Question 1

What did Seth Luther mean by the term "middle class"?

Accepted Answer

A)  An average between high- and low-income groups. 
B)  Anyone who was not rich and not poor. 
C)  Persons whose jobs required mental rather than physical labor. 
D)  Someone whose income was above $10,000 annually. 
A)  An average between high- and low-income groups. 
B)  Anyone who was not rich and not poor. 
C)  Persons whose jobs required mental rather than physical labor. 
D)  Someone whose income was above $10,000 annually. C

Question 2

What group did Seth Luther think was the most productive in society?

Accepted Answer

The working class.

Question 3

Why did some Americans withdraw into covenanted communities?

Accepted Answer

A)  To celebrate America's success with excess and abandon. 
B)  To mourn the passing of the good old colonial days. 
C)  To prepare themselves for civil service. 
D)  To prepare for the end of days. 
A)  To celebrate America's success with excess and abandon. 
B)  To mourn the passing of the good old colonial days. 
C)  To prepare themselves for civil service. 
D)  To prepare for the end of days. D

Question 4

Why did nativists object to Irish immigrants above all?

Accepted Answer

They were generally

Question 5

Women were particularly drawn to Shakerism because

Accepted Answer

A)  Of a belief in the spiritual equality of women and men. 
B)  Of the expectation that the Second Coming of God would be incarnated in a female. 
C)  Male members of the faith did all the household cooking and cleaning. 
D)  Male members protected them from outside dangers. 
A)  Of a belief in the spiritual equality of women and men. 
B)  Of the expectation that the Second Coming of God would be incarnated in a female. 
C)  Male members of the faith did all the household cooking and cleaning. 
D)  Male members protected them from outside dangers.

Question 6

The Liberty Party

Accepted Answer

A)  Was ambivalent on the issue of slavery. 
B)  Fielded its first candidate in 1840. 
C)  Supported the election of William Lloyd Garrison. 
D)  Was very popular, drawing membership from both parties. 
A)  Was ambivalent on the issue of slavery. 
B)  Fielded its first candidate in 1840. 
C)  Supported the election of William Lloyd Garrison. 
D)  Was very popular, drawing membership from both parties.

Question 7

Who did the middle class regard most highly in society?

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Question 8

What most distinguished Irish immigrants from general American society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their language difficulty. 
B)  Their tendency to seek government work, especially as policemen. 
C)  Their Catholic religion. 
D)  Their willingness to abandon Old Country customs and embrace new traditions. 
A)  Their language difficulty. 
B)  Their tendency to seek government work, especially as policemen. 
C)  Their Catholic religion. 
D)  Their willingness to abandon Old Country customs and embrace new traditions.

Question 9

Advanced education at the college level in the antebellum period

Accepted Answer

A)  Featured equal opportunities for males and females. 
B)  Focused on religious subjects. 
C)  Was available only for males. 
D)  Was available to everyone who could afford the tuition. 
A)  Featured equal opportunities for males and females. 
B)  Focused on religious subjects. 
C)  Was available only for males. 
D)  Was available to everyone who could afford the tuition.

Question 10

What practice of Shakers afforded women freedom from the dangers of childbirth?

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

How did most eastern middle-class Americans regard the western migration of many Americans?

Accepted Answer

A)  With delight to be rid of those who no longer wanted to live in the East. 
B)  With emotions that differed in the North and South, depending on the development of slave or free states in the West. 
C)  With happiness for the development of new markets to exploit. 
D)  With alarm, fearing the departure of ambitious citizens. 
A)  With delight to be rid of those who no longer wanted to live in the East. 
B)  With emotions that differed in the North and South, depending on the development of slave or free states in the West. 
C)  With happiness for the development of new markets to exploit. 
D)  With alarm, fearing the departure of ambitious citizens.

Question 12

What about Joseph Smith's teachings most offended others?

Accepted Answer

A)  The concept of "once saved, always saved." 
B)  The doctrine of plural marriage. 
C)  Foot washing in emulation of Christ's concept of servanthood. 
D)  The use of alcohol in the celebration of Eucharist, or communion. 
A)  The concept of "once saved, always saved." 
B)  The doctrine of plural marriage. 
C)  Foot washing in emulation of Christ's concept of servanthood. 
D)  The use of alcohol in the celebration of Eucharist, or communion.

Question 13

Catharine Sedgwick's novel The Poor Rich Man and the Rich Poor Man

Accepted Answer

A)  Called attention to the problem of homelessness. 
B)  Defended those who inherited great wealth. 
C)  Illustrated the exploitation of the poor by the wealthy. 
D)  Romanticized urban poverty and suggested that "true wealth" lay within the reach of everyone. 
A)  Called attention to the problem of homelessness. 
B)  Defended those who inherited great wealth. 
C)  Illustrated the exploitation of the poor by the wealthy. 
D)  Romanticized urban poverty and suggested that "true wealth" lay within the reach of everyone.

Question 14

The message of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions was

Accepted Answer

A)  Based solely on theological topics with no mention of politics. 
B)  Focused solely on the establishment of missions in the United States. 
C)  Financed by the monetary contributions of young men's and women's Sunday school offerings. 
D)  A combination of Christianity and American political and social values. 
A)  Based solely on theological topics with no mention of politics. 
B)  Focused solely on the establishment of missions in the United States. 
C)  Financed by the monetary contributions of young men's and women's Sunday school offerings. 
D)  A combination of Christianity and American political and social values.

Question 15

What novel romanticized urban poverty and advocated seeking "true wealth" through hard work?

Accepted Answer

The Poor Rich Man an

Question 16

The French observer Alexis de Tocqueville observed that Americans

Accepted Answer

A)  Could not grasp Judaism. 
B)  Loved to organize. 
C)  Rarely attended church except on Christmas and Easter. 
D)  Were less well mannered than Europeans. 
A)  Could not grasp Judaism. 
B)  Loved to organize. 
C)  Rarely attended church except on Christmas and Easter. 
D)  Were less well mannered than Europeans.

Question 17

What distinguished members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from the Shakers?

Accepted Answer

Whereas Mormons believed in th

Question 18

What was the most prevalent trend in internal migration in America in the 1830s and 1840s?

Accepted Answer

A)  City dwellers moving to suburbia. 
B)  Moves from borough to borough seeking lower rent. 
C)  Rural people moving to cities. 
D)  Westerners reaching the Pacific Ocean and moving back eastward. 
A)  City dwellers moving to suburbia. 
B)  Moves from borough to borough seeking lower rent. 
C)  Rural people moving to cities. 
D)  Westerners reaching the Pacific Ocean and moving back eastward.

Question 19

Compared to the Pennsylvania model of prisoner rehabilitation, Sing Sing prison in New York

Accepted Answer

A)  Allowed prisoners to work communally. 
B)  Did not expect prisoners to worship. 
C)  Aimed at early prevention rather than rehabilitation. 
D)  Relied on physical punishment. 
A)  Allowed prisoners to work communally. 
B)  Did not expect prisoners to worship. 
C)  Aimed at early prevention rather than rehabilitation. 
D)  Relied on physical punishment.

Question 20

Who were the primary targets of the American nativist movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  African Americans. 
B)  Irish Catholics. 
C)  Italians. 
D)  Jews. 
A)  African Americans. 
B)  Irish Catholics. 
C)  Italians. 
D)  Jews.

Exam 11: Reform and Conflict, 1820-1848

What did Seth Luther mean by the term "middle class"?

What group did Seth Luther think was the most productive in society?

Why did some Americans withdraw into covenanted communities?

Why did nativists object to Irish immigrants above all?

Women were particularly drawn to Shakerism because

The Liberty Party

Who did the middle class regard most highly in society?

What most distinguished Irish immigrants from general American society?

Advanced education at the college level in the antebellum period

What practice of Shakers afforded women freedom from the dangers of childbirth?

How did most eastern middle-class Americans regard the western migration of many Americans?

What about Joseph Smith's teachings most offended others?

Catharine Sedgwick's novel The Poor Rich Man and the Rich Poor Man

The message of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions was

What novel romanticized urban poverty and advocated seeking "true wealth" through hard work?

The French observer Alexis de Tocqueville observed that Americans

What distinguished members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints from the Shakers?

What was the most prevalent trend in internal migration in America in the 1830s and 1840s?

Compared to the Pennsylvania model of prisoner rehabilitation, Sing Sing prison in New York

Who were the primary targets of the American nativist movement?

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