Question 1

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 B

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Postal Campaign

Accepted Answer

abolitionist strategy to bring more attention to the slavery question by flooding the mail,in the North and South,with antislavery literature.

Question 3

Democrats were more likely than Whigs to approve appropriations for the more expensive and humane moral treatment centers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

The annual consumption of alcohol,which had reached an all-time high during the 1820s,

Accepted Answer

A) was no longer perceived as a problem by the 1830s. 
B) remained roughly the same during the 1830s. 
C) doubled during the 1830s. 
D) quadrupled during the 1830s. 
E) dropped by more than one-half during the 1830s. 
A) was no longer perceived as a problem by the 1830s. 
B) remained roughly the same during the 1830s. 
C) doubled during the 1830s. 
D) quadrupled during the 1830s. 
E) dropped by more than one-half during the 1830s.

Question 5

The New York Magdalen Society blamed prostitution on the brutality and lust of men.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The political party that advocated using government power to encourage commerce,social interdependence,and cultural homogeneity was the ____________________ Party.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The political party that advocated using government...

Question 7

Support for abolitionists came from which of the following regions?

Accepted Answer

A) western New York 
B) southern New England 
C) northern Ohio 
D) northeastern cities. 
E) all of these choices 
A) western New York 
B) southern New England 
C) northern Ohio 
D) northeastern cities. 
E) all of these choices

Question 8

By 1860,every slave state except the Carolinas and ____________________ operated prisons on the Auburn model.

Accepted Answer

The answer of By 1860,every slave state except the Carolinas...

Question 9

Democrats feared that government would

Accepted Answer

A) fail to control the rising crime rates. 
B) concentrate power and wealth in the hands of a few. 
C) admit too many immigrants. 
D) discourage the growth of the market economy. 
E) abolish the national bank. 
A) fail to control the rising crime rates. 
B) concentrate power and wealth in the hands of a few. 
C) admit too many immigrants. 
D) discourage the growth of the market economy. 
E) abolish the national bank.

Question 10

____________________ became the first state to limit the sale of alcohol through passage in 1838 of the Fifteen Gallon Law.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ became the first state to limit...

Question 11

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 the...

Question 12

The leading advocate of humane treatment of the insane was

Accepted Answer

A) Dorothea Dix. 
B) Lydia Maria Child. 
C) Sarah Josepha Hale. 
D) Caroline Kirkland. 
E) Andrew Jackson. 
A) Dorothea Dix. 
B) Lydia Maria Child. 
C) Sarah Josepha Hale. 
D) Caroline Kirkland. 
E) Andrew Jackson.

Question 13

The Advocate of Moral Reform was the newsletter of the

Accepted Answer

A) American Temperance Society. 
B) Magdalen Society. 
C) American Anti-Slavery Society. 
D) Female Moral Reform Society. 
E) the Whig party. 
A) American Temperance Society. 
B) Magdalen Society. 
C) American Anti-Slavery Society. 
D) Female Moral Reform Society. 
E) the Whig party.

Question 14

Which of the following was not a demand of women's rights reformers in the 1840s?

Accepted Answer

A) better access for women to property 
B) more restrictive divorce laws 
C) wages for their own labor 
D) custody of their children in cases of divorce 
E) the right to vote 
A) better access for women to property 
B) more restrictive divorce laws 
C) wages for their own labor 
D) custody of their children in cases of divorce 
E) the right to vote

Question 15

Before the 1830s,organized opposition to slavery was mostly limited to

Accepted Answer

A) American Anti-Slavery Society. 
B) William Lloyd Garrison Society. 
C) New England Anti-Slavery Society. 
D) American Colonization Society. 
E) Free Labor Society. 
A) American Anti-Slavery Society. 
B) William Lloyd Garrison Society. 
C) New England Anti-Slavery Society. 
D) American Colonization Society. 
E) Free Labor Society.

Question 16

All of the following statements regarding the Auburn System of prisons are true except

Accepted Answer

A) prisoners were forbidden to speak to one another at any time. 
B) prisoners were required to work to provide their own keep. 
C) prisoners were kept in solitary confinement to contemplate their misdeeds. 
D) prisoners were regimented in military-type formation. 
E) the system was designed to reform prisoners and to save money. 
A) prisoners were forbidden to speak to one another at any time. 
B) prisoners were required to work to provide their own keep. 
C) prisoners were kept in solitary confinement to contemplate their misdeeds. 
D) prisoners were regimented in military-type formation. 
E) the system was designed to reform prisoners and to save money.

Question 17

Political debates over public schools focused more on organization than what was taught.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The British outlawed the Atlantic slave trade in ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The British outlawed the Atlantic slave trade...

Question 19

____________________ once told an audience in Ohio that "in intellect,the blacks are inferior to the whites,while in sentiment and affections,the whites are inferior to the blacks."

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ once told an audience in Ohio...

Question 20

The leader of the slave uprising in Haiti that led to that nation's independence in 1804 was

Accepted Answer

A) Toussaint L'Ouverture. 
B) Gabriel. 
C) Denmark Vesey. 
D) Simon Bolivar. 
E) Stono 
A) Toussaint L'Ouverture. 
B) Gabriel. 
C) Denmark Vesey. 
D) Simon Bolivar. 
E) Stono

Exam 12: Antebellum Reform

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?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Postal Campaign

Democrats were more likely than Whigs to approve appropriations for the more expensive and humane moral treatment centers.

The annual consumption of alcohol,which had reached an all-time high during the 1820s,

The New York Magdalen Society blamed prostitution on the brutality and lust of men.

The political party that advocated using government power to encourage commerce,social interdependence,and cultural homogeneity was the ____________________ Party.

Support for abolitionists came from which of the following regions?

By 1860,every slave state except the Carolinas and ____________________ operated prisons on the Auburn model.

Democrats feared that government would

____________________ became the first state to limit the sale of alcohol through passage in 1838 of the Fifteen Gallon Law.

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

The leading advocate of humane treatment of the insane was

The Advocate of Moral Reform was the newsletter of the

Which of the following was not a demand of women's rights reformers in the 1840s?

Before the 1830s,organized opposition to slavery was mostly limited to

All of the following statements regarding the Auburn System of prisons are true except

Political debates over public schools focused more on organization than what was taught.

The British outlawed the Atlantic slave trade in ____________________.

____________________ once told an audience in Ohio that "in intellect,the blacks are inferior to the whites,while in sentiment and affections,the whites are inferior to the blacks."

The leader of the slave uprising in Haiti that led to that nation's independence in 1804 was

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