Question 1

Who among the following was NOT a participant in American communal living?

Accepted Answer

A) Nathaniel Hawthorne 
B) Walt Whitman 
C) George Ripley 
D) John Humphrey Noyes 
E) Robert Owen 
A) Nathaniel Hawthorne 
B) Walt Whitman 
C) George Ripley 
D) John Humphrey Noyes 
E) Robert Owen B

Question 2

Why were many utopian communities critical of the traditional role and status of women in American society? What alternatives did these communities offer?

Accepted Answer

Many utopian communities were critical of the traditional role and status of women in American society because they believed in gender equality and the liberation of women from traditional gender roles. They saw the traditional role of women as limiting and oppressive, and sought to create a society where women had equal rights, opportunities, and autonomy.

These communities offered alternatives such as communal living arrangements where household chores and childcare were shared responsibilities, allowing women to pursue their own interests and careers. They also promoted education for women and encouraged them to participate in decision-making processes within the community. Some utopian communities even practiced free love and rejected the idea of marriage as a form of ownership, giving women the freedom to choose their own partners and relationships.

Overall, these communities aimed to create a more egalitarian society where women were valued as equal members and were able to lead fulfilling lives outside of traditional gender roles.

Question 3

Prior to 1860, public education in the United States

Accepted Answer

A) did not exist. 
B) gave the nation one of the highest literacy rates in the world. 
C) was legally denied for all non-whites. 
D) was funded by the federal government. 
E) emphasized independence and creativity. 
A) did not exist. 
B) gave the nation one of the highest literacy rates in the world. 
C) was legally denied for all non-whites. 
D) was funded by the federal government. 
E) emphasized independence and creativity. B

Question 4

Many of the Hudson River School artists expressed a nostalgic view of nature.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the 1830s and 1840s, abolitionists were divided

Accepted Answer

A) by radicals and moderates within their ranks. 
B) over whether or not to use violence. 
C) by calls for Northern and Southern separation. 
D) over the question of female equality. 
E) All the answers are correct. 
A) by radicals and moderates within their ranks. 
B) over whether or not to use violence. 
C) by calls for Northern and Southern separation. 
D) over the question of female equality. 
E) All the answers are correct.

Question 6

Discuss the various ideas and divisions within the antislavery movement.

Accepted Answer

The antislavery movement was a complex a

Question 7

Nineteenth-century Protestant revivalists such as the New Light evangelicals

Accepted Answer

A) sought to revive the ideals of Calvinism. 
B) believed that no individual could control his or her personal salvation. 
C) took the lead in the cause to end slavery. 
D) formed a crusade against personal immorality. 
E) believed temperance was detracting from other, loftier reform movements. 
A) sought to revive the ideals of Calvinism. 
B) believed that no individual could control his or her personal salvation. 
C) took the lead in the cause to end slavery. 
D) formed a crusade against personal immorality. 
E) believed temperance was detracting from other, loftier reform movements.

Question 8

During the nineteenth century, the largest obstacle to improved medical care in America was

Accepted Answer

A) the absence of regulations in the medical profession. 
B) the absence of basic knowledge about disease. 
C) the low social status of medical professionals. 
D) the difficulty in medical experimentation. 
E) the apathy of the general population towards preventative health. 
A) the absence of regulations in the medical profession. 
B) the absence of basic knowledge about disease. 
C) the low social status of medical professionals. 
D) the difficulty in medical experimentation. 
E) the apathy of the general population towards preventative health.

Question 9

The American Colonization Society helped to transport blacks from the United States to

Accepted Answer

A) the Caribbean. 
B) Liberia. 
C) Angola. 
D) England. 
E) Canada. 
A) the Caribbean. 
B) Liberia. 
C) Angola. 
D) England. 
E) Canada.

Question 10

The effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the nation was to

Accepted Answer

A) spread the message of abolitionism to an enormous new audience. 
B) reveal the ugly extent of the vicious slave trade to America. 
C) ignite such anger in the South that several states soon seceded from the Union. 
D) offer the first written history of American slavery. 
E) help humanize Southern slaveholders in the minds of Northern readers. 
A) spread the message of abolitionism to an enormous new audience. 
B) reveal the ugly extent of the vicious slave trade to America. 
C) ignite such anger in the South that several states soon seceded from the Union. 
D) offer the first written history of American slavery. 
E) help humanize Southern slaveholders in the minds of Northern readers.

Question 11

Americans in the free-soil movement sought to open up sections of the West to blacks.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Like other mid-nineteenth-century experiments in social organization, Mormons believed in human perfectibility.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Nearly a quarter of the population of New Orleans died in 1833 as a result of a cholera outbreak.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

William Lloyd Garrison believed the abolitionist movement should

Accepted Answer

A) stress the damage that slavery did to blacks rather than to whites. 
B) seek the gradual elimination of slavery. 
C) demand freedom for slaves, but deny them citizenship. 
D) organize slave rebellions throughout the American South. 
E) join forces with the more established American Colonization Society. 
A) stress the damage that slavery did to blacks rather than to whites. 
B) seek the gradual elimination of slavery. 
C) demand freedom for slaves, but deny them citizenship. 
D) organize slave rebellions throughout the American South. 
E) join forces with the more established American Colonization Society.

Question 15

James Fenimore Cooper thought Americans should become more like Europeans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Prior to the Civil War, the Liberty Party

Accepted Answer

A) supported the rights of slaveowners. 
B) opposed the admission of California into the union in 1850. 
C) promoted "free soil." 
D) focused on strengthening the fugitive slave laws. 
E) campaigned for outright abolition. 
A) supported the rights of slaveowners. 
B) opposed the admission of California into the union in 1850. 
C) promoted "free soil." 
D) focused on strengthening the fugitive slave laws. 
E) campaigned for outright abolition.

Question 17

The primary goal of the 1840s community experiment known as Brook Farm was

Accepted Answer

A) to create a society where individuals did not have to work. 
B) to allow individuals to live without any social limits on their behavior. 
C) to eliminate social sexual discrimination through a practice of celibacy. 
D) to permit all members to realize their full potential as individual beings. 
E) to show that communal living was more efficient and productive than family life. 
A) to create a society where individuals did not have to work. 
B) to allow individuals to live without any social limits on their behavior. 
C) to eliminate social sexual discrimination through a practice of celibacy. 
D) to permit all members to realize their full potential as individual beings. 
E) to show that communal living was more efficient and productive than family life.

Question 18

Sylvester Graham encouraged people to eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Reform movements emerged in America in the mid-nineteenth century in part because of a

Accepted Answer

A) pessimistic assumption in the natural weakness of individuals. 
B) desire for social stability and discipline in the face of change. 
C) belief that society needed to break free from its old traditions. 
D) fear that civil war was going to engulf the nation. 
E) declining importance placed on religious piety. 
A) pessimistic assumption in the natural weakness of individuals. 
B) desire for social stability and discipline in the face of change. 
C) belief that society needed to break free from its old traditions. 
D) fear that civil war was going to engulf the nation. 
E) declining importance placed on religious piety.

Question 20

Walt Whitman's first book of poems was titled ______________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Walt Whitman's first book of poems was...

Who among the following was NOT a participant in American communal living?

Why were many utopian communities critical of the traditional role and status of women in American society? What alternatives did these communities offer?

Prior to 1860, public education in the United States

Many of the Hudson River School artists expressed a nostalgic view of nature.

In the 1830s and 1840s, abolitionists were divided

Discuss the various ideas and divisions within the antislavery movement.

Nineteenth-century Protestant revivalists such as the New Light evangelicals

During the nineteenth century, the largest obstacle to improved medical care in America was

The American Colonization Society helped to transport blacks from the United States to

The effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the nation was to

Americans in the free-soil movement sought to open up sections of the West to blacks.

Like other mid-nineteenth-century experiments in social organization, Mormons believed in human perfectibility.

Nearly a quarter of the population of New Orleans died in 1833 as a result of a cholera outbreak.

William Lloyd Garrison believed the abolitionist movement should

James Fenimore Cooper thought Americans should become more like Europeans.

Prior to the Civil War, the Liberty Party

The primary goal of the 1840s community experiment known as Brook Farm was

Sylvester Graham encouraged people to eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat.

Reform movements emerged in America in the mid-nineteenth century in part because of a

Walt Whitman's first book of poems was titled ______________________.

The Meeting of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderland

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian ERA

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

Americas Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

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Exam 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform

Who among the following was NOT a participant in American communal living?

Why were many utopian communities critical of the traditional role and status of women in American society? What alternatives did these communities offer?

Prior to 1860, public education in the United States

Many of the Hudson River School artists expressed a nostalgic view of nature.

In the 1830s and 1840s, abolitionists were divided

Discuss the various ideas and divisions within the antislavery movement.

Nineteenth-century Protestant revivalists such as the New Light evangelicals

During the nineteenth century, the largest obstacle to improved medical care in America was

The American Colonization Society helped to transport blacks from the United States to

The effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the nation was to

Americans in the free-soil movement sought to open up sections of the West to blacks.

Like other mid-nineteenth-century experiments in social organization, Mormons believed in human perfectibility.

Nearly a quarter of the population of New Orleans died in 1833 as a result of a cholera outbreak.

William Lloyd Garrison believed the abolitionist movement should

James Fenimore Cooper thought Americans should become more like Europeans.

Prior to the Civil War, the Liberty Party

The primary goal of the 1840s community experiment known as Brook Farm was

Sylvester Graham encouraged people to eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat.

Reform movements emerged in America in the mid-nineteenth century in part because of a

Walt Whitman's first book of poems was titled ______________________.

The Meeting of Cultures

Transplantations and Borderland

Society and Culture in Provincial America

The Empire in Transition

The American Revolution

The Constitution and the New Republic

The Jeffersonian ERA

Varieties of American Nationalism

Jacksonian America

Americas Economic Revolution

Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

The Impending Crisis

The Civil War

Reconstruction and the New South

The Conquest of the Far West

Industrial Supremacy

Filters