question 2

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Peter Cartwright

Accepted Answer

Peter Cartwright (1785-1872) was an infl

Question 3

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-American Temperance Society

Accepted Answer

The American Temperance Society, founded

Question 4

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Margaret Fuller

Accepted Answer

Margaret Fuller (1810–1850) was an Ameri

Question 5

One of the writers who sharply dissented from the general American optimism and belief in democracy was

Accepted Answer

A)  Nathaniel Hawthorne. 
B)  James Fenimore Cooper. 
C)  Walt Whitman. 
D)  William McGuffey. 
E)  Emily Dickinson. 
A)  Nathaniel Hawthorne. 
B)  James Fenimore Cooper. 
C)  Walt Whitman. 
D)  William McGuffey. 
E)  Emily Dickinson.

Question 6

The Oneida community eventually abandoned its original utopian principles due to

Accepted Answer

A)  widespread criticism of its sexual practices. 
B)  a sudden decline in committed members. 
C)  persecution by local authorities. 
D)  the loss of Noyes's leadership. 
E)  adult children's resentment of the communal childrearing practice. 
A)  widespread criticism of its sexual practices. 
B)  a sudden decline in committed members. 
C)  persecution by local authorities. 
D)  the loss of Noyes's leadership. 
E)  adult children's resentment of the communal childrearing practice.

Question 7

The writer who faded into obscurity in the nineteenth century but was recognized as one of America's greatest geniuses in the twentieth century was

Accepted Answer

A)  Louisa May Alcott. 
B)  Henry David Thoreau. 
C)  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 
D)  Herman Melville. 
E)  Walt Whitman. 
A)  Louisa May Alcott. 
B)  Henry David Thoreau. 
C)  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. 
D)  Herman Melville. 
E)  Walt Whitman.

Question 8

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Edgar Allan Poe

Accepted Answer

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an Ameri

Question 9

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Louisa May Alcott

Accepted Answer

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) was an Ame

Question 10

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-circuit riders

Accepted Answer

Circuit riders were itinerant preachers

Question 11

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Emma Willard

Accepted Answer

Emma Willard (1787–1870) was a pioneerin

Question 12

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls

Accepted Answer

The Women's Rights Convention at Seneca

Question 13

The Second Great Awakening tended to

Accepted Answer

A)  sharpen the lines between classes and regions. 
B)  open Episcopal and Presbyterian churches to the poor. 
C)  unite northern Baptists and Methodists against slavery. 
D)  draw the more prosperous and conservative eastern churches into the revivalist camps. 
E)  increase the influence of educated clergy. 
A)  sharpen the lines between classes and regions. 
B)  open Episcopal and Presbyterian churches to the poor. 
C)  unite northern Baptists and Methodists against slavery. 
D)  draw the more prosperous and conservative eastern churches into the revivalist camps. 
E)  increase the influence of educated clergy.

Question 14

Match each individual below with his or her achievement.

Accepted Answer

A)  A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1 
B)  A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2 
C)  A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4 
D)  A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3 
E)  A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3 
A)  A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1 
B)  A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2 
C)  A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4 
D)  A-4, B-2, C-1, D-3 
E)  A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3

Question 15

The more extreme wing of the temperance movement,which sought to make alcohol illegal,won a major legislative breakthrough with the

Accepted Answer

A)  Whiskey Rebellion. 
B)  New York Statute of 1844. 
C)  Maine Law of 1851. 
D)  Comstock Law of 1856. 
E)  Congressional Pledge of 1839. 
A)  Whiskey Rebellion. 
B)  New York Statute of 1844. 
C)  Maine Law of 1851. 
D)  Comstock Law of 1856. 
E)  Congressional Pledge of 1839.

Question 16

In early-nineteenth-century America,men usually regarded women as

Accepted Answer

A)  social and political equals. 
B)  having little to contribute to society beyond childbearing. 
C)  being physically and emotionally weaker but morally superior to men. 
D)  prone to moral temptation. 
E)  sexually lustful and dangerous. 
A)  social and political equals. 
B)  having little to contribute to society beyond childbearing. 
C)  being physically and emotionally weaker but morally superior to men. 
D)  prone to moral temptation. 
E)  sexually lustful and dangerous.

Question 17

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Herman Melville

Accepted Answer

Herman Melville (1819–1891) was an Ameri

Question 18

As a revivalist preacher,Charles Grandison Finney advocated

Accepted Answer

A)  opposition to slavery. 
B)  non-traditional marriage. 
C)  building a utopia in the West. 
D)  less involvement of women in religion. 
E)  a fatalistic approach to one´s lot in life. 
A)  opposition to slavery. 
B)  non-traditional marriage. 
C)  building a utopia in the West. 
D)  less involvement of women in religion. 
E)  a fatalistic approach to one´s lot in life.

Question 19

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Mother Ann Lee

Accepted Answer

Mother Ann Lee was the founder of the Sh

Question 20

Identify and state the historical significance of the following:
-Godey´s Lady´s Book

Accepted Answer

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

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

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -William McGuffey

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Peter Cartwright

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -American Temperance Society

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Margaret Fuller

One of the writers who sharply dissented from the general American optimism and belief in democracy was

The Oneida community eventually abandoned its original utopian principles due to

The writer who faded into obscurity in the nineteenth century but was recognized as one of America's greatest geniuses in the twentieth century was

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Edgar Allan Poe

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Louisa May Alcott

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -circuit riders

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Emma Willard

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls

The Second Great Awakening tended to

Match each individual below with his or her achievement.

The more extreme wing of the temperance movement,which sought to make alcohol illegal,won a major legislative breakthrough with the

In early-nineteenth-century America,men usually regarded women as

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Herman Melville

As a revivalist preacher,Charles Grandison Finney advocated

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Mother Ann Lee

Identify and state the historical significance of the following: -Godey´s Lady´s Book

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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

The Ordeal of Reconstruction,1865-1877

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