Question 1

James Fenimore Cooper thought Americans should become more like Europeans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The events depicted in Uncle Tom's Cabin were taken from news accounts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The writings of Edgar Allan Poe were

Accepted Answer

A)  primarily sad and macabre. 
B)  mostly ignored during his lifetime. 
C)  largely focused on southern society. 
D)  acclaimed by many American writers in his time. 
E)  completely ignored in Europe after his death. 
A)  primarily sad and macabre. 
B)  mostly ignored during his lifetime. 
C)  largely focused on southern society. 
D)  acclaimed by many American writers in his time. 
E)  completely ignored in Europe after his death.

Question 4

The Seneca Falls "Declaration of Sentiments" included a demand that women have the right to vote.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the North,abolitionists were a small,dissenting minority of the total population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In 1840,one catalyst for an American feminist movement was a London convention that dealt with

Accepted Answer

A)  woman suffrage. 
B)  prostitution. 
C)  the abolition of slavery. 
D)  temperance. 
E)  prison reform. 
A)  woman suffrage. 
B)  prostitution. 
C)  the abolition of slavery. 
D)  temperance. 
E)  prison reform.

Question 7

In the first half of the nineteenth century,________ epidemics devastated several American cities.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the first half of the nineteenth...

Question 8

In the early nineteenth century,the American Colonization Society

Accepted Answer

A)  was founded by white Virginians opposed to slavery. 
B)  called for an immediate end to slavery. 
C)  opposed the idea of compensation for owners who freed their slaves. 
D)  carried out a large-scale resettlement of freed slaves. 
E)  was strongly supported by American blacks. 
A)  was founded by white Virginians opposed to slavery. 
B)  called for an immediate end to slavery. 
C)  opposed the idea of compensation for owners who freed their slaves. 
D)  carried out a large-scale resettlement of freed slaves. 
E)  was strongly supported by American blacks.

Question 9

Much of William Lloyd Garrison's philosophy can be found in his newspaper,the ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Much of William Lloyd Garrison's philosophy can...

Question 10

Many of the Hudson River School artists expressed a nostalgic view of nature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following nineteenth-century leaders is primarily known for her pioneering work in the American feminist movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Mother" Ann Lee 
B)  Harriet Tubman 
C)  Sojourner Truth 
D)  Rachel Eaton 
E)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton 
A)  "Mother" Ann Lee 
B)  Harriet Tubman 
C)  Sojourner Truth 
D)  Rachel Eaton 
E)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question 12

Prior to 1860,prison reform in the United States

Accepted Answer

A)  included the practice of solitary confinement. 
B)  led to widespread calls to end capital punishment. 
C)  focused on punishment, not on rehabilitation. 
D)  began largely in the West and spread to the East. 
E)  decried the racial bias of the judicial system. 
A)  included the practice of solitary confinement. 
B)  led to widespread calls to end capital punishment. 
C)  focused on punishment, not on rehabilitation. 
D)  began largely in the West and spread to the East. 
E)  decried the racial bias of the judicial system.

Question 13

In the 1840s in the United States,an initial understanding of germ theory was developed by

Accepted Answer

A)  Edward Jenner. 
B)  William Morton. 
C)  Oliver Wendell Holmes. 
D)  James Warren. 
E)  Ignaz Semmelweis. 
A)  Edward Jenner. 
B)  William Morton. 
C)  Oliver Wendell Holmes. 
D)  James Warren. 
E)  Ignaz Semmelweis.

Question 14

Which statement about Mormonism is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

A)  Its founder was murdered. 
B)  It developed a very fluid, loose social structure. 
C)  Early Mormons practiced polygamy. 
D)  The first Mormons were generally marginally poor. 
E)  Early Mormons met with much persecution from their neighbors. 
A)  Its founder was murdered. 
B)  It developed a very fluid, loose social structure. 
C)  Early Mormons practiced polygamy. 
D)  The first Mormons were generally marginally poor. 
E)  Early Mormons met with much persecution from their neighbors.

Question 15

Mormonism

Accepted Answer

A)  believed in human perfectibility. 
B)  emphasized individual liberty. 
C)  was founded by Brigham Young. 
D)  began in the Midwest. 
E)  always rejected polygamy. 
A)  believed in human perfectibility. 
B)  emphasized individual liberty. 
C)  was founded by Brigham Young. 
D)  began in the Midwest. 
E)  always rejected polygamy.

Question 16

By the beginning of the Civil War,the United States had one of the highest literacy rates of any nation of the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The Supreme Court case of Prigg v.Pennsylvania concerned the issue of ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Supreme Court case of Prigg v.Pennsylvania...

Question 18

Southern writers such as AugustusB.Longstreet,JosephG.Baldwin,and Johnson J.Hooper

Accepted Answer

A)  focused on the lives of aristocrats. 
B)  romanticized the institution of slavery. 
C)  brought a robust, vulgar humor to American literature. 
D)  developed a realist tradition that focused on the lives of ordinary people. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  focused on the lives of aristocrats. 
B)  romanticized the institution of slavery. 
C)  brought a robust, vulgar humor to American literature. 
D)  developed a realist tradition that focused on the lives of ordinary people. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 19

The search for social discipline was particularly clear in the battle over prohibition laws,which pitted established Catholics against new Protestants immigrants,to many of whom drinking was an important social ritual and an integral part of the life of their communities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the nation was to

Accepted Answer

A)  spread the message of abolitionism to an enormous new audience. 
B)  reveal the ugly extent of the vicious slave trade to America. 
C)  ignite such anger in the South that several states soon seceded from the Union. 
D)  offer the first written history of American slavery. 
E)  help humanize southern slaveholders in the minds of northern readers. 
A)  spread the message of abolitionism to an enormous new audience. 
B)  reveal the ugly extent of the vicious slave trade to America. 
C)  ignite such anger in the South that several states soon seceded from the Union. 
D)  offer the first written history of American slavery. 
E)  help humanize southern slaveholders in the minds of northern readers.

Exam 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform

James Fenimore Cooper thought Americans should become more like Europeans.

The events depicted in Uncle Tom's Cabin were taken from news accounts.

The writings of Edgar Allan Poe were

The Seneca Falls "Declaration of Sentiments" included a demand that women have the right to vote.

In the North,abolitionists were a small,dissenting minority of the total population.

In 1840,one catalyst for an American feminist movement was a London convention that dealt with

In the first half of the nineteenth century,________ epidemics devastated several American cities.

In the early nineteenth century,the American Colonization Society

Much of William Lloyd Garrison's philosophy can be found in his newspaper,the ________.

Many of the Hudson River School artists expressed a nostalgic view of nature.

Which of the following nineteenth-century leaders is primarily known for her pioneering work in the American feminist movement?

Prior to 1860,prison reform in the United States

In the 1840s in the United States,an initial understanding of germ theory was developed by

Which statement about Mormonism is FALSE?

Mormonism

By the beginning of the Civil War,the United States had one of the highest literacy rates of any nation of the world.

The Supreme Court case of Prigg v.Pennsylvania concerned the issue of ________.

Southern writers such as AugustusB.Longstreet,JosephG.Baldwin,and Johnson J.Hooper

The search for social discipline was particularly clear in the battle over prohibition laws,which pitted established Catholics against new Protestants immigrants,to many of whom drinking was an important social ritual and an integral part of the life of their communities.

The effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the nation was to

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