Question 1

Examine the development of the Women's Rights Movement in post-1820 America.

Accepted Answer

In the early nineteenth century,the role

Question 2

Describe the southern reaction to the middle-class social reforms of the early nineteenth century.

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Southern society was patriarchal,agricul

Question 3

Despite the fact that legal prohibition made significant inroads in the North,it did not meet with similar acceptance or success in the South.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The "common" schools of the 1820s and 1830s

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A) were private,tuition-based church schools. 
B) were tax-supported public schools that promoted citizenship and moral standards. 
C) were popular with immigrant Irish Catholics who had positive memories of similar institutions set up by the English in Ireland. 
D) carefully followed the concept of separation of church and state. 
E) caused no controversy,as they enjoyed near unanimous support from both political parties. 
A) were private,tuition-based church schools. 
B) were tax-supported public schools that promoted citizenship and moral standards. 
C) were popular with immigrant Irish Catholics who had positive memories of similar institutions set up by the English in Ireland. 
D) carefully followed the concept of separation of church and state. 
E) caused no controversy,as they enjoyed near unanimous support from both political parties.

Question 5

Many Catholic parents refused to send their children to public school because

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A) they felt that the education received there was inadequate. 
B) the teachers were not qualified. 
C) students were forced to recite Protestant prayers and read the Protestant Bible. 
D) they believed their children would be persecuted. 
E) they were too poor to buy their supplies. 
A) they felt that the education received there was inadequate. 
B) the teachers were not qualified. 
C) students were forced to recite Protestant prayers and read the Protestant Bible. 
D) they believed their children would be persecuted. 
E) they were too poor to buy their supplies.

Question 6

The American Anti-Slavery Society demanded gradual emancipation of slaves.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

From the 1820s onward,concerning the issue of race,the Democratic Party

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A) considered blacks to be incompetent. 
B) wanted to end slavery. 
C) wanted to grant equal opportunity to free blacks. 
D) wanted to expand slavery. 
E) thought that slavery should not be based on race but that it should extend to poor whites as well as blacks. 
A) considered blacks to be incompetent. 
B) wanted to end slavery. 
C) wanted to grant equal opportunity to free blacks. 
D) wanted to expand slavery. 
E) thought that slavery should not be based on race but that it should extend to poor whites as well as blacks.

Question 8

The abolitionist newspaper edited by William Lloyd Garrison was the North Star.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Evangelicals in the ____________________ were most likely to push for moral legislation on such issues as Sabbath observance or temperance.

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The answer of Evangelicals in the ____________________ were most likely...

Question 10

The abolitionists launched the ____________________ Campaign to flood the mails with their antislavery material.

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The answer of The abolitionists launched the ____________________ Campaign to...

Question 11

A majority of middle-class evangelicals supported abolition.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The reformer Sarah Grimke wrote that men and women were created equal.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Lyman Beecher and Charles Finney supported the abolitionists in the 1830s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Lyman Beecher

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leader of the temperance movement who wr

Question 15

Describe the differences between the two major political parties,the Democrats and the Whigs,between 1820 and 1840.

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Essay should address several key points:

Question 16

In response to the American Anti-Slavery Society's postal campaign,President ____________________ permitted southern postal workers to censor the mail.

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The answer of In response to the American Anti-Slavery Society's...

Question 17

The Washington Temperance Society remained strong throughout the 1850s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In the U.S.banking system of the 1830s and 1840s,

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A) the federal government issued paper money and controlled interest rates. 
B) paper money was eliminated and specie was the only currency in circulation. 
C) only gold and silver circulated as money. 
D) Democrats in Congress passed laws increasing the amount of paper money and expanding credit for speculators. 
E) state-chartered and state-owned banks controlled the amount of money in circulation 
A) the federal government issued paper money and controlled interest rates. 
B) paper money was eliminated and specie was the only currency in circulation. 
C) only gold and silver circulated as money. 
D) Democrats in Congress passed laws increasing the amount of paper money and expanding credit for speculators. 
E) state-chartered and state-owned banks controlled the amount of money in circulation

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Henry "Box" Brown

Accepted Answer

slave from Richmond,who was ma

Question 20

By 1860,the legislatures of ____________________ of the 33 states had established state-run insane asylums.

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The answer of By 1860,the legislatures of ____________________ of the...

Exam 12: Antebellum Reform

Examine the development of the Women's Rights Movement in post-1820 America.

Describe the southern reaction to the middle-class social reforms of the early nineteenth century.

Despite the fact that legal prohibition made significant inroads in the North,it did not meet with similar acceptance or success in the South.

The "common" schools of the 1820s and 1830s

Many Catholic parents refused to send their children to public school because

The American Anti-Slavery Society demanded gradual emancipation of slaves.

From the 1820s onward,concerning the issue of race,the Democratic Party

The abolitionist newspaper edited by William Lloyd Garrison was the North Star.

Evangelicals in the ____________________ were most likely to push for moral legislation on such issues as Sabbath observance or temperance.

The abolitionists launched the ____________________ Campaign to flood the mails with their antislavery material.

A majority of middle-class evangelicals supported abolition.

The reformer Sarah Grimke wrote that men and women were created equal.

Lyman Beecher and Charles Finney supported the abolitionists in the 1830s.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Lyman Beecher

Describe the differences between the two major political parties,the Democrats and the Whigs,between 1820 and 1840.

In response to the American Anti-Slavery Society's postal campaign,President ____________________ permitted southern postal workers to censor the mail.

The Washington Temperance Society remained strong throughout the 1850s.

In the U.S.banking system of the 1830s and 1840s,

IDENTIFICATIONS -Henry "Box" Brown

By 1860,the legislatures of ____________________ of the 33 states had established state-run insane asylums.

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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

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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

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