Question 1

Most Democrats in the period from 1820 to 1840 were suspicious of any type of paper currency.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Democrats believed in a limited government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The American Anti-Slavery Society demanded gradual emancipation of slaves.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

By 1860, the legislatures of ____________________ of the 33 states had established state-run insane asylums.

Accepted Answer

The answer of By 1860, the legislatures of ____________________ of...

Question 5

____________________ a New York doctor declared the whites and blacks were different species.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ a New York doctor declared the...

Question 6

William Lloyd Garrison viewed slavery as America's greatest national sin.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In the 1830s Democrats viewed blacks

Accepted Answer

A) as potential voters. 
B) as non-threatening. 
C) as racist caricatures. 
D) with sympathy. 
E) as potential equals. 
A) as potential voters. 
B) as non-threatening. 
C) as racist caricatures. 
D) with sympathy. 
E) as potential equals.

Question 8

Whigs and Democrats encouraged the aspirations of slaves and free blacks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Democrats saw government as a tool of progress.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which political party was most supportive of government involvement in the market developments of the period from 1820 to 1840?

Accepted Answer

A) Republican 
B) Democratic 
C) Whig 
D) Know-Nothing 
E) Federalist 
A) Republican 
B) Democratic 
C) Whig 
D) Know-Nothing 
E) Federalist

Question 11

The abolitionist newspaper edited by William Lloyd Garrison was The North Star.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Whig party supported all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) public suspicion and mistrust of the influence of privileged economic groups on federal policies. 
B) moral legislation regulating alcohol consumption. 
C) government-supported internal improvements. 
D) an active government role in encouraging the expansion of the market economy. 
E) public schools. 
A) public suspicion and mistrust of the influence of privileged economic groups on federal policies. 
B) moral legislation regulating alcohol consumption. 
C) government-supported internal improvements. 
D) an active government role in encouraging the expansion of the market economy. 
E) public schools.

Question 13

The Democrats' approach to prisons emphasized rehabilitation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

____________________ political divisions had little to do with religion.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ political divisions had little to do...

Question 15

Almost all Catholic parents wanted their children in public schools.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The Whig Party believed that government

Accepted Answer

A) was an agent of moral reform. 
B) was a necessary evil. 
C) was a corrupting influence on political leaders. 
D) offered the most the most effective means of ending slavery. 
E) should strengthen the military and embark on overseas expansion. 
A) was an agent of moral reform. 
B) was a necessary evil. 
C) was a corrupting influence on political leaders. 
D) offered the most the most effective means of ending slavery. 
E) should strengthen the military and embark on overseas expansion.

Question 17

What was the temperance movement? How did it affect American society in the early national period?

Accepted Answer

The temperance movement was a social and

Question 18

In the nineteenth century supposedly "scientific" theories on racial differences indicated that

Accepted Answer

A) blacks and whites were intellectually and morally equal. 
B) blacks were less likely than whites to become drunkards and thieves. 
C) whites and blacks were actually two separate species. 
D) it was impossible to determine the causes of the physical and mental variations among human beings. 
E) All races are equal. 
A) blacks and whites were intellectually and morally equal. 
B) blacks were less likely than whites to become drunkards and thieves. 
C) whites and blacks were actually two separate species. 
D) it was impossible to determine the causes of the physical and mental variations among human beings. 
E) All races are equal.

Question 19

The "common" schools of the 1820s and 1830s

Accepted Answer

A) were private, tuition-based church schools. 
B) were tax-supported public schools that promoted citizenship and moral standards. 
C) were popular with immigrant Irish Catholics who had positive memories of similar institutions set up by the English in Ireland. 
D) carefully followed the concept of separation of church and state. 
E) caused no controversy, as they enjoyed near unanimous support from both political parties. 
A) were private, tuition-based church schools. 
B) were tax-supported public schools that promoted citizenship and moral standards. 
C) were popular with immigrant Irish Catholics who had positive memories of similar institutions set up by the English in Ireland. 
D) carefully followed the concept of separation of church and state. 
E) caused no controversy, as they enjoyed near unanimous support from both political parties.

Question 20

Beer was introduced into America by the

Accepted Answer

A) English. 
B) Germans. 
C) Irish. 
D) Africans. 
E) Italians. 
A) English. 
B) Germans. 
C) Irish. 
D) Africans. 
E) Italians.

Exam 12: Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Most Democrats in the period from 1820 to 1840 were suspicious of any type of paper currency.

Democrats believed in a limited government.

The American Anti-Slavery Society demanded gradual emancipation of slaves.

By 1860, the legislatures of ____________________ of the 33 states had established state-run insane asylums.

____________________ a New York doctor declared the whites and blacks were different species.

William Lloyd Garrison viewed slavery as America's greatest national sin.

In the 1830s Democrats viewed blacks

Whigs and Democrats encouraged the aspirations of slaves and free blacks.

Democrats saw government as a tool of progress.

Which political party was most supportive of government involvement in the market developments of the period from 1820 to 1840?

The abolitionist newspaper edited by William Lloyd Garrison was The North Star.

The Whig party supported all of the following except

The Democrats' approach to prisons emphasized rehabilitation.

____________________ political divisions had little to do with religion.

Almost all Catholic parents wanted their children in public schools.

The Whig Party believed that government

What was the temperance movement? How did it affect American society in the early national period?

In the nineteenth century supposedly "scientific" theories on racial differences indicated that

The "common" schools of the 1820s and 1830s

Beer was introduced into America by the

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The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

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Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery 1845-1860

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

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Reconstruction, 1863-1877

A Transformed Nation: the West and the New South, 1865-1900

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Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

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America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

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Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

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