Question 1

Whigs based their argument for internal improvements on as assumed connection between market society and moral progress.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The U.S. Army put an end to the liquor ration in ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The U.S. Army put an end to...

Question 3

Examine the demand for women's rights in the years between 1820 and 1850.

Accepted Answer

The demand for women's rights in the yea

Question 4

The Female Moral Reform Society attempted to teach prostitutes morality and household skills.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Analyze the antislavery movement in the United States in the years following the 1830s.

Accepted Answer

The antislavery movement in the United S

Question 6

Irish and German immigrants strongly supported the temperance movement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Who was most interested in creating a public school system?

Accepted Answer

A) William Lloyd Garrison 
B) Lydia Maria Child 
C) Dorothea Dix 
D) Horace Mann 
E) Alexander Hamilton 
A) William Lloyd Garrison 
B) Lydia Maria Child 
C) Dorothea Dix 
D) Horace Mann 
E) Alexander Hamilton

Question 8

On the issue of internal improvements, the Democrats

Accepted Answer

A) opposed funding projects that would raise taxes and increase state debts. 
B) favored increased spending as a means of helping isolated manufacturers reach bigger markets. 
C) believed that "good roads and good morals" were interrelated. 
D) encouraged "partial" policies that aided certain areas and were paid for by other areas. 
E) did not take a stand on the issue. 
A) opposed funding projects that would raise taxes and increase state debts. 
B) favored increased spending as a means of helping isolated manufacturers reach bigger markets. 
C) believed that "good roads and good morals" were interrelated. 
D) encouraged "partial" policies that aided certain areas and were paid for by other areas. 
E) did not take a stand on the issue.

Question 9

The only state to imitate Pennsylvania's prison system was ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The only state to imitate Pennsylvania's prison...

Question 10

Washingtonians openly identified themselves as members of the working class.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Of the two major political parties between 1820 and 1840, the Whigs and Democrats, the Democrats were far more likely to promote racism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Uncle Tom's Cabin portrayed slavery as incompatible with Christianity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Horace Mann is most well known for which of the following issues?

Accepted Answer

A) abolition of slavery 
B) support of slavery 
C) educational reform 
D) prison reform 
E) temperance 
A) abolition of slavery 
B) support of slavery 
C) educational reform 
D) prison reform 
E) temperance

Question 14

Sarah Grimke argued that

Accepted Answer

A) women and African Americans were equal. 
B) white men and African American men were equal. 
C) men and women were equal. 
D) immigrants and American citizens were equal. 
E) Protestants and Catholics were equal. 
A) women and African Americans were equal. 
B) white men and African American men were equal. 
C) men and women were equal. 
D) immigrants and American citizens were equal. 
E) Protestants and Catholics were equal.

Question 15

The American Colonization Society focused on which aspect of slavery?

Accepted Answer

A) morality 
B) the escalating slave population 
C) the psychological affect on the slave population 
D) inherent racism 
E) all of these choices 
A) morality 
B) the escalating slave population 
C) the psychological affect on the slave population 
D) inherent racism 
E) all of these choices

Question 16

Many of the reforms urged by Whig evangelicals had to do with domestic and personal life rather than with politics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Many nineteenth-century northern social reformers believed that criminals, the mentally ill, and poor people

Accepted Answer

A) were lazy, sinful, devil worshippers. 
B) could not be helped by government policies or institutions. 
C) should either be drafted into the army or employed in federal work camps. 
D) should be deported. 
E) had been mistreated as children and could be rehabilitated as adults. 
A) were lazy, sinful, devil worshippers. 
B) could not be helped by government policies or institutions. 
C) should either be drafted into the army or employed in federal work camps. 
D) should be deported. 
E) had been mistreated as children and could be rehabilitated as adults.

Question 18

Evangelicals in the ____________________ were most likely to push for moral legislation on such issues as Sabbath observance or temperance.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Evangelicals in the ____________________ were most likely...

Question 19

In the North the Whig party was grounded in the ____________________ revolution.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the North the Whig party was...

Question 20

Outside of religious issues, which of the following was another reason the Irish and German immigrants did not want to send their children to school?

Accepted Answer

A) They did not speak English. 
B) These immigrants tended to be poor and needed their children to work. 
C) Their children never performed well. 
D) They did not have any institution that was similar back home. 
E) all of these choices 
A) They did not speak English. 
B) These immigrants tended to be poor and needed their children to work. 
C) Their children never performed well. 
D) They did not have any institution that was similar back home. 
E) all of these choices

Exam 12: Antebellum Reform, 1820-1860

Whigs based their argument for internal improvements on as assumed connection between market society and moral progress.

The U.S. Army put an end to the liquor ration in ____________________.

Examine the demand for women's rights in the years between 1820 and 1850.

The Female Moral Reform Society attempted to teach prostitutes morality and household skills.

Analyze the antislavery movement in the United States in the years following the 1830s.

Irish and German immigrants strongly supported the temperance movement.

Who was most interested in creating a public school system?

On the issue of internal improvements, the Democrats

The only state to imitate Pennsylvania's prison system was ____________________.

Washingtonians openly identified themselves as members of the working class.

Of the two major political parties between 1820 and 1840, the Whigs and Democrats, the Democrats were far more likely to promote racism.

Uncle Tom's Cabin portrayed slavery as incompatible with Christianity.

Horace Mann is most well known for which of the following issues?

Sarah Grimke argued that

The American Colonization Society focused on which aspect of slavery?

Many of the reforms urged by Whig evangelicals had to do with domestic and personal life rather than with politics.

Many nineteenth-century northern social reformers believed that criminals, the mentally ill, and poor people

Evangelicals in the ____________________ were most likely to push for moral legislation on such issues as Sabbath observance or temperance.

In the North the Whig party was grounded in the ____________________ revolution.

Outside of religious issues, which of the following was another reason the Irish and German immigrants did not want to send their children to school?

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, Conquest, Catastrophe

Colonization in North America, 1600-1680

Empires, Indians, and the Struggle for Power in North America, 1670-1720

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent, 1720-1763

Reform, Resistance, Revolution, 1763-1776

The Revolutionary Republic, 1776-1789

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture, 1815-1850

Whigs and Democrats, 1815-1840

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

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

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

The Rise of Corporate America, 1865-1914

Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890-1920

Progressivism, 1900-1917

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America During the Second World War, 1939-1945

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

America at Midcentury, 1953-1963

America During a Divisive War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2014

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