Question 1

Which state enacted a far-reaching law allowing married women to sign contracts and buy and sell property?

Accepted Answer

A)  New Jersey. 
B)  Massachusetts. 
C)  Vermont. 
D)  Pennsylvania. 
E)  New York. 
A)  New Jersey. 
B)  Massachusetts. 
C)  Vermont. 
D)  Pennsylvania. 
E)  New York.

Question 2

Abolitionists fought for the right to debate slavery openly and without reprisal.Analyze what led them to elevate "free opinion" to a central place in what William Lloyd Garrison called the "gospel of freedom."

Accepted Answer

The abolitionists were motivated to elev

Question 3

The gag rule:

Accepted Answer

A)  stated that newspapers could not print antislavery materials. 
B)  prevented Congress from hearing antislavery petitions. 
C)  denied women the right to speak in mixed-sex public gatherings. 
D)  prevented Congregational ministers from preaching against Catholics. 
E)  was adopted at the Seneca Falls Convention to symbolize that women did not have a voice in politics. 
A)  stated that newspapers could not print antislavery materials. 
B)  prevented Congress from hearing antislavery petitions. 
C)  denied women the right to speak in mixed-sex public gatherings. 
D)  prevented Congregational ministers from preaching against Catholics. 
E)  was adopted at the Seneca Falls Convention to symbolize that women did not have a voice in politics.

Question 4

Like Indian removal,the colonization of former slaves rested on the premise that America:

Accepted Answer

A)  was fundamentally a white society. 
B)  wanted what was in the best interest of all the people. 
C)  was not financially able to support all who lived there. 
D)  provided opportunity for new land to those who desired it. 
E)  was a land of diversity and equality. 
A)  was fundamentally a white society. 
B)  wanted what was in the best interest of all the people. 
C)  was not financially able to support all who lived there. 
D)  provided opportunity for new land to those who desired it. 
E)  was a land of diversity and equality.

Question 5

Who founded the Shakers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Joseph Smith. 
B)  Ann Lee. 
C)  Aimee McPherson. 
D)  Louisa Alcott. 
E)  Robert Matthews. 
A)  Joseph Smith. 
B)  Ann Lee. 
C)  Aimee McPherson. 
D)  Louisa Alcott. 
E)  Robert Matthews.

Question 6

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Margaret Fuller

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 7

In general,Catholics supported the temperance movement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two.
-Grimké-Beecher debate

Accepted Answer

The Grimké-Beecher debate was a series o

Question 9

Most African-Americans enthusiastically favored the colonization idea and moving to Africa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Abolitionists challenged stereotypes about African-Americans by:

Accepted Answer

A)  countering the pseudoscientific claim that they formed a separate species. 
B)  presenting the compositions of Henry Highland Garnet to disprove the belief that African culture was inferior because it produced no classical music composers. 
C)  pointing to Haiti,the scene of the famous slave revolts of the 1790s and 1800s,as a model of civilization. 
D)  making January 1,the anniversary of the end of the international slave trade,a holiday throughout the North until the end of the Civil War. 
E)  nominating Frederick Douglass for president in 1852 and winning him Vermont's electoral votes. 
A)  countering the pseudoscientific claim that they formed a separate species. 
B)  presenting the compositions of Henry Highland Garnet to disprove the belief that African culture was inferior because it produced no classical music composers. 
C)  pointing to Haiti,the scene of the famous slave revolts of the 1790s and 1800s,as a model of civilization. 
D)  making January 1,the anniversary of the end of the international slave trade,a holiday throughout the North until the end of the Civil War. 
E)  nominating Frederick Douglass for president in 1852 and winning him Vermont's electoral votes.

Question 11

How did the abolitionists link themselves to the nation's Revolutionary heritage?

Accepted Answer

A)  They seized on the preamble to the Declaration of Independence as an attack against slavery. 
B)  They cracked the Liberty Bell to signify that the bonds of liberty were breaking under the weight of slavery. 
C)  They used mob action,just as the revolutionaries had when they attacked such disagreeable measures as the Stamp Act. 
D)  They reminded audiences constantly that the main issue the Sons of Liberty and similar groups had invoked was liberty. 
E)  They made a heroic figure of Crispus Attucks,the African-American who died at the Boston Massacre. 
A)  They seized on the preamble to the Declaration of Independence as an attack against slavery. 
B)  They cracked the Liberty Bell to signify that the bonds of liberty were breaking under the weight of slavery. 
C)  They used mob action,just as the revolutionaries had when they attacked such disagreeable measures as the Stamp Act. 
D)  They reminded audiences constantly that the main issue the Sons of Liberty and similar groups had invoked was liberty. 
E)  They made a heroic figure of Crispus Attucks,the African-American who died at the Boston Massacre.

Question 12

What were the women at Seneca Falls advocating? Be sure to explain how they understood freedom and liberty.What methods were the feminists using to promote their cause?

Accepted Answer

The women at Seneca Falls were advocatin

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Common schools, also known as public sch

Question 14

Mob attacks and attempts to limit abolitionists' freedom of speech convinced many northerners that slavery was incompatible with the democratic liberties of white Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

How did the fairs of abolitionists expand on the Christmas holiday?

Accepted Answer

A)  They added more church services. 
B)  They made it mandatory for all members of abolitionist societies to attend church on Christmas day. 
C)  They helped to create the idea of a Christmas shopping season. 
D)  They encouraged slaveowners to teach slaves about Christmas. 
E)  They created the Christmas tree. 
A)  They added more church services. 
B)  They made it mandatory for all members of abolitionist societies to attend church on Christmas day. 
C)  They helped to create the idea of a Christmas shopping season. 
D)  They encouraged slaveowners to teach slaves about Christmas. 
E)  They created the Christmas tree.

Question 16

The ________ was established in hopes of making abolitionism a political movement.

Accepted Answer

A)  Liberty Party 
B)  Whig Party 
C)  North Star Party 
D)  Republican Party 
E)  Afro-American Party 
A)  Liberty Party 
B)  Whig Party 
C)  North Star Party 
D)  Republican Party 
E)  Afro-American Party

Question 17

William Lloyd Garrison:

Accepted Answer

A)  secretly financed Nat Turner's Rebellion. 
B)  began publishing his newspaper in Richmond,Virginia,in 1831,but moved it to friendlier territory two years later. 
C)  attracted little support from fellow abolitionists,but historians have discovered his importance. 
D)  suggested that the North dissolve the Union to free itself of any connection to slavery. 
E)  published American Slavery as It Is,an influential pamphlet. 
A)  secretly financed Nat Turner's Rebellion. 
B)  began publishing his newspaper in Richmond,Virginia,in 1831,but moved it to friendlier territory two years later. 
C)  attracted little support from fellow abolitionists,but historians have discovered his importance. 
D)  suggested that the North dissolve the Union to free itself of any connection to slavery. 
E)  published American Slavery as It Is,an influential pamphlet.

Question 18

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-common schools

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 19

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-the Liberty Party

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 20

In addition to trying to end slavery,abolitionists from 1830 to 1860 pioneered what?

Accepted Answer

A)  The use of the telegraph. 
B)  A modern way of raising funds through fairs and bazaars. 
C)  The spread of the penny press. 
D)  Establishing various colonies in the Caribbean for ex-slaves. 
E)  Successfully getting guns to slaves. 
A)  The use of the telegraph. 
B)  A modern way of raising funds through fairs and bazaars. 
C)  The spread of the penny press. 
D)  Establishing various colonies in the Caribbean for ex-slaves. 
E)  Successfully getting guns to slaves.

Which state enacted a far-reaching law allowing married women to sign contracts and buy and sell property?

Abolitionists fought for the right to debate slavery openly and without reprisal.Analyze what led them to elevate "free opinion" to a central place in what William Lloyd Garrison called the "gospel of freedom."

The gag rule:

Like Indian removal,the colonization of former slaves rested on the premise that America:

Who founded the Shakers?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Margaret Fuller

In general,Catholics supported the temperance movement.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Grimké-Beecher debate

Most African-Americans enthusiastically favored the colonization idea and moving to Africa.

Abolitionists challenged stereotypes about African-Americans by:

How did the abolitionists link themselves to the nation's Revolutionary heritage?

What were the women at Seneca Falls advocating? Be sure to explain how they understood freedom and liberty.What methods were the feminists using to promote their cause?

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

Mob attacks and attempts to limit abolitionists' freedom of speech convinced many northerners that slavery was incompatible with the democratic liberties of white Americans.

How did the fairs of abolitionists expand on the Christmas holiday?

The ________ was established in hopes of making abolitionism a political movement.

William Lloyd Garrison:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -common schools

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -the Liberty Party

In addition to trying to end slavery,abolitionists from 1830 to 1860 pioneered what?

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

Which state enacted a far-reaching law allowing married women to sign contracts and buy and sell property?

Abolitionists fought for the right to debate slavery openly and without reprisal.Analyze what led them to elevate "free opinion" to a central place in what William Lloyd Garrison called the "gospel of freedom."

The gag rule:

Like Indian removal,the colonization of former slaves rested on the premise that America:

Who founded the Shakers?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Margaret Fuller

In general,Catholics supported the temperance movement.

Identify and give the historical significance of each of the following terms, events, and people in a paragraph or two. -Grimké-Beecher debate

Most African-Americans enthusiastically favored the colonization idea and moving to Africa.

Abolitionists challenged stereotypes about African-Americans by:

How did the abolitionists link themselves to the nation's Revolutionary heritage?

What were the women at Seneca Falls advocating? Be sure to explain how they understood freedom and liberty.What methods were the feminists using to promote their cause?

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

Mob attacks and attempts to limit abolitionists' freedom of speech convinced many northerners that slavery was incompatible with the democratic liberties of white Americans.

How did the fairs of abolitionists expand on the Christmas holiday?

The ________ was established in hopes of making abolitionism a political movement.

William Lloyd Garrison:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -common schools

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -the Liberty Party

In addition to trying to end slavery,abolitionists from 1830 to 1860 pioneered what?

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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