Question 1

How did southern evangelicalism change its position on slavery between 1780-1840?

Accepted Answer

Slavery was a major issue immediately fo

Question 2

An 1849 dispute over the acting styles of two Shakespearians led to a riot in which twenty people were killed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Describe the significance of newspapers in the early nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

The post-revolutionary society was remar

Question 4

Circuit-riding preachers were Methodist ministers who traveled from church to church,usually in rural areas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

During the early nineteenth century,the birthrate among northern middle-class mothers

Accepted Answer

A) increased. 
B) decreased. 
C) remained the same. 
D) is impossible to determine because few accurate records survive. 
E) none of these choices 
A) increased. 
B) decreased. 
C) remained the same. 
D) is impossible to determine because few accurate records survive. 
E) none of these choices

Question 6

Universal suffrage was truly universal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The most successful sentimental novel in the antebellum period was The Wide,Wide World.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The American theater could best be described as

Accepted Answer

A) quiet and orderly. 
B) loud and sometimes violent. 
C) egalitarian. 
D) an upper class phenomenon. 
E) unorganized. 
A) quiet and orderly. 
B) loud and sometimes violent. 
C) egalitarian. 
D) an upper class phenomenon. 
E) unorganized.

Question 9

Most southern clergy endorsed relationships based on dominance and submission.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Presbyterian minister,Charles Colcock Jones,taught that slaves must stand up to immoral masters.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Audience participation was discouraged at minstrel shows.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Sentimental novels upheld middle class ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Sentimental novels upheld middle class ____________________....

Question 13

Nineteenth-century minstrel shows

Accepted Answer

A) were traveling productions in which white men in "black face" imitated African-American songs and dances. 
B) were most popular with female audiences. 
C) were the first theatrical entertainments to include black performers as regular troupe members. 
D) were popular only in the large seaport cities of the Northeast. 
E) were popular only in the South. 
A) were traveling productions in which white men in "black face" imitated African-American songs and dances. 
B) were most popular with female audiences. 
C) were the first theatrical entertainments to include black performers as regular troupe members. 
D) were popular only in the large seaport cities of the Northeast. 
E) were popular only in the South.

Question 14

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was

Accepted Answer

A) Harriet Beecher Stowe. 
B) Lydia Maria Child. 
C) Catherine Beecher. 
D) Sarah Josepha Hale. 
E) Nathaniel Hawthorne. 
A) Harriet Beecher Stowe. 
B) Lydia Maria Child. 
C) Catherine Beecher. 
D) Sarah Josepha Hale. 
E) Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Question 15

In the early nineteenth century,sentimental novels outsold

Accepted Answer

A) Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. 
B) Herman Melville' s Moby Dick. 
C) Henry David Thoreau's Walden. 
D) Nathaniel Hawthorne's Scarlett Letter. 
E) all of these choices 
A) Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. 
B) Herman Melville' s Moby Dick. 
C) Henry David Thoreau's Walden. 
D) Nathaniel Hawthorne's Scarlett Letter. 
E) all of these choices

Question 16

Voting rights increased as ____________________ requirements were eliminated.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Voting rights increased as ____________________ requirements were...

Question 17

The large revivals in the northern United States most affected the values and beliefs of the

Accepted Answer

A) working class. 
B) middle class. 
C) upper class. 
D) poverty stricken. 
E) African Americans. 
A) working class. 
B) middle class. 
C) upper class. 
D) poverty stricken. 
E) African Americans.

Question 18

The "yellow backed" fiction and penny press publications

Accepted Answer

A) portrayed a benign world in which good always triumphed over evil. 
B) were popular with women readers because of the strong,morally superior female characters in the stories. 
C) used graphic violence and sexual perversion to attract customers. 
D) were designed to appeal to well-educated,sophisticated,upper-class readers. 
E) appealed only to immigrants. 
A) portrayed a benign world in which good always triumphed over evil. 
B) were popular with women readers because of the strong,morally superior female characters in the stories. 
C) used graphic violence and sexual perversion to attract customers. 
D) were designed to appeal to well-educated,sophisticated,upper-class readers. 
E) appealed only to immigrants.

Question 19

For the most part,religion and the position of pro-slavery advocates were compatible in the South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following was not one of the new religious orders?

Accepted Answer

A) Mormon 
B) Disciples of Christ 
C) Seven Day Adventist 
D) Methodist 
E) none of these choices 
A) Mormon 
B) Disciples of Christ 
C) Seven Day Adventist 
D) Methodist 
E) none of these choices

Exam 10: Toward an American Culture

How did southern evangelicalism change its position on slavery between 1780-1840?

An 1849 dispute over the acting styles of two Shakespearians led to a riot in which twenty people were killed.

Describe the significance of newspapers in the early nineteenth century.

Circuit-riding preachers were Methodist ministers who traveled from church to church,usually in rural areas.

During the early nineteenth century,the birthrate among northern middle-class mothers

Universal suffrage was truly universal.

The most successful sentimental novel in the antebellum period was The Wide,Wide World.

The American theater could best be described as

Most southern clergy endorsed relationships based on dominance and submission.

The Presbyterian minister,Charles Colcock Jones,taught that slaves must stand up to immoral masters.

Audience participation was discouraged at minstrel shows.

Sentimental novels upheld middle class ____________________.

Nineteenth-century minstrel shows

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was

In the early nineteenth century,sentimental novels outsold

Voting rights increased as ____________________ requirements were eliminated.

The large revivals in the northern United States most affected the values and beliefs of the

The "yellow backed" fiction and penny press publications

For the most part,religion and the position of pro-slavery advocates were compatible in the South.

Which of the following was not one of the new religious orders?

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, conquest, catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, resistance, revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Whigs and Democrats

Antebellum Reform

Manifest Destiny: an Empire for Liberty--Or Slavery

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

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

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

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

A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993-2012

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