APUSH - Antebellum Culture & Reform

Question 1

The so-called "burned-over district" that was home to much 2nd Great Awakening evangelical preaching was in what state?

Accepted Answer

New York

Question 2

Many of the antebellum reforms were inspired by the 2nd Great Awakening

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Most southern whites owned slaves?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

The Knickerbocker Group (which included James Fenimore Cooper & Washington Irving) was an informal association of...

Accepted Answer

Writers

Question 5

All of the following are associated with Transcendentalism EXCEPT one that's linked with abolitionism...which one?

Accepted Answer

William Lloyd Garrison

Question 6

The first state that temperance had policy-changing success in was...

Accepted Answer

Maine

Question 7

In this chapter on "Antebellum Reform", what is 'antebellum'?

Accepted Answer

before the Civil War

Question 8

The Hudson River School was known for its...

Accepted Answer

Art

Question 9

Southern whites increasingly argued that industrial workers in the North had worse treatment than Southern slaves.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Which two 'common man' Protestant denominations gained the most during the 2nd Great Awakening?

Accepted Answer

Methodists & Baptists

Question 11

There WERE anti-slavery whites in the South, but those voices were generally silenced by the early 1830s.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Poor, landless whites in the South typically wanted slavery to end in order to have better job opportunities.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

Besides being more communal than typical individualistic Americans, a major complaint of Mormons was...

Accepted Answer

Support of the practice of polygamy

Question 14

Seneca Falls, New York was the location of a convention for people concerned about what cause?

Accepted Answer

Women's Rights

Question 15

Another term for communal experiment communities that removed themselves from mainstream society...

Accepted Answer

Utopian Societies

Question 16

The growing of cotton on large plantations was done ecologically and efficiently.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Transcendentalism focused heavily on the ideas of individualism, self-reliance, and finding one's place in nature.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

All of the following were black leaders against slavery in the Antebellum South EXCEPT..

Accepted Answer

William Lloyd Garrison

Question 19

Current-day state Brigham Young took the Mormons to when they established their New Zion settlement

Accepted Answer

Utah

Question 20

What is the term for the religious revival of the antebellum era?

Accepted Answer

2nd Great Awakening

Question 21

Which is not an abolition leader and their associated publication?

Accepted Answer

Nathaniel Hawthorne - the Scarlet Letter

Question 22

All of the following are associated with the early 1800s "back to Africa" movement EXCEPT...

Accepted Answer

the Gag Rule

Question 23

Unlike mainstream culture of the time, some antebellum reform movements gave opportunities for women to be leaders.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Founder of the Mormons (aka Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)

Accepted Answer

Joseph Smith

Question 25

Who lived in the woods for two years, wrote Walden, and led the cause of Civil Disobedience

Accepted Answer

Henry David Thoreau

Question 26

Religious groups like the Millerites who focused on the impending "2nd coming of Christ" were known as...

Accepted Answer

Millennialists

Question 27

Of the people who owned slaves in the South, most owned less than ten slaves?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Cotton was an important element of both the Northern and Southern economies.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

The 'cult of domesticity' is a reference to the societal status of...

Accepted Answer

Women

Question 30

Horace Mann was a leading advocate for...

Accepted Answer

Common Schools

APUSH - Antebellum Culture & Reform

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APUSH - Antebellum Culture & Reform

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