Question 1

All of the following statements regarding the Washington Temperance Society are true except it

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A) identified its members as the laboring classes. 
B) only accepted short-term drinkers and rejected "hopeless drunks." 
C) was avowedly nonreligious. 
D) rejected politics and legislation. 
E) called for restoring male authority within the family. 
A) identified its members as the laboring classes. 
B) only accepted short-term drinkers and rejected "hopeless drunks." 
C) was avowedly nonreligious. 
D) rejected politics and legislation. 
E) called for restoring male authority within the family.

Question 2

One of the leading crusaders against the use of alcohol was

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A) Horace Mann. 
B) Lyman Beecher. 
C) Stephen Douglas. 
D) Lydia Maria Child. 
E) Andrew Jackson. 
A) Horace Mann. 
B) Lyman Beecher. 
C) Stephen Douglas. 
D) Lydia Maria Child. 
E) Andrew Jackson.

Question 3

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

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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 4

The New York Magdalen Society sought to eliminate

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A) prostitution. 
B) alcohol use. 
C) poverty. 
D) childhood disease. 
E) capitalism. 
A) prostitution. 
B) alcohol use. 
C) poverty. 
D) childhood disease. 
E) capitalism.

Question 5

New York's Married Women's Property Act was passed in ____________________.

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The answer of New York's Married Women's Property Act was...

Question 6

The most prominent abolitionist in antebellum United States was

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A) Charles Finney. 
B) Horace Mann. 
C) William Lloyd Garrison. 
D) Lyman Beecher. 
E) Dorothea Dix 
A) Charles Finney. 
B) Horace Mann. 
C) William Lloyd Garrison. 
D) Lyman Beecher. 
E) Dorothea Dix

Question 7

Democrats saw government as a tool of progress.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Democrats believed that because government rested in the hands of imperfect individuals,it had to be limited.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Support for the Democratic or Whig Party was a matter of personal identity as much as of personal preference.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Dorothea Dix

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leading advocate for the human

Question 11

Many Americans believed there were natural differences based in sex and race.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

On the issue of internal improvements,the Democrats

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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 13

Hierarchy based on sex was ____________________ questioned in public before 1830.

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The answer of Hierarchy based on sex was ____________________ questioned...

Question 14

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The most overwhelmingly Democratic group in the country were

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A) northern free blacks. 
B) immigrant Chinese. 
C) native Protestant wage earners. 
D) native-born farmers. 
E) immigrant Irish Catholics. 
A) northern free blacks. 
B) immigrant Chinese. 
C) native Protestant wage earners. 
D) native-born farmers. 
E) immigrant Irish Catholics.

Question 16

Explore the condition of free African Americans in northern society during the early national period.

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Before the American Revolution,many nort

Question 17

____________________ believed that alcohol was an addictive drug that could turn even moderate drinkers into hopeless drunkards.

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The answer of ____________________ believed that alcohol was an addictive...

Question 18

During the 1820s through the 1840s,the Democrats

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A) trusted the government to do what was best for the country. 
B) favored limitations on government power. 
C) called for immigration restrictions in order to protect the jobs of native-born workers. 
D) believed the government should legislate to encourage "correct" religious behavior. 
E) called for religious training in public schools. 
A) trusted the government to do what was best for the country. 
B) favored limitations on government power. 
C) called for immigration restrictions in order to protect the jobs of native-born workers. 
D) believed the government should legislate to encourage "correct" religious behavior. 
E) called for religious training in public schools.

Question 19

____________________ was an antislavery paper published by the black abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

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The answer of ____________________ was an antislavery paper published by...

Question 20

Dorothea Dix is most well-known for advocating in behalf of

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A) slaves. 
B) free African Americans. 
C) political prisoners. 
D) the insane. 
E) immigrants. 
A) slaves. 
B) free African Americans. 
C) political prisoners. 
D) the insane. 
E) immigrants.

Exam 12: Antebellum Reform

All of the following statements regarding the Washington Temperance Society are true except it

One of the leading crusaders against the use of alcohol was

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

The New York Magdalen Society sought to eliminate

New York's Married Women's Property Act was passed in ____________________.

The most prominent abolitionist in antebellum United States was

Democrats saw government as a tool of progress.

Democrats believed that because government rested in the hands of imperfect individuals,it had to be limited.

Support for the Democratic or Whig Party was a matter of personal identity as much as of personal preference.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Dorothea Dix

Many Americans believed there were natural differences based in sex and race.

On the issue of internal improvements,the Democrats

Hierarchy based on sex was ____________________ questioned in public before 1830.

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

The most overwhelmingly Democratic group in the country were

Explore the condition of free African Americans in northern society during the early national period.

____________________ believed that alcohol was an addictive drug that could turn even moderate drinkers into hopeless drunkards.

During the 1820s through the 1840s,the Democrats

____________________ was an antislavery paper published by the black abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

Dorothea Dix is most well-known for advocating in behalf of

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Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

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Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

Northern Transformations, 1790-1850

The Old South, 1790-1850

Toward an American Culture

Whigs and Democrats

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

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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

The Age of Containment, 1946-1953

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1953-1963

America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

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