Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

Institution building refers to the proce

Question 2

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Declaration of Sentiments

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 3

The colonization of freed U.S.slaves to Africa:

Accepted Answer

A)  received no support from southern slaveholders. 
B)  was strongly endorsed by William Lloyd Garrison throughout his career. 
C)  led to the creation of the free African nation of Ghana in 1835. 
D)  was praised by the English writer Harriet Martineau. 
E)  prompted the adamant opposition of most free African-Americans. 
A)  received no support from southern slaveholders. 
B)  was strongly endorsed by William Lloyd Garrison throughout his career. 
C)  led to the creation of the free African nation of Ghana in 1835. 
D)  was praised by the English writer Harriet Martineau. 
E)  prompted the adamant opposition of most free African-Americans.

Question 4

What inspired Noyes's idea of achieving perfection?

Accepted Answer

A)  Religious revivals. 
B)  Jefferson's ideas on democracy. 
C)  Original sin. 
D)  The Enlightenment. 
E)  Calvin's ideas on predestination. 
A)  Religious revivals. 
B)  Jefferson's ideas on democracy. 
C)  Original sin. 
D)  The Enlightenment. 
E)  Calvin's ideas on predestination.

Question 5

What would John Winthrop most likely criticize about antebellum America?

Accepted Answer

A)  Slavery. 
B)  Education reform. 
C)  The temperance movement. 
D)  Merchants trading with Europe. 
E)  Utopian societies promoting free love. 
A)  Slavery. 
B)  Education reform. 
C)  The temperance movement. 
D)  Merchants trading with Europe. 
E)  Utopian societies promoting free love.

Question 6

By 1860,all but two states had established tax-supported school systems for their children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-temperance

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 8

Overall,how did utopian societies and worldly communities perceive women?

Accepted Answer

A)  A woman's place was in the home. 
B)  Women needed to serve in the military. 
C)  The prostitution of women was an example of free love. 
D)  Women should not participate in religious services. 
E)  Women needed to be treated as equals. 
A)  A woman's place was in the home. 
B)  Women needed to serve in the military. 
C)  The prostitution of women was an example of free love. 
D)  Women should not participate in religious services. 
E)  Women needed to be treated as equals.

Question 9

Who in Congress worked tirelessly to end the gag rule?

Accepted Answer

A)  Andrew Jackson. 
B)  William Lloyd Garrison. 
C)  Henry Clay. 
D)  Abraham Lincoln. 
E)  John Quincy Adams. 
A)  Andrew Jackson. 
B)  William Lloyd Garrison. 
C)  Henry Clay. 
D)  Abraham Lincoln. 
E)  John Quincy Adams.

Question 10

Burned-over districts were:

Accepted Answer

A)  areas in New York City where slaves had set fires. 
B)  in Louisiana,where slaves had burned cotton fields as a form of resistance. 
C)  regions where few evangelical Protestants lived (as though they had been burned out). 
D)  in Kansas and Nebraska,where fighting broke out over issues of slavery. 
E)  in New York and Ohio,where intense revivals occurred. 
A)  areas in New York City where slaves had set fires. 
B)  in Louisiana,where slaves had burned cotton fields as a form of resistance. 
C)  regions where few evangelical Protestants lived (as though they had been burned out). 
D)  in Kansas and Nebraska,where fighting broke out over issues of slavery. 
E)  in New York and Ohio,where intense revivals occurred.

Question 11

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-"bloomer" costume

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 12

The abolitionists' greatest achievement lay in shattering the conspiracy of silence that had sought to preserve national unity by suppressing public debate over slavery.Explain how the abolitionists achieved this and comment on how successful the movement was or was not.

Accepted Answer

The abolitionists achieved their greates

Question 13

What was most significant about Theodore Weld's argument concerning the sinfulness of slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  It convinced some that slavery needed to be abolished immediately. 
B)  Ministers could preach that slavery was the devil's work. 
C)  It contradicted passages in the Bible that seemed to be proslavery. 
D)  It allowed ministers like William Lloyd Garrison to take on a leadership role. 
E)  It led to Frederick Douglass gaining his freedom. 
A)  It convinced some that slavery needed to be abolished immediately. 
B)  Ministers could preach that slavery was the devil's work. 
C)  It contradicted passages in the Bible that seemed to be proslavery. 
D)  It allowed ministers like William Lloyd Garrison to take on a leadership role. 
E)  It led to Frederick Douglass gaining his freedom.

Question 14

What did reformers commonly believe about prisons and asylums?

Accepted Answer

A)  That the persons entering these institutions would likely never leave them. 
B)  That they were not widely needed,and not many were built. 
C)  That they would be excellent holding centers for society's undesirables. 
D)  That the persons in the facilities could be used as forced labor in factories. 
E)  That they could rehabilitate individuals and then release them back into society. 
A)  That the persons entering these institutions would likely never leave them. 
B)  That they were not widely needed,and not many were built. 
C)  That they would be excellent holding centers for society's undesirables. 
D)  That the persons in the facilities could be used as forced labor in factories. 
E)  That they could rehabilitate individuals and then release them back into society.

Question 15

The Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration of Sentiments:

Accepted Answer

A)  did not demand voting rights for women because the participants were so divided on that issue. 
B)  was modeled on the Bill of Rights in the U.S.Constitution. 
C)  was written primarily by the Grimké sisters. 
D)  condemned the entire structure of inequality between men and women. 
E)  inspired Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to become abolitionists. 
A)  did not demand voting rights for women because the participants were so divided on that issue. 
B)  was modeled on the Bill of Rights in the U.S.Constitution. 
C)  was written primarily by the Grimké sisters. 
D)  condemned the entire structure of inequality between men and women. 
E)  inspired Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton to become abolitionists.

Question 16

Which of the following correctly pairs the reform community with the state in which it was located?

Accepted Answer

A)  Brook Farm: Virginia. 
B)  Oneida: Massachusetts. 
C)  Zoar: Maine. 
D)  New Harmony: Indiana. 
E)  Modern Times: Tennessee. 
A)  Brook Farm: Virginia. 
B)  Oneida: Massachusetts. 
C)  Zoar: Maine. 
D)  New Harmony: Indiana. 
E)  Modern Times: Tennessee.

Question 17

How did men react to the "bloomer" fashion in the 1850s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The paid little notice to women's apparel. 
B)  They thought it was ridiculous. 
C)  They criticized it as dangerously provocative. 
D)  They praised its functionality. 
E)  They advocated that both men and women should be wearing this apparel. 
A)  The paid little notice to women's apparel. 
B)  They thought it was ridiculous. 
C)  They criticized it as dangerously provocative. 
D)  They praised its functionality. 
E)  They advocated that both men and women should be wearing this apparel.

Question 18

Black abolitionists developed an understanding of freedom that went well beyond that of most of their white contemporaries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In his speech about the Fourth of July,how did Frederick Douglass critique the founding of the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  There was no hope for the United States,since many of the founders were slaveowners. 
B)  The American Revolution was a good starting point for principles of freedom. 
C)  Religion needed to play a more significant role in the starting of the United States. 
D)  It was acceptable for Thomas Jefferson to be a slaveholder because he had many accomplishments. 
E)  The three-fifths clause helped slaves. 
A)  There was no hope for the United States,since many of the founders were slaveowners. 
B)  The American Revolution was a good starting point for principles of freedom. 
C)  Religion needed to play a more significant role in the starting of the United States. 
D)  It was acceptable for Thomas Jefferson to be a slaveholder because he had many accomplishments. 
E)  The three-fifths clause helped slaves.

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Declaration of Sentiments

The colonization of freed U.S.slaves to Africa:

What inspired Noyes's idea of achieving perfection?

What would John Winthrop most likely criticize about antebellum America?

By 1860,all but two states had established tax-supported school systems for their children.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -temperance

Overall,how did utopian societies and worldly communities perceive women?

Who in Congress worked tirelessly to end the gag rule?

Burned-over districts were:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -"bloomer" costume

The abolitionists' greatest achievement lay in shattering the conspiracy of silence that had sought to preserve national unity by suppressing public debate over slavery.Explain how the abolitionists achieved this and comment on how successful the movement was or was not.

What was most significant about Theodore Weld's argument concerning the sinfulness of slavery?

What did reformers commonly believe about prisons and asylums?

The Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration of Sentiments:

Which of the following correctly pairs the reform community with the state in which it was located?

How did men react to the "bloomer" fashion in the 1850s?

Black abolitionists developed an understanding of freedom that went well beyond that of most of their white contemporaries.

In his speech about the Fourth of July,how did Frederick Douglass critique the founding of the United States?

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

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

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Declaration of Sentiments

The colonization of freed U.S.slaves to Africa:

What inspired Noyes's idea of achieving perfection?

What would John Winthrop most likely criticize about antebellum America?

By 1860,all but two states had established tax-supported school systems for their children.

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -temperance

Overall,how did utopian societies and worldly communities perceive women?

Who in Congress worked tirelessly to end the gag rule?

Burned-over districts were:

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -"bloomer" costume

The abolitionists' greatest achievement lay in shattering the conspiracy of silence that had sought to preserve national unity by suppressing public debate over slavery.Explain how the abolitionists achieved this and comment on how successful the movement was or was not.

What was most significant about Theodore Weld's argument concerning the sinfulness of slavery?

What did reformers commonly believe about prisons and asylums?

The Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration of Sentiments:

Which of the following correctly pairs the reform community with the state in which it was located?

How did men react to the "bloomer" fashion in the 1850s?

Black abolitionists developed an understanding of freedom that went well beyond that of most of their white contemporaries.

In his speech about the Fourth of July,how did Frederick Douglass critique the founding of the United States?

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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