Question 1

Deists:

Accepted Answer

A)  believed in an all-powerful God 
B)  argued for the literal truth of the Bible 
C)  included Founding Fathers such as Jefferson and Franklin 
D)  were basically atheists 
E)  felt the United States should have an official religion 
A)  believed in an all-powerful God 
B)  argued for the literal truth of the Bible 
C)  included Founding Fathers such as Jefferson and Franklin 
D)  were basically atheists 
E)  felt the United States should have an official religion

Question 2

The killing of Elijah Lovejoy showed:

Accepted Answer

A)  the violent tactics of abolitionists 
B)  the danger of encouraging slave rebellion 
C)  the end of a free press 
D)  the growing support for black equality 
E)  that support of slavery extended into the North 
A)  the violent tactics of abolitionists 
B)  the danger of encouraging slave rebellion 
C)  the end of a free press 
D)  the growing support for black equality 
E)  that support of slavery extended into the North

Question 3

Discuss the concept of Deism and its influence on the development of American society.

Accepted Answer

Deism is a philosophical belief that eme

Question 4

Regarding the penitentiary established in 1816 at Auburn, New York, all the following statements are true EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  discipline was severe 
B)  prisoners were not allowed to talk to one another 
C)  it was an institution that primarily emphasized punishment 
D)  its system and methods were widely copied across the nation 
E)  prisoners performed labor and produced goods that could be sold for a profit 
A)  discipline was severe 
B)  prisoners were not allowed to talk to one another 
C)  it was an institution that primarily emphasized punishment 
D)  its system and methods were widely copied across the nation 
E)  prisoners performed labor and produced goods that could be sold for a profit

Question 5

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Accepted Answer

A) set up Seneca Falls Convention 
B) founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator 
C) pro-slavery senator from South Carolina 
D) founded Mormonism 
E) founder of the Oneida Community
F)revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
G)promoted statewide school systems
H)advocated for the reform of insane asylums
I)escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate 
A) set up Seneca Falls Convention 
B) founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator 
C) pro-slavery senator from South Carolina 
D) founded Mormonism 
E) founder of the Oneida Community
F)revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
G)promoted statewide school systems
H)advocated for the reform of insane asylums
I)escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate

Question 6

One significant factor that inspired the Second Great Awakening was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the growing distrust of religion among African Americans 
B)  rising fears of secularism among many well-educated Americans 
C)  the decline of Baptists in the South 
D)  Joseph Smith's Book of Mormon 
E)  John Quincy Adams's opposition to the "gag rule" 
A)  the growing distrust of religion among African Americans 
B)  rising fears of secularism among many well-educated Americans 
C)  the decline of Baptists in the South 
D)  Joseph Smith's Book of Mormon 
E)  John Quincy Adams's opposition to the "gag rule"

Question 7

Brigham Young:

Accepted Answer

A)  rejected Joseph Smith's teachings on plural marriage 
B)  completely revised the Book of Mormon 
C)  declared war on Joseph Smith's killers 
D)  led the Mormons to Utah 
E)  founded a Mormon university 
A)  rejected Joseph Smith's teachings on plural marriage 
B)  completely revised the Book of Mormon 
C)  declared war on Joseph Smith's killers 
D)  led the Mormons to Utah 
E)  founded a Mormon university

Question 8

The rise of Romanticism indicated:

Accepted Answer

A)  recognition of the limits of science and reason 
B)  a belief that Americans were too religious 
C)  a desire for art and literature that was uniquely American 
D)  a longing for love and passion in daily life 
E)  a growing belief that man should dominate nature 
A)  recognition of the limits of science and reason 
B)  a belief that Americans were too religious 
C)  a desire for art and literature that was uniquely American 
D)  a longing for love and passion in daily life 
E)  a growing belief that man should dominate nature

Question 9

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Francis Asbury

Accepted Answer

A) set up Seneca Falls Convention 
B) founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator 
C) pro-slavery senator from South Carolina 
D) founded Mormonism 
E) founder of the Oneida Community
F)revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
G)promoted statewide school systems
H)advocated for the reform of insane asylums
I)escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate 
A) set up Seneca Falls Convention 
B) founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator 
C) pro-slavery senator from South Carolina 
D) founded Mormonism 
E) founder of the Oneida Community
F)revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
G)promoted statewide school systems
H)advocated for the reform of insane asylums
I)escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate

Question 10

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-Joseph Smith

Accepted Answer

A) set up Seneca Falls Convention 
B) founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator 
C) pro-slavery senator from South Carolina 
D) founded Mormonism 
E) founder of the Oneida Community
F)revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
G)promoted statewide school systems
H)advocated for the reform of insane asylums
I)escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate 
A) set up Seneca Falls Convention 
B) founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator 
C) pro-slavery senator from South Carolina 
D) founded Mormonism 
E) founder of the Oneida Community
F)revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
G)promoted statewide school systems
H)advocated for the reform of insane asylums
I)escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate

Question 11

The "cult of domesticity" was the idea that:

Accepted Answer

A)  women deserved education 
B)  professions should be open to women 
C)  romantic love was the basis of successful marriage 
D)  large families were beneficial 
E)  a woman's place is in the home 
A)  women deserved education 
B)  professions should be open to women 
C)  romantic love was the basis of successful marriage 
D)  large families were beneficial 
E)  a woman's place is in the home

Question 12

John C. Calhoun argued that blacks were too "shiftless" to work unless enslaved.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The southern state that by 1860 had done the most to advance public education was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Virginia 
B)  Texas 
C)  Alabama 
D)  Georgia 
E)  North Carolina 
A)  Virginia 
B)  Texas 
C)  Alabama 
D)  Georgia 
E)  North Carolina

Question 14

Horace Mann was a notable promoter of public schools.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Most of the utopian communities of the early nineteenth century:

Accepted Answer

A)  received funding from the government 
B)  saw their ideas quickly become accepted by the public 
C)  were established inside major cities 
D)  quickly became failures 
E)  were led by religious extremists 
A)  received funding from the government 
B)  saw their ideas quickly become accepted by the public 
C)  were established inside major cities 
D)  quickly became failures 
E)  were led by religious extremists

Question 16

A minister on horseback who traveled the frontier to preach was called a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)  Unitarian 
B)  Deist 
C)  outlaw 
D)  teacher 
E)  circuit rider 
A)  Unitarian 
B)  Deist 
C)  outlaw 
D)  teacher 
E)  circuit rider

Question 17

MATCHING
Match each description with the item below.
-William Lloyd Garrison

Accepted Answer

A) set up Seneca Falls Convention 
B) founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator 
C) pro-slavery senator from South Carolina 
D) founded Mormonism 
E) founder of the Oneida Community
F)revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
G)promoted statewide school systems
H)advocated for the reform of insane asylums
I)escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate 
A) set up Seneca Falls Convention 
B) founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator 
C) pro-slavery senator from South Carolina 
D) founded Mormonism 
E) founder of the Oneida Community
F)revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
G)promoted statewide school systems
H)advocated for the reform of insane asylums
I)escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate

Question 18

The Liberty party advocated:

Accepted Answer

A)  socialism 
B)  anarchy 
C)  abolitionism 
D)  free trade 
E)  free love 
A)  socialism 
B)  anarchy 
C)  abolitionism 
D)  free trade 
E)  free love

Question 19

Describe the various religious movements of the era-the rational religions, the Second Great Awakening, the Mormons, and so on-characterizing the origin and adherents of each.

Accepted Answer

The era of the 19th century saw the rise

Question 20

Which Protestant denomination stressed the equality of all before God and had no authority higher than the congregation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Baptist 
B)  Lutheran 
C)  Methodist 
D)  Presbyterian 
E)  Mormon 
A)  Baptist 
B)  Lutheran 
C)  Methodist 
D)  Presbyterian 
E)  Mormon

Exam 12: Religion, Romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Deists:

The killing of Elijah Lovejoy showed:

Discuss the concept of Deism and its influence on the development of American society.

Regarding the penitentiary established in 1816 at Auburn, New York, all the following statements are true EXCEPT:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Elizabeth Cady Stanton

One significant factor that inspired the Second Great Awakening was:

Brigham Young:

The rise of Romanticism indicated:

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Francis Asbury

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -Joseph Smith

The "cult of domesticity" was the idea that:

John C. Calhoun argued that blacks were too "shiftless" to work unless enslaved.

The southern state that by 1860 had done the most to advance public education was:

Horace Mann was a notable promoter of public schools.

Most of the utopian communities of the early nineteenth century:

A minister on horseback who traveled the frontier to preach was called a(n):

MATCHING Match each description with the item below. -William Lloyd Garrison

The Liberty party advocated:

Describe the various religious movements of the era-the rational religions, the Second Great Awakening, the Mormons, and so on-characterizing the origin and adherents of each.

Which Protestant denomination stressed the equality of all before God and had no authority higher than the congregation?

The Collision of Cultures

England’s Colonies

Colonial Ways of Life

From Colonies to States

The American Revolution, 1776-1783

Strengthening the New Nation

The Early Republic, 1800-1815

The Emergence of a Market Economy, 1815-1850

Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815-1828

The Jacksonian Era, 1828-1840

The South, Slavery, and King Cotton, 1800-1860

Western Expansion, 1830-1848

The Gathering Storm, 1848-1860

The War of the Union, 1861-1865

The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

Business and Labor in the Industrial Era, 1860-1900

The New South and the New West, 1865-1900

Political Stalemate and Rural Revolt, 1865-1900

Seizing an American Empire, 1865-1913

The Progressive Era, 1890-1920

America and the Great War, 1914-1920

A Clash of Cultures, 1920-1929

The Reactionary Twenties

The Great Depression, 1929-1939

The Second World War, 1933-1945

The Cold War and the Fair Deal, 1945-1952

Cold War America, 1950-1959

A New Frontier and a Great Society, 1960-1968

Rebellion and Reaction, 1960s and 1970s

Conservative Revival, 1977-1990

Twenty-first-century America, 1993-present

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