Question 1

No reform movement of the early nineteenth century was "more significant" and "more ambiguous" than

Accepted Answer

A)  temperance. 
B)  prison reform. 
C)  abolitionism. 
D)  women's rights. 
A)  temperance. 
B)  prison reform. 
C)  abolitionism. 
D)  women's rights.

Question 2

William Lloyd Garrison's views on slavery might best be described as

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A)  designed to appeal to southern moderates. 
B)  uncompromising. 
C)  reflecting the northern viewpoint. 
D)  moderate. 
A)  designed to appeal to southern moderates. 
B)  uncompromising. 
C)  reflecting the northern viewpoint. 
D)  moderate.

Question 3

The Illinois town founded by Mormon leader Joseph Smith as a semi-independent state within the federal Union was

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A)  Mount Holyoke. 
B)  Amana. 
C)  Nauvoo. 
D)  Salt Lake City. 
A)  Mount Holyoke. 
B)  Amana. 
C)  Nauvoo. 
D)  Salt Lake City.

Question 4

Improved printing techniques greatly reduced the cost of newspapers and books to bring them within the reach of average Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The co-organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention and author of its Declaration of Sentiments was

Accepted Answer

A)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 
B)  William Lloyd Garrison. 
C)  Susan B. Anthony. 
D)  Margaret Fuller. 
A)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 
B)  William Lloyd Garrison. 
C)  Susan B. Anthony. 
D)  Margaret Fuller.

Question 6

"The formation of the moral and intellectual character of the young is committed mainly to the female hand…The mother forms the character of the future man." This statement supports the concept of

Accepted Answer

A)  the Cult of True Womanhood. 
B)  benevolent hierarchy of skills. 
C)  benevolent empire. 
D)  deputy husband role. 
A)  the Cult of True Womanhood. 
B)  benevolent hierarchy of skills. 
C)  benevolent empire. 
D)  deputy husband role.

Question 7

Among middle-class families, children came to be seen increasingly as

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A)  seething cauldrons of original sin. 
B)  innocent and morally superior. 
C)  perversely willful. 
D)  future workers. 
A)  seething cauldrons of original sin. 
B)  innocent and morally superior. 
C)  perversely willful. 
D)  future workers.

Question 8

The most compelling argument for the success of the common schools was that they

Accepted Answer

A)  encouraged independent and critical thought among Americans of all social classes. 
B)  promoted class consciousness among the industrial proletariat. 
C)  brought Americans of different economic and ethnic backgrounds together in mutually beneficial contact. 
D)  encouraged people to replace religion and superstition with science and reason. 
A)  encouraged independent and critical thought among Americans of all social classes. 
B)  promoted class consciousness among the industrial proletariat. 
C)  brought Americans of different economic and ethnic backgrounds together in mutually beneficial contact. 
D)  encouraged people to replace religion and superstition with science and reason.

Question 9

What is the definition of the following key term:
-Cult of True Womanhood :

Accepted Answer

An ideal of middleclass womanhood in the

Question 10

The greatest expression of Romanticism in the United States was through

Accepted Answer

A)  Puritanism. 
B)  Unitarianism. 
C)  transcendentalism. 
D)  pragmatism. 
A)  Puritanism. 
B)  Unitarianism. 
C)  transcendentalism. 
D)  pragmatism.

Question 11

"When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?… If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer." The author of these statements was

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry David Thoreau. 
B)  Francis Wayland. 
C)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
D)  George Catlin. 
A)  Henry David Thoreau. 
B)  Francis Wayland. 
C)  Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
D)  George Catlin.

Question 12

By the 1830s, non-agricultural work increasingly took place

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A)  outside the home. 
B)  on the farm. 
C)  in the family household. 
D)  in maritime trades. 
A)  outside the home. 
B)  on the farm. 
C)  in the family household. 
D)  in maritime trades.

Question 13

The pioneer in developing methods for educating deaf people who opened a school for deaf students in 1817 was

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Gallaudet. 
B)  Lyman Beecher. 
C)  Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe. 
D)  Benjamin Lundy. 
A)  Thomas Gallaudet. 
B)  Lyman Beecher. 
C)  Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe. 
D)  Benjamin Lundy.

Question 14

A typical theme of the Second Great Awakening was that

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A)  God had predestined either salvation or damnation for everyone. 
B)  people did not need to worry about judgment day. 
C)  those who were saved were filled with God's grace and need not be bound by human laws. 
D)  people could take their salvation into their own hands. 
A)  God had predestined either salvation or damnation for everyone. 
B)  people did not need to worry about judgment day. 
C)  those who were saved were filled with God's grace and need not be bound by human laws. 
D)  people could take their salvation into their own hands.

Question 15

During the 1820s, Americans' per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages

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A)  decreased dramatically with the religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening. 
B)  increased to the highest point ever in American experience. 
C)  decreased because of the high prices of corn and rye whiskey. 
D)  increased, but to a rate only half as high as that for present-day Americans. 
A)  decreased dramatically with the religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening. 
B)  increased to the highest point ever in American experience. 
C)  decreased because of the high prices of corn and rye whiskey. 
D)  increased, but to a rate only half as high as that for present-day Americans.

Question 16

Evangelist Charles Grandison Finney's success depended upon

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A)  his defense of Catholicism. 
B)  a rational approach to religion based on college educated ministers. 
C)  his defense of Calvinism. 
D)  emotional release through personal testimony of salvation. 
A)  his defense of Catholicism. 
B)  a rational approach to religion based on college educated ministers. 
C)  his defense of Calvinism. 
D)  emotional release through personal testimony of salvation.

Question 17

The Declaration of Sentiments from the Seneca Falls Convention states "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal." A primary author of this statement was

Accepted Answer

A)  Margaret Fuller. 
B)  Dorothea Dix. 
C)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 
D)  Harriet Beecher Stowe. 
A)  Margaret Fuller. 
B)  Dorothea Dix. 
C)  Elizabeth Cady Stanton. 
D)  Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Question 18

One of Hawthorne's greatest works, The Scarlet Letter, is a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  grim but sympathetic analysis of the consequences of adultery. 
B)  account of his life with a tribe of cannibals. 
C)  gripping account of the decay of an old New England family. 
D)  collection of rambling, uneven, free verse that seemed shockingly commonplace. 
A)  grim but sympathetic analysis of the consequences of adultery. 
B)  account of his life with a tribe of cannibals. 
C)  gripping account of the decay of an old New England family. 
D)  collection of rambling, uneven, free verse that seemed shockingly commonplace.

Question 19

The text describes the works of Walt Whitman as

Accepted Answer

A)  the most authentically American of any writer of the period. 
B)  totally rejected by the reading public during his lifetime. 
C)  quickly accepted by readers and reviewers. 
D)  usually rather flowery in language, but disciplined. 
A)  the most authentically American of any writer of the period. 
B)  totally rejected by the reading public during his lifetime. 
C)  quickly accepted by readers and reviewers. 
D)  usually rather flowery in language, but disciplined.

Question 20

Middle-class families in the 1830s had a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  declining birthrate. 
B)  decreasing divorce rate. 
C)  stable birthrate. 
D)  increasing birthrate. 
A)  declining birthrate. 
B)  decreasing divorce rate. 
C)  stable birthrate. 
D)  increasing birthrate.

Exam 10: The Making of Middle-Class America

No reform movement of the early nineteenth century was "more significant" and "more ambiguous" than

William Lloyd Garrison's views on slavery might best be described as

The Illinois town founded by Mormon leader Joseph Smith as a semi-independent state within the federal Union was

Improved printing techniques greatly reduced the cost of newspapers and books to bring them within the reach of average Americans.

The co-organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention and author of its Declaration of Sentiments was

"The formation of the moral and intellectual character of the young is committed mainly to the female hand…The mother forms the character of the future man." This statement supports the concept of

Among middle-class families, children came to be seen increasingly as

The most compelling argument for the success of the common schools was that they

What is the definition of the following key term: -Cult of True Womanhood :

The greatest expression of Romanticism in the United States was through

"When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?… If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer." The author of these statements was

By the 1830s, non-agricultural work increasingly took place

The pioneer in developing methods for educating deaf people who opened a school for deaf students in 1817 was

A typical theme of the Second Great Awakening was that

During the 1820s, Americans' per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages

Evangelist Charles Grandison Finney's success depended upon

The Declaration of Sentiments from the Seneca Falls Convention states "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal." A primary author of this statement was

One of Hawthorne's greatest works, The Scarlet Letter, is a(n)

The text describes the works of Walt Whitman as

Middle-class families in the 1830s had a(n)

Alien Encounters: Europe in the Americas

American Society in the Making

America in the British Empire

The American Revolution

The Federalist Era: Nationalism Triumphant

Jeffersonian Democracy

National Growing Pains

Toward a National Economy

Jacksonian Democracy

West/Ward Expansion

The Sections Go Their Own Ways

The Coming of the Civil War

The War to Save the Union

Reconstruction and the South

The Conquest of the West

An Industrial Giant Emerges

American Society in the Industrial Age

Intellectual and Cultural Trends in the Late Nineteenth Century

From Smoke-Filled Rooms to Prairie Wildfire: 1877-1896

The Age of Reform

From Isolation to Empire

Woodrow Wilson and the Great War

Postwar Society and Culture: Change and Adjustment

From Normalcy to Economic Collapse: 1921-1933

The New Deal: 1933-1941

War and Peace: 1941-1945

Collision Courses, Abroad and at Home: 1946-1960

From Camelot to Watergate: 1961-1975

Running on Empty: 1975-1991

From Boomers to Millennials

Shocks and Responses: 1992-Present

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