Question 1

Angelina and Sarah Grimké:

Accepted Answer

A)  supported Catharine Beecher's efforts to expand political and social rights for women. 
B)  critiqued the prevailing notion of separate spheres for men and women. 
C)  were Pennsylvania-born Quakers whose religion compelled them to oppose slavery. 
D)  publicly defended the virtues of southern paternalism in lectures to southern women. 
E)  delivered many public lectures in which they detailed their escape from slavery. 
A)  supported Catharine Beecher's efforts to expand political and social rights for women. 
B)  critiqued the prevailing notion of separate spheres for men and women. 
C)  were Pennsylvania-born Quakers whose religion compelled them to oppose slavery. 
D)  publicly defended the virtues of southern paternalism in lectures to southern women. 
E)  delivered many public lectures in which they detailed their escape from slavery.

Question 2

The Shakers believed God had a dual personality,both male and female.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-burned-over districts

Accepted Answer

The term "burned-over districts" refers

Question 4

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-William Lloyd Garrison

Accepted Answer

William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent A

Question 5

Why did Freedom's Journal stop publishing?

Accepted Answer

A)  It had its offices ransacked. 
B)  The newspaper had accomplished its goal of ending slavery. 
C)  The women editors had been widely harassed on their stand for female equality. 
D)  The editor felt frustrated that African-Americans would never achieve full rights. 
E)  Frederick Douglass purchased the newspaper and merged it with his own. 
A)  It had its offices ransacked. 
B)  The newspaper had accomplished its goal of ending slavery. 
C)  The women editors had been widely harassed on their stand for female equality. 
D)  The editor felt frustrated that African-Americans would never achieve full rights. 
E)  Frederick Douglass purchased the newspaper and merged it with his own.

Question 6

The organized abolitionist movement split into two wings in 1840,largely over:

Accepted Answer

A)  whether to nominate William Lloyd Garrison or James G.Birney as the antislavery presidential candidate. 
B)  the question of abolitionists' taking a public stand on the controversial gag rule. 
C)  whether African-Americans should be allowed to speak at mixed-race public events. 
D)  a dispute concerning the proper role of women in antislavery work. 
E)  disagreements concerning the endorsement of colonization. 
A)  whether to nominate William Lloyd Garrison or James G.Birney as the antislavery presidential candidate. 
B)  the question of abolitionists' taking a public stand on the controversial gag rule. 
C)  whether African-Americans should be allowed to speak at mixed-race public events. 
D)  a dispute concerning the proper role of women in antislavery work. 
E)  disagreements concerning the endorsement of colonization.

Question 7

Who influenced the start of Brook Farm but never lived there?

Accepted Answer

A)  Karl Marx. 
B)  Herman Melville. 
C)  Nathaniel Hawthorne. 
D)  Robert Owen. 
E)  Charles Fourier. 
A)  Karl Marx. 
B)  Herman Melville. 
C)  Nathaniel Hawthorne. 
D)  Robert Owen. 
E)  Charles Fourier.

Question 8

Common schools:

Accepted Answer

A)  had no connection to the emerging industrial economy. 
B)  were based on the idea that the elite should be educated in their own schools. 
C)  suffered from the opposition of labor unions that wanted children available to work. 
D)  existed in every northern state by the time of the Civil War. 
E)  proved to be as popular in the North as they were in the South. 
A)  had no connection to the emerging industrial economy. 
B)  were based on the idea that the elite should be educated in their own schools. 
C)  suffered from the opposition of labor unions that wanted children available to work. 
D)  existed in every northern state by the time of the Civil War. 
E)  proved to be as popular in the North as they were in the South.

Question 9

How did Robert Owen first establish himself?

Accepted Answer

A)  He founded a new sect of Christianity. 
B)  He took Karl Marx's ideas and promoted communism. 
C)  He founded a model factory village in Scotland. 
D)  He worked for his father,who was serving in the U.S.Congress. 
E)  He established a farming community in Massachusetts. 
A)  He founded a new sect of Christianity. 
B)  He took Karl Marx's ideas and promoted communism. 
C)  He founded a model factory village in Scotland. 
D)  He worked for his father,who was serving in the U.S.Congress. 
E)  He established a farming community in Massachusetts.

Question 10

Why could William Lloyd Garrison be seen as a more radical abolitionist than Frederick Douglass?

Accepted Answer

A)  Garrison wanted equal rights for African-Americans. 
B)  Douglass wanted women to play a role in abolitionism. 
C)  Douglass wanted ex-slaves to leave the United States. 
D)  Douglass favored a gradual end to slavery. 
E)  Garrison saw the Constitution as evil. 
A)  Garrison wanted equal rights for African-Americans. 
B)  Douglass wanted women to play a role in abolitionism. 
C)  Douglass wanted ex-slaves to leave the United States. 
D)  Douglass favored a gradual end to slavery. 
E)  Garrison saw the Constitution as evil.

Question 11

The various reform and utopian communities that sprang up throughout America during the first part of the nineteenth century typically understood the meaning of freedom differently from mainstream Americans.Analyze the various meanings these groups gave to the word "freedom" and compare those meanings with the ones given by mainstream America.Your essay ought to give the reader a sense of what these communities were rejecting about mainstream society.

Accepted Answer

The reform and utopian communities that

Question 12

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-American Colonization Society

Accepted Answer

The American Colonization Society (ACS)

Question 13

In regard to utopian communities,how do spiritually oriented groups compare to societies with a worldly orientation?

Accepted Answer

A)  The spiritual groups emphasized secularism. 
B)  World-orientation groups had no dissension. 
C)  Both groups were anomalies that had little influence on the world. 
D)  Spiritual groups usually lasted for longer time periods. 
E)  World-orientation societies were more likely to regulate relations between the sexes. 
A)  The spiritual groups emphasized secularism. 
B)  World-orientation groups had no dissension. 
C)  Both groups were anomalies that had little influence on the world. 
D)  Spiritual groups usually lasted for longer time periods. 
E)  World-orientation societies were more likely to regulate relations between the sexes.

Question 14

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-burned-over districts

Accepted Answer

A) made abolition a political movement 
B) group of reformed drinkers 
C) Seneca Falls Convention 
D) New England transcendentalists 
E) advocated blacks returning to Africa
F)tax-supported public schools
G)a vision for a perfect society
H)area of intensive revivals in New York and Ohio
I)preventing antislavery petitions to be heard in Congress
J)feminist style of dress
K)first U.S.black newspaper
L)movement against alcohol 
A) made abolition a political movement 
B) group of reformed drinkers 
C) Seneca Falls Convention 
D) New England transcendentalists 
E) advocated blacks returning to Africa
F)tax-supported public schools
G)a vision for a perfect society
H)area of intensive revivals in New York and Ohio
I)preventing antislavery petitions to be heard in Congress
J)feminist style of dress
K)first U.S.black newspaper
L)movement against alcohol

Question 15

The antebellum utopian communities were largely located in the Upper South.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-William Lloyd Garrison

Accepted Answer

A) equated slavery with sin 
B) The Liberator 
C) Uncle Tom's Cabin 
D) accepted men as "the superior" 
E) organized the Seneca Falls Convention
F)advocate for the mentally ill
G)leading educational reformer
H)An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
I)editor and martyr of the abolitionist movement
J)Letters on the Equality of the Sexes
K)New Harmony
L)Woman in the Nineteenth Century 
A) equated slavery with sin 
B) The Liberator 
C) Uncle Tom's Cabin 
D) accepted men as "the superior" 
E) organized the Seneca Falls Convention
F)advocate for the mentally ill
G)leading educational reformer
H)An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
I)editor and martyr of the abolitionist movement
J)Letters on the Equality of the Sexes
K)New Harmony
L)Woman in the Nineteenth Century

Question 17

Which statement about the Shakers is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  They practiced "complex marriage." 
B)  They received their name from a crazy dance they performed during high-society parties. 
C)  They hoped to create a model factory town. 
D)  They believed that women were spiritually equal to men. 
E)  They openly discussed sexual relations. 
A)  They practiced "complex marriage." 
B)  They received their name from a crazy dance they performed during high-society parties. 
C)  They hoped to create a model factory town. 
D)  They believed that women were spiritually equal to men. 
E)  They openly discussed sexual relations.

Question 18

Institutions like jails,mental hospitals,and public schools were inspired by the conviction that those who passed through their doors could eventually be released to become productive,self-disciplined citizens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Nearly all abolitionists,despite their militant language,rejected violence as a means of ending slavery.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Oneida community:

Accepted Answer

A)  allowed each member an equal vote in governing the community. 
B)  permitted all of its members to own private property. 
C)  banished any member who divulged any information about the community's sexual practices. 
D)  invented the concept of birth control in America. 
E)  controlled which of its members would be allowed to reproduce. 
A)  allowed each member an equal vote in governing the community. 
B)  permitted all of its members to own private property. 
C)  banished any member who divulged any information about the community's sexual practices. 
D)  invented the concept of birth control in America. 
E)  controlled which of its members would be allowed to reproduce.

Angelina and Sarah Grimké:

The Shakers believed God had a dual personality,both male and female.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -burned-over districts

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -William Lloyd Garrison

Why did Freedom's Journal stop publishing?

The organized abolitionist movement split into two wings in 1840,largely over:

Who influenced the start of Brook Farm but never lived there?

Common schools:

How did Robert Owen first establish himself?

Why could William Lloyd Garrison be seen as a more radical abolitionist than Frederick Douglass?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -American Colonization Society

In regard to utopian communities,how do spiritually oriented groups compare to societies with a worldly orientation?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -burned-over districts

The antebellum utopian communities were largely located in the Upper South.

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -William Lloyd Garrison

Which statement about the Shakers is true?

Institutions like jails,mental hospitals,and public schools were inspired by the conviction that those who passed through their doors could eventually be released to become productive,self-disciplined citizens.

Nearly all abolitionists,despite their militant language,rejected violence as a means of ending slavery.

The Oneida community:

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

the Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

what is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

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Exam 12: An Age of Reform,1820-1840

Angelina and Sarah Grimké:

The Shakers believed God had a dual personality,both male and female.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -burned-over districts

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -William Lloyd Garrison

Why did Freedom's Journal stop publishing?

The organized abolitionist movement split into two wings in 1840,largely over:

Who influenced the start of Brook Farm but never lived there?

Common schools:

How did Robert Owen first establish himself?

Why could William Lloyd Garrison be seen as a more radical abolitionist than Frederick Douglass?

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -American Colonization Society

In regard to utopian communities,how do spiritually oriented groups compare to societies with a worldly orientation?

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -burned-over districts

The antebellum utopian communities were largely located in the Upper South.

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -William Lloyd Garrison

Which statement about the Shakers is true?

Institutions like jails,mental hospitals,and public schools were inspired by the conviction that those who passed through their doors could eventually be released to become productive,self-disciplined citizens.

Nearly all abolitionists,despite their militant language,rejected violence as a means of ending slavery.

The Oneida community:

A New World

Beginnings of English America,1607-1660

Creating Anglo-america,1660-1750

Slavery,freedom,and the Struggle for Empire to 1763

The American Revolution,1763-1783

the Revolution Within

Founding a Nation,1783-1791

Securing the Republic,1790-1815

The Market Revolution,1800-1840

Democracy in America,1815-1840

The Peculiar Institution

A House Divided,1840-1861

A New Birth of Freedom: the Civil War,1861-1865

what is Freedom?”: Reconstruction,1865-1877

Filters