Question 1

What is the definition of the following key term:
-lyceums :

Accepted Answer

Locally sponsored public lectures, often featuring writers, that were popular in the nineteenth century

Question 2

The American transcendentalist who defended his refusal to pay taxes to support the Mexican War in his essay "Civil Disobedience" was

Accepted Answer

A)  Herman Melville. 
B)  Nathaniel Hawthorne. 
C)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
D)  Henry David Thoreau. 
A)  Herman Melville. 
B)  Nathaniel Hawthorne. 
C)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
D)  Henry David Thoreau. D

Question 3

Catholic immigrants from Germany and Ireland often

Accepted Answer

A)  participated in the Second Great Awakening. 
B)  supported the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions. 
C)  objected to demands for prohibition of all alcohol. 
D)  became leaders in the temperance movement. 
A)  participated in the Second Great Awakening. 
B)  supported the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions. 
C)  objected to demands for prohibition of all alcohol. 
D)  became leaders in the temperance movement. C

Question 4

The Auburn system was a pioneering experiment in

Accepted Answer

A)  education for the blind. 
B)  prison reform. 
C)  communal living. 
D)  education for the deaf. 
A)  education for the blind. 
B)  prison reform. 
C)  communal living. 
D)  education for the deaf.

Question 5

The most effective preacher of the Second Great Awakening was

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Grandison Finney. 
B)  William Ellery Channing. 
C)  Jonathan Edwards. 
D)  George Whitfield. 
A)  Charles Grandison Finney. 
B)  William Ellery Channing. 
C)  Jonathan Edwards. 
D)  George Whitfield.

Question 6

What was the effect of the growth of the factory system and of cities on middle-class families?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children became more valuable as future economic assets. 
B)  Mothers' power increased because they now worked at home. 
C)  More families were able to place their children as apprentices. 
D)  Fathers' power decreased because they were now absent from home so much. 
A)  Children became more valuable as future economic assets. 
B)  Mothers' power increased because they now worked at home. 
C)  More families were able to place their children as apprentices. 
D)  Fathers' power decreased because they were now absent from home so much.

Question 7

The nineteenth-century view that women were pure of mind and body and selflessly devoted to the care of others was criticized for making a cult out of "womanhood."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Why did Alexis de Tocqueville visit America? Summarize his conclusions about American society. Compare and contrast the strengths and limitations of his observations.

Accepted Answer

Alexis de Tocqueville visited America in

Question 9

Describe the major changes that occurred in family life in America in the early nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

In the early nineteenth century, family

Question 10

Susan B. Anthony played a prominent role in the women's rights movement because she was the first to

Accepted Answer

A)  give large sums of money. 
B)  see the need for thorough organization. 
C)  write a regular newspaper column on women's rights. 
D)  advocate working with the abolitionists. 
A)  give large sums of money. 
B)  see the need for thorough organization. 
C)  write a regular newspaper column on women's rights. 
D)  advocate working with the abolitionists.

Question 11

Wives of business leaders were often very responsive to the message of the Second Great Awakening.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Oneida Community, led by John Humphrey Noyes, practiced "complex" marriage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The communitarian group which attempted to change society the least were the

Accepted Answer

A)  Owenites. 
B)  Shakers. 
C)  Mormons. 
D)  Fourierists. 
A)  Owenites. 
B)  Shakers. 
C)  Mormons. 
D)  Fourierists.

Question 14

The famous book in which Alexis de Tocqueville analyzed American society was

Accepted Answer

A)  The American Commonwealth. 
B)  Democracy in America. 
C)  Life on the Mississippi. 
D)  Domestic Life of the Americans. 
A)  The American Commonwealth. 
B)  Democracy in America. 
C)  Life on the Mississippi. 
D)  Domestic Life of the Americans.

Question 15

The most basic goal of the common school movement was

Accepted Answer

A)  sexual integration of public schools. 
B)  education for democracy. 
C)  racial integration of public schools. 
D)  private financing of education. 
A)  sexual integration of public schools. 
B)  education for democracy. 
C)  racial integration of public schools. 
D)  private financing of education.

Question 16

The transcendentalists were complete individualists who viewed society as no more than the sum of its individual parts.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Describing the dissemination of culture, the text observes that northern society was permeated by

Accepted Answer

A)  widespread indifference to standards of taste and high culture. 
B)  lower-class attempts to unionize factory workers. 
C)  upper-class desire to bring European culture to America. 
D)  middle-class concern for being cultivated and refined. 
A)  widespread indifference to standards of taste and high culture. 
B)  lower-class attempts to unionize factory workers. 
C)  upper-class desire to bring European culture to America. 
D)  middle-class concern for being cultivated and refined.

Question 18

One of the most striking aspects of the various practical reform movements of the early nineteenth century was their

Accepted Answer

A)  total dependence on federal funding. 
B)  unwillingness to try new approaches to old problems. 
C)  emphasis on creating special facilities for dealing with social problems. 
D)  hostility toward science. 
A)  total dependence on federal funding. 
B)  unwillingness to try new approaches to old problems. 
C)  emphasis on creating special facilities for dealing with social problems. 
D)  hostility toward science.

Question 19

By the 1850s, the common school movement had succeeded in establishing

Accepted Answer

A)  free elementary schools and public institutions for teacher training in every state. 
B)  laws requiring school attendance to the age of 16 in every state outside the South. 
C)  free elementary and secondary schools in every state. 
D)  free elementary schools and public institutions for teacher training in every state outside the South. 
A)  free elementary schools and public institutions for teacher training in every state. 
B)  laws requiring school attendance to the age of 16 in every state outside the South. 
C)  free elementary and secondary schools in every state. 
D)  free elementary schools and public institutions for teacher training in every state outside the South.

Question 20

Walt Whitman's book of poems in rambling free verse on commonplace topics in coarse language was

Accepted Answer

A)  The Waste Land. 
B)  Songs of Innocence. 
C)  New England Songs. 
D)  Leaves of Grass. 
A)  The Waste Land. 
B)  Songs of Innocence. 
C)  New England Songs. 
D)  Leaves of Grass.

Exam 10: The Making of Middle-Class America

What is the definition of the following key term: -lyceums :

The American transcendentalist who defended his refusal to pay taxes to support the Mexican War in his essay "Civil Disobedience" was

Catholic immigrants from Germany and Ireland often

The Auburn system was a pioneering experiment in

The most effective preacher of the Second Great Awakening was

What was the effect of the growth of the factory system and of cities on middle-class families?

The nineteenth-century view that women were pure of mind and body and selflessly devoted to the care of others was criticized for making a cult out of "womanhood."

Why did Alexis de Tocqueville visit America? Summarize his conclusions about American society. Compare and contrast the strengths and limitations of his observations.

Describe the major changes that occurred in family life in America in the early nineteenth century.

Susan B. Anthony played a prominent role in the women's rights movement because she was the first to

Wives of business leaders were often very responsive to the message of the Second Great Awakening.

The Oneida Community, led by John Humphrey Noyes, practiced "complex" marriage.

The communitarian group which attempted to change society the least were the

The famous book in which Alexis de Tocqueville analyzed American society was

The most basic goal of the common school movement was

The transcendentalists were complete individualists who viewed society as no more than the sum of its individual parts.

Describing the dissemination of culture, the text observes that northern society was permeated by

One of the most striking aspects of the various practical reform movements of the early nineteenth century was their

By the 1850s, the common school movement had succeeded in establishing

Walt Whitman's book of poems in rambling free verse on commonplace topics in coarse language was

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