Question 1

What were the motives for the founding of the many communal living societies in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

The motives for the founding of the many

Question 2

The Supreme Court ruling in Prigg v.Pennsylvania (1842)

Accepted Answer

A)  prohibited the interstate slave trade. 
B)  led to the passage of "personal liberty laws." 
C)  angered abolitionists. 
D)  abolished slavery in the District of Columbia. 
E)  forced state officials to assist in the capture of runaways. 
A)  prohibited the interstate slave trade. 
B)  led to the passage of "personal liberty laws." 
C)  angered abolitionists. 
D)  abolished slavery in the District of Columbia. 
E)  forced state officials to assist in the capture of runaways.

Question 3

The goal of the 1840s community experiment known as Brook Farm was partly to

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A)  create a society where individuals did not have to work. 
B)  allow individuals to live without any social limits on their behavior. 
C)  eliminate social sexual discrimination through the practice of celibacy. 
D)  help individuals link the world of the intellect to the world of instinct and nature. 
E)  show that communal living was more efficient and productive than family life. 
A)  create a society where individuals did not have to work. 
B)  allow individuals to live without any social limits on their behavior. 
C)  eliminate social sexual discrimination through the practice of celibacy. 
D)  help individuals link the world of the intellect to the world of instinct and nature. 
E)  show that communal living was more efficient and productive than family life.

Question 4

Nearly a quarter of the population of New Orleans died in 1833 as a result of a cholera outbreak.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

One of the more radical doctrines the Mormons followed was the marriage practice known as ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of One of the more radical doctrines the...

Question 6

According to the nineteenth-century "science" of phrenology,what could be discerned from the shape of an individual's skull?

Accepted Answer

A)  life expectancy 
B)  likelihood of succumbing to infectious diseases 
C)  future earning potential 
D)  chances of having children 
E)  character and intelligence 
A)  life expectancy 
B)  likelihood of succumbing to infectious diseases 
C)  future earning potential 
D)  chances of having children 
E)  character and intelligence

Question 7

Of the major experiments in utopian living,which do you believe had the most long-term influence on modern society? Explain.

Accepted Answer

One major experiment in utopian living t

Question 8

Prior to 1860,public education in the United States

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A)  did not exist. 
B)  gave the nation one of the highest literacy rates in the world. 
C)  was legally denied for all non-whites. 
D)  was funded by the federal government. 
E)  emphasized independence and creativity. 
A)  did not exist. 
B)  gave the nation one of the highest literacy rates in the world. 
C)  was legally denied for all non-whites. 
D)  was funded by the federal government. 
E)  emphasized independence and creativity.

Question 9

In the 1830s,abolitionists in the United States constituted

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A)  a small percentage of the national population. 
B)  approximately one-quarter of the national population. 
C)  the majority of the population in the North. 
D)  the largest reform movement in the nation. 
E)  approximately one-third of the national population. 
A)  a small percentage of the national population. 
B)  approximately one-quarter of the national population. 
C)  the majority of the population in the North. 
D)  the largest reform movement in the nation. 
E)  approximately one-third of the national population.

Question 10

What elements of romanticism can be found in mid-nineteenth-century American art and literature?

Accepted Answer

Romanticism in mid-nineteenth-century Am

Question 11

In the 1830s and 1840s,cholera epidemics in the United States

Accepted Answer

A)  were transmitted to humans by fleas living on rats. 
B)  led many cities to build water treatment facilities. 
C)  were diminished, as physicians gained a basic understanding of bacteria. 
D)  typically killed more than half of those who contracted the disease. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  were transmitted to humans by fleas living on rats. 
B)  led many cities to build water treatment facilities. 
C)  were diminished, as physicians gained a basic understanding of bacteria. 
D)  typically killed more than half of those who contracted the disease. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 12

William Lloyd Garrison was a harsh critic of the United States government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following features was NOT a characteristic of the Hudson River School?

Accepted Answer

A)  canvases that tended to be very large in size 
B)  an assumption that America was a land of greater promise than Europe 
C)  a belief that democracy was the best source of wisdom and spiritual fulfillment 
D)  a sense of nostalgia for a kind of nature that might be disappearing 
E)  portraits of some of the nation's most spectacular and undeveloped areas 
A)  canvases that tended to be very large in size 
B)  an assumption that America was a land of greater promise than Europe 
C)  a belief that democracy was the best source of wisdom and spiritual fulfillment 
D)  a sense of nostalgia for a kind of nature that might be disappearing 
E)  portraits of some of the nation's most spectacular and undeveloped areas

Question 14

The nineteenth-century practice of placing American Indians on reservations was partially designed to

Accepted Answer

A)  integrate Indians with white society. 
B)  create sovereign nations within U.S. territory so that Indians could negotiate with other nations. 
C)  allow Indians to develop to a point where they would not need to assimilate into white society. 
D)  allow them to develop to a point where they could assimilate into white society. 
E)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  integrate Indians with white society. 
B)  create sovereign nations within U.S. territory so that Indians could negotiate with other nations. 
C)  allow Indians to develop to a point where they would not need to assimilate into white society. 
D)  allow them to develop to a point where they could assimilate into white society. 
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 15

Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poem was titled "________."

Accepted Answer

The answer of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poem was...

Question 16

Why did a feminist movement come into being in the United States during the 1840s?

Accepted Answer

The feminist movement in the United Stat

Question 17

Henry David Thoreau favored the solitary life,but was publicly against civil disobedience.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The 1848 Seneca Falls,New York,convention on women's rights

Accepted Answer

A)  issued a manifesto patterned after the Declaration of Independence. 
B)  asserted that women should have a place in society distinctly different from that of men. 
C)  refused to allow men to attend. 
D)  called on the government to treat both genders and all races with equality. 
E)  shied away from demanding female suffrage, as this was too radical at the time. 
A)  issued a manifesto patterned after the Declaration of Independence. 
B)  asserted that women should have a place in society distinctly different from that of men. 
C)  refused to allow men to attend. 
D)  called on the government to treat both genders and all races with equality. 
E)  shied away from demanding female suffrage, as this was too radical at the time.

Question 19

Through novels such as The Last of the Mohicans,James Fenimore Cooper examined the significance of

Accepted Answer

A)  the disorder of America's westward expansion. 
B)  the American free-enterprise system. 
C)  religious spiritualism in America. 
D)  racism in America. 
E)  slavery in the democratic mind. 
A)  the disorder of America's westward expansion. 
B)  the American free-enterprise system. 
C)  religious spiritualism in America. 
D)  racism in America. 
E)  slavery in the democratic mind.

Question 20

Why did most communal living "experiments" generally quickly fail?

Accepted Answer

Most communal living experiments, often

Exam 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform

What were the motives for the founding of the many communal living societies in the first half of the nineteenth century?

The Supreme Court ruling in Prigg v.Pennsylvania (1842)

The goal of the 1840s community experiment known as Brook Farm was partly to

Nearly a quarter of the population of New Orleans died in 1833 as a result of a cholera outbreak.

One of the more radical doctrines the Mormons followed was the marriage practice known as ________.

According to the nineteenth-century "science" of phrenology,what could be discerned from the shape of an individual's skull?

Of the major experiments in utopian living,which do you believe had the most long-term influence on modern society? Explain.

Prior to 1860,public education in the United States

In the 1830s,abolitionists in the United States constituted

What elements of romanticism can be found in mid-nineteenth-century American art and literature?

In the 1830s and 1840s,cholera epidemics in the United States

William Lloyd Garrison was a harsh critic of the United States government.

Which of the following features was NOT a characteristic of the Hudson River School?

The nineteenth-century practice of placing American Indians on reservations was partially designed to

Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poem was titled "________."

Why did a feminist movement come into being in the United States during the 1840s?

Henry David Thoreau favored the solitary life,but was publicly against civil disobedience.

The 1848 Seneca Falls,New York,convention on women's rights

Through novels such as The Last of the Mohicans,James Fenimore Cooper examined the significance of

Why did most communal living "experiments" generally quickly fail?

The Collision of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderlands

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

America’s Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

The Age of the City

From Crisis to Empire

The Progressives

America and the Great War

The “New Era”

The Great Depression

The New Deal

The Global Crisis, 1921–1941

America in a World at War

The Cold War

The Affluent Society

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and the Ordeal of Liberalism

The Crisis of Authority

From the “Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan

The Age of Globalization

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