Question 1

Beer was introduced into America by the

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A) English. 
B) Germans. 
C) Irish. 
D) Africans. 
E) Italians. 
A) English. 
B) Germans. 
C) Irish. 
D) Africans. 
E) Italians.

Question 2

Describe the various approaches to prison reform during the period from 1820 to 1840.What were the goals and successes of those who wished to reform America's prisons?

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Before the 1820s and the market revoluti

Question 3

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

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Essay should address several key points:

Question 4

Whigs and Democrats encouraged the aspirations of slaves and free blacks.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the early nineteenth century,whites stereotyped blacks as

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A) loyal and self-sacrificing. 
B) ignorant. 
C) thieves. 
D) drunks. 
E) all of these choices 
A) loyal and self-sacrificing. 
B) ignorant. 
C) thieves. 
D) drunks. 
E) all of these choices

Question 6

The New York Magdalen Society was formed by ____________________ in 1828.

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Sunday Sch

Question 7

Whig education reformers cared more about character building than about traditional academic subjects.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

Discuss American views on slavery and racial differences in the years from 1820 to 1840.

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Essay should address several key points:

Question 10

An organization that blamed prostitution on the brutality of men and sought to reform prostitutes was the ____________________ Society.

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The answer of An organization that blamed prostitution on the...

Question 11

Democrats believed in a limited government.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Sarah Grimke argued that

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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 13

Explore the movement for reform in American society during the market revolution of the early nineteenth century.

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Essay should address several key points:

Question 14

Whigs differed from Democrats in their approach to public schools in that Whigs believed

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A) religious instruction should not be included in public schools. 
B) schools should be centralized and controlled by state boards of education. 
C) schools should be locally controlled. 
D) women should not be allowed to teach in the public schools. 
E) schools should be integrated. 
A) religious instruction should not be included in public schools. 
B) schools should be centralized and controlled by state boards of education. 
C) schools should be locally controlled. 
D) women should not be allowed to teach in the public schools. 
E) schools should be integrated.

Question 15

Abolitionism found its greatest regional support in ____________________.

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The answer of Abolitionism found its greatest regional support in...

Question 16

The American Colonization Society's opposition to slavery can best be described as

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A) courageous and dedicated. 
B) noble. 
C) half-hearted. 
D) hypocritical. 
E) nonexistent. 
A) courageous and dedicated. 
B) noble. 
C) half-hearted. 
D) hypocritical. 
E) nonexistent.

Question 17

The Whig Party believed that government

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A) was an agency of moral reform. 
B) was a necessary evil. 
C) was a corrupting influence on political leaders. 
D) offered the most the most effective means of ending slavery. 
E) should strengthen the military and embark on overseas expansion. 
A) was an agency of moral reform. 
B) was a necessary evil. 
C) was a corrupting influence on political leaders. 
D) offered the most the most effective means of ending slavery. 
E) should strengthen the military and embark on overseas expansion.

Question 18

The Washington Temperance Society was different from other reform groups in that it

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A) was a working-class organization. 
B) was not affiliated with any religious institutions. 
C) opposed prohibition legislation. 
D) supported male authority 
E) all of these choices 
A) was a working-class organization. 
B) was not affiliated with any religious institutions. 
C) opposed prohibition legislation. 
D) supported male authority 
E) all of these choices

Question 19

The abolitionists of the 1830s

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A) were all members of the Quaker faith. 
B) advocated a bloody civil war to punish slave owners. 
C) encouraged the admission of the free state of Texas to the union. 
D) persuaded the majority of northern citizens to oppose slavery. 
E) were an active and influential minority within the reform movements of the era. 
A) were all members of the Quaker faith. 
B) advocated a bloody civil war to punish slave owners. 
C) encouraged the admission of the free state of Texas to the union. 
D) persuaded the majority of northern citizens to oppose slavery. 
E) were an active and influential minority within the reform movements of the era.

Question 20

The Whig party supported all of the following except

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A) public suspicion and mistrust of the influence of privileged economic groups on federal policies. 
B) moral legislation regulating alcohol consumption. 
C) government-supported internal improvements. 
D) an active government role in encouraging the expansion of the market economy. 
E) public schools. 
A) public suspicion and mistrust of the influence of privileged economic groups on federal policies. 
B) moral legislation regulating alcohol consumption. 
C) government-supported internal improvements. 
D) an active government role in encouraging the expansion of the market economy. 
E) public schools.

Exam 12: Antebellum Reform

Beer was introduced into America by the

Describe the various approaches to prison reform during the period from 1820 to 1840.What were the goals and successes of those who wished to reform America's prisons?

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

Whigs and Democrats encouraged the aspirations of slaves and free blacks.

In the early nineteenth century,whites stereotyped blacks as

The New York Magdalen Society was formed by ____________________ in 1828.

Whig education reformers cared more about character building than about traditional academic subjects.

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

Discuss American views on slavery and racial differences in the years from 1820 to 1840.

An organization that blamed prostitution on the brutality of men and sought to reform prostitutes was the ____________________ Society.

Democrats believed in a limited government.

Sarah Grimke argued that

Explore the movement for reform in American society during the market revolution of the early nineteenth century.

Whigs differed from Democrats in their approach to public schools in that Whigs believed

Abolitionism found its greatest regional support in ____________________.

The American Colonization Society's opposition to slavery can best be described as

The Whig Party believed that government

The Washington Temperance Society was different from other reform groups in that it

The abolitionists of the 1830s

The Whig party supported all of the following except

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

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

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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