Question 1

The Declaration of Sentiments stated,"He has created a false public sentiment,by giving to the world a different code of morals for men and women,by which moral delinquencies which exclude women from society,are not only tolerated but deemed of little account in man." Which of the following is an example of this sentiment?

Accepted Answer

A)  A woman could not work as a lawyer while a man could. 
B)  Women were not allowed to vote while many men could. 
C)  A woman who committed adultery was ostracized more than a man who did this same act. 
D)  It was frowned upon for a woman to be in the leadership role of an abolitionist society. 
E)  Women were denied admission to Harvard University.

Question 2

Abolitionists consciously identified their movement with the heritage of the American Revolution.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The abolitionist movement split in two in part because Abby Kelley had been appointed to an office within the American Anti-Slavery Society,which angered some men who believed it was wrong for a woman to occupy such a prominent position.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Theodore Weld

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

Question 5

The demand that women should enjoy the rights to regulate their own sexual activity and procreation and to be protected by the state against violence at the hands of their husbands challenged the notion that claims for justice,freedom,and individual rights should stop at the household's door.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The antislavery poet John Greenleaf Whittier compared reformer Abby Kelley to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Helen of Troy,who sowed the seeds of male destruction. 
B)  an Amazon,a mighty female warrior of Greek mythology. 
C)  Queen Elizabeth,who had ruled the British empire with such skill. 
D)  Molly Pitcher,the patriotic heroine of the American Revolution. 
E)  Joan of Arc,who led the armies of France into battle.

Question 7

How did reformers reconcile their desire to create moral order with their quest to enhance personal freedom?

Accepted Answer

A)  They did not even try,because they had no intention of enhancing personal freedom. 
B)  They claimed that genuine liberty meant allowing others to eliminate those problems that might threaten that liberty. 
C)  They argued that too many people were "slaves" to various sins and that freeing them from this enslavement would enable them to compete economically. 
D)  They contended that self-discipline was so rare that someone had to step in and make sure that Americans could enjoy the fruits of their labor. 
E)  They felt that eliminating temptations would lead to the natural liberty that Protestants had long considered crucial to maintaining a good society.

Question 8

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Elijah Lovejoy

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

Question 9

Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-gag rule

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

Question 10

Explain how the religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening popularized the outlook known as perfectionism,which held that both individuals and society at large were capable of indefinite improvement.How did this idea of perfectionism relate to the various reform movements that arose in the antebellum period?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Explain how the religious revivals of the...

Question 11

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Sarah Grimké

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

Question 12

English writer Harriet Martineau criticized the idea of sending ex-slaves to another country or kingdom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Analyze the Grimké-Beecher debate over the role of women in the abolitionist movement.How did each see women's place in society? With examples,explain whose views are more realized in today's world.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Analyze the Grimké-Beecher debate over the role...

Question 14

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Robert Owen

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

Question 15

As women began to take an active role in abolition,public speaking for women became socially acceptable to most Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

MATCHING
Match the person or term with the with the correct description.
-Horace Mann

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

Question 17

The Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration of Sentiments was modeled after:

Accepted Answer

A)  The Declaration of Independence. 
B)  The U.S.Constitution. 
C)  Woman of the Nineteenth Century. 
D)  A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. 
E)  Letters on the Equality of the Sexes.

Question 18

Abolitionists agreed with the labor movement's argument that workers were subjugated to "wage slavery."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

By 1840,the temperance movement in the United States had:

Accepted Answer

A)  united Americans of all classes and religions in a "war" against alcohol. 
B)  virtually disappeared. 
C)  convinced Congress to pass a national prohibition law. 
D)  made no measurable impact on Americans' drinking habits. 
E)  encouraged a substantial decrease in the consumption of alcohol.

Question 20

The American Tract Society was focused on:

Accepted Answer

A)  slavery. 
B)  drinking. 
C)  feminism. 
D)  suffrage. 
E)  religion.

Exam 12: An Age of Reform,1820-1840

Abolitionists consciously identified their movement with the heritage of the American Revolution.

The abolitionist movement split in two in part because Abby Kelley had been appointed to an office within the American Anti-Slavery Society,which angered some men who believed it was wrong for a woman to occupy such a prominent position.

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Theodore Weld

The demand that women should enjoy the rights to regulate their own sexual activity and procreation and to be protected by the state against violence at the hands of their husbands challenged the notion that claims for justice,freedom,and individual rights should stop at the household's door.

The antislavery poet John Greenleaf Whittier compared reformer Abby Kelley to:

How did reformers reconcile their desire to create moral order with their quest to enhance personal freedom?

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Elijah Lovejoy

Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -gag rule

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Sarah Grimké

English writer Harriet Martineau criticized the idea of sending ex-slaves to another country or kingdom.

Analyze the Grimké-Beecher debate over the role of women in the abolitionist movement.How did each see women's place in society? With examples,explain whose views are more realized in today's world.

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Robert Owen

As women began to take an active role in abolition,public speaking for women became socially acceptable to most Americans.

MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Horace Mann

The Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration of Sentiments was modeled after:

Abolitionists agreed with the labor movement's argument that workers were subjugated to "wage slavery."

By 1840,the temperance movement in the United States had:

The American Tract Society was focused on: