Exam 12: Antebellum Reform

Black abolitionist ____________________ spoke out against "colonization" efforts for emancipated slaves,claiming they originated more "from prejudice than from philanthropy."

Tax-supported public schools were known as ____________________.

Almost all Catholic parents wanted their children in public schools.

Which of the following launched the Postal Campaign?

Banking became the central political issue in nearly every state following widespread bank failures that resulted from the crash of 1837.

In the 1830s Democrats viewed blacks

The Declaration of Sentiments was modeled most closely on the

In the 1830s,the major complaint of Democrats regarding canal projects was there were not enough of them to benefit the "common folk."

IDENTIFICATIONS -Auburn system

Who was most interested in creating a public school system?

In 1851,what state became the first of a total of seventeen to enact statewide prohibition?

Washingtonians openly identified themselves as members of the working class.

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

As an example of the changing politics of gender and sex in Washington,D.C. ,Vice President ____________________,who served under Martin Van Buren,had a mulatto mistress and had two daughters by her.

One of the most prominent forms of prison reform,attempting to both reform and reduce expenses,was the ____________________.

Both Democrats and Whigs wanted to keep ____________________ out of politics.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Washington Temperance Society

The leading advocate of humane treatment for the insane was ____________________.

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

America's "national drink" was ____________________.