Question 1

How did slaves resist the demands of slaveholders?

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The most effective way for students to a

Question 2

During the Texas Revolution most Americans defending this outpost were massacred by the forces of Mexican general Santa Anna...

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A) the Citadel 
B) the Alamo 
C) the Rio Grande 
D) the Velasco 
A) the Citadel 
B) the Alamo 
C) the Rio Grande 
D) the Velasco

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
Horace Mann

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Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 185

Question 4

Most reformers in the first half of the nineteenth century believed that

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A) hard work, discipline, and solitude would put criminals on the path to productive lives. 
B) the middle class should have as little to do with the poor as possible. 
C) the working class should organize and rise up in revolt. 
D) they could learn a lot from the poor. 
A) hard work, discipline, and solitude would put criminals on the path to productive lives. 
B) the middle class should have as little to do with the poor as possible. 
C) the working class should organize and rise up in revolt. 
D) they could learn a lot from the poor.

Question 5

The estimated number of slaves who escaped the South every year is

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A) 50 
B) 100 
C) 1,000 
D) 10,000 
A) 50 
B) 100 
C) 1,000 
D) 10,000

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
Charles Grandison Finney

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Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875) was

Question 7

Whigs

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A) opposed Henry Clay's call for strong government. 
B) advocated for the American System in economics. 
C) attracted only Northerners. 
D) detested the antimasonic movement. 
A) opposed Henry Clay's call for strong government. 
B) advocated for the American System in economics. 
C) attracted only Northerners. 
D) detested the antimasonic movement.

Question 8

A unique aspect of utopianism practiced by John Humphrey Noyes at the Oneida Community was

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A) specialized skills in farming. 
B) the sanctity of individual property. 
C) a dedication to steam power in all aspects of life. 
D) group marriage and free love. 
A) specialized skills in farming. 
B) the sanctity of individual property. 
C) a dedication to steam power in all aspects of life. 
D) group marriage and free love.

Question 9

Whig Party supporters

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A) advocated strong government. 
B) backed states' rights. 
C) wanted to eliminate tariffs altogether. 
D) were all abolitionists. 
A) advocated strong government. 
B) backed states' rights. 
C) wanted to eliminate tariffs altogether. 
D) were all abolitionists.

Question 10

Horace Mann believed that one of the purposes of public education should be to

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A) instill the classical education of the ancient Greeks. 
B) train a small elite for government service. 
C) teach immigrants the values of middle-class America. 
D) challenge traditional thinking and authority. 
A) instill the classical education of the ancient Greeks. 
B) train a small elite for government service. 
C) teach immigrants the values of middle-class America. 
D) challenge traditional thinking and authority.

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
utopian

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The term "utopian" refers to an idealist

Question 12

Dorothea Dix was a pioneer in the movement for

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A) mental health reform. 
B) public education. 
C) abolition. 
D) temperance. 
A) mental health reform. 
B) public education. 
C) abolition. 
D) temperance.

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
National Trades' Union

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The National Trades' Union was the first

Question 14

George Bancroft's writing focused on

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A) the history of ordinary people. 
B) strong leaders with a divine sense of purpose. 
C) social struggles in American society. 
D) military history. 
A) the history of ordinary people. 
B) strong leaders with a divine sense of purpose. 
C) social struggles in American society. 
D) military history.

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
"Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign

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The "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign

Question 16

Which statement best describes Charles G. Finney's preaching style?

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A) He tried to convert people the way that an attorney would try to move a jury. 
B) He merely read from the Bible and allowed his assistants to do the work. 
C) He was calm and rational and merely explained his theological points. 
D) He brought a parade of the sick and lame up to the pulpit and "healed" them. 
A) He tried to convert people the way that an attorney would try to move a jury. 
B) He merely read from the Bible and allowed his assistants to do the work. 
C) He was calm and rational and merely explained his theological points. 
D) He brought a parade of the sick and lame up to the pulpit and "healed" them.

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
Romanticism

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
Romanticism...

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following terms: 
Gag rule

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The term "gag rule" refers to a regulati

Question 19

What did a Whig newspaper in 1848 call "the most shocking and unnatural event ever recorded in the history of womanity"?

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A) the right of women to vote in the next election 
B) the right of women to attend college 
C) the Declaration of Sentiments of Seneca Falls 
D) allowing women to work in textile factories 
A) the right of women to vote in the next election 
B) the right of women to attend college 
C) the Declaration of Sentiments of Seneca Falls 
D) allowing women to work in textile factories

Question 20

How did the idea of Manifest Destiny help shape American society during the 1830s and 1840s?

Accepted Answer

Students will note the origins of Manife

Exam 12: Responses to Expansion and Change, 1828-1848

How did slaves resist the demands of slaveholders?

During the Texas Revolution most Americans defending this outpost were massacred by the forces of Mexican general Santa Anna...

Instructions: Identify the following terms: Horace Mann

Most reformers in the first half of the nineteenth century believed that

The estimated number of slaves who escaped the South every year is

Instructions: Identify the following terms: Charles Grandison Finney

Whigs

A unique aspect of utopianism practiced by John Humphrey Noyes at the Oneida Community was

Whig Party supporters

Horace Mann believed that one of the purposes of public education should be to

Instructions: Identify the following terms: utopian

Dorothea Dix was a pioneer in the movement for

Instructions: Identify the following terms: National Trades' Union

George Bancroft's writing focused on

Instructions: Identify the following terms: "Log Cabin and Hard Cider" campaign

Which statement best describes Charles G. Finney's preaching style?

Instructions: Identify the following terms: Romanticism

Instructions: Identify the following terms: Gag rule

What did a Whig newspaper in 1848 call "the most shocking and unnatural event ever recorded in the history of womanity"?

How did the idea of Manifest Destiny help shape American society during the 1830s and 1840s?

Making a New World, to 1588

A Continent on the Move, 1400-1725

Founding the English Mainland Colonies, 1585-1732

The English Colonies in the Eighteenth Century, 1689-1763

Deciding Where Loyalties Lie, 1763-1776

Re-Creating America: Independence and a New Nation

Competing Visions of the Virtuous Republic, 1770-1796

The Early Republic, 1796-1804

Increasing Conflict and War, 1805-1815

The Rise of a New Nation, 1815-1836

Modernization and Expansion, 1828-1848

Sectional Conflict and Shattered Union, 1840-1860

A Violent Choice: Civil War, 1861-1865

Reconstruction: High Hopes and Shattered Dreams, 1865

The Nation Industrializes, 1865-1900

Life in the Gilded Age, 1865-1900

Politics and Foreign Relations in a Rapidly Changing Nation, 1865-1902

The Progressive Era, 1900-1917

The United States in a World at War, 1913-1920

Prosperity Decade, 1920-1928

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

Americaïs Rise to World Leadership, 1929-1945

Truman and Cold War America, 1945-1952

Quest for Consensus, 1952-1960

Great Promises, Bitter Disappointments, 1960-1968

America Under Stress, 1967-1976

New Economic and Political Alignments, 1976-1992

Entering a New Century, 1992-2013

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