In redefining gender roles, the experimental 1840s Oneida Community

carefully monitored sexual behavior to protect women

saw women exercise more power than men

In the mid-nineteenth century, the general European attitude toward American art and literature

was that American artists had little to offer Europe

The most important/popular American paintings of the first half of the 1800s set out to

evoke the wonder of the nation's landscape

Nineteenth-century Protestant revivalists such as the New Light revivalists

argued personal salvation was achievable by individualEffort

William Lloyd Garrison believed the abolitionist movement should

stress the damage that slavery did to blacks (not whites)

The transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson

asserted that through nature, people could find fulfillment

The 1800s practice of placing American Indians on reservations was partially designed to

allow them to develop until they could enter white society

Which of the following features was NOT a characteristic of the Hudson River School?

belief that democracy was best source of wisdom/fulfillment

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

spread the message of abolitionism to an large new audience

In the 1830s and 1840s, cholera epidemics in the United States

typically killed more than half of those who got the disease

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

absence of basic knowledge about disease

celebrated the liberation of the individual

Which statement about Mormonism is FALSE?

It developed a very fluid, loose social structure

The 1848 Seneca Falls, New York, convention on women's rights

issued a manifesto based on the Declaration of Independence

believed in human perfectibility

In the 1840s, the organized movement against drunkenness in the United States

linked alcohol to crime and poverty

The transcendentalist movement

anticipated the 1900s environmental protection movement

The transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau

argued Americans had a moral right to disobey US law

Prior to 1860, prison reform in the United States

included the practice of solitary confinement

Prior to 1860, public education in the United States

gave the US one of the highest literacy rates in the world

Prior to the Civil War, free blacks in the North tended to be

strongly opposed to southern slavery

In the early nineteenth century, the American Colonization Society

was founded by white Virginians opposed to slavery

spent years lecturing in England against slavery

In the 1830s, abolitionists in the United States constituted

a small percentage of the national population

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

desire for social stability/discipline in the face of change

The Supreme Court ruling in Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)

led to the passage of "personal liberty laws"

regarded reason to be the most important human faculty

In novels such as The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper examined the significance of

the disorder of America's westward expansion

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

help individuals link intellectualism to instincts/nature

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1
In redefining gender roles, the experimental 1840s Oneida Community
was a controversial experiment in "free love"
put women in charge of all major aspects of the community
carefully monitored sexual behavior to protect women
put fathers in charge of child-rearing and housekeeping
2
Herman Melville's most important literary work was
The Raven
Moby Dick
Leaves of Grass
Bartleby the Scrivener
3
Shaker societies
saw women exercise more power than men
asserted that God was female
first began in the United States in the 1840s
were eventually forced to move to Utah
4
In the mid-nineteenth century, the general European attitude toward American art and literature
criticized American artists for ignoring romanticism
was that American artists had little to offer Europe
praised American artists for defining a new set of virtues
was that it had been corrupted by unfettered capitalism
5
The most important/popular American paintings of the first half of the 1800s set out to
make realistic depictions of rural white American life.
evoke the wonder of the nation's landscape
show scenes of American aristocracy at play
celebrate the achievements of the American military
6
According to "phrenology," what could be discerned from the shape of an individual's skull?
character and intelligence
likelihood of succumbing to infectious diseases
future earning potential
life expectancy
7
All of the following people helped create a distinct American literature EXCEPT
James Fenimore Cooper
Herman Melville
Edgar Allan Poe
Sydney Smith
8
Nineteenth-century Protestant revivalists such as the New Light revivalists
sought to revive the ideals of Calvinism
argued personal salvation was achievable by individualEffort
believed temperance was detracting from loftier movements
took the lead in the cause to end slavery
9
The American Colonization Society helped to transport blacks from the United States to
the Caribbean
Canada
Angola
Liberia
10
William Lloyd Garrison believed the abolitionist movement should
seek the gradual elimination of slavery
demand freedom for slaves, but deny them citizenship
organize slave rebellions throughout the American South
stress the damage that slavery did to blacks (not whites)
11
The transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson
remained a deeply religious clergyman throughout his life
asserted that organized religion had no use in society
asserted that through nature, people could find fulfillment
was a leading critic of the American political system
12
The 1800s practice of placing American Indians on reservations was partially designed to
integrate Indians with white society
allow Indians to develop until they would not need whites
create sovereign nations within U.S. territory
allow them to develop until they could enter white society
13
Which of the following features was NOT a characteristic of the Hudson River School?
belief that democracy was best source of wisdom/fulfillment
an assumption that America had greater promise than Europe
a sense of nostalgia for nature that might be disappearing
portraits of some of the nation's most spectacular areas
14
The effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the nation was to
help humanize slaveholders in the minds of northern readers
reveal the ugly extent of the vicious slave trade to America
spread the message of abolitionism to an large new audience
offer the first written history of American slavery
15
In the 1840s, William Lloyd Garrison spoke against
extreme pacifism
defensive wars
ending the asylum system
equality for women
16
One of the most enduring of the pre-Civil War utopian colonies was
Oneida
Brook Farm
Nauvoo
New Harmony
17
Question 12 was removed. Who won the election campaigned for in the Lincoln Douglas Debates???
Douglas
Lincoln
18
Which of the following 1800s leaders is primarily known for her work in the feminist movement?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
"Mother" Ann Lee
19
In the 1830s and 1840s, cholera epidemics in the United States
were transmitted to humans by fleas living on rats
typically killed more than half of those who got the disease
were diminished, as physicians began to understand bacteria
led many cities to build water treatment facilities
20
During the nineteenth century, the largest obstacle to improved medical care in America was the
apathy of the general population towards preventive health
difficulty of medical experimentation
absence of basic knowledge about disease
absence of regulations in the medical profession
21
In the 1830s and 1840s, abolitionists were divided
All these answers are correct
by calls for northern and southern separation
over whether or not to use violence
over the question of free-soil, colonization or emancipation
22
Walt Whitman
rejected much of romanticism
intensely disagreed with the American transcendentalists
became a strong defender of southern practices like slavery
celebrated the liberation of the individual
23
The black abolitionist who called for a violent overthrow of slavery in his 1829 pamphlet was
Frederick Douglass
David Walker
William Lloyd Garrison
Elijah Lovejoy
24
The Hudson River School of painters emphasized in their work the importance of
realism
the yeoman farmer
the founding fathers
natural beauty
25
Which statement about Mormonism is FALSE?
Its founder was murdered
The first Mormons were generally marginally poor
It developed a very fluid, loose social structure
Early Mormons practiced polygamy
26
The 1848 Seneca Falls, New York, convention on women's rights
refused to allow men to attend
shied away from demanding female suffrage
called on government to institute gender and racial equality
issued a manifesto based on the Declaration of Independence
27
Mormonism
emphasized individual liberty
believed in human perfectibility
began in the Midwest
was founded by Brigham Young
28
In the 1840s, the organized movement against drunkenness in the United States
remained a minor social movement
was actively opposed by a large majority of Americans
linked alcohol to crime and poverty
spent much of its time and resources battling evangelicals
29
All of the following painters were associated with the Hudson River School EXCEPT
Frederic Church
James Whistler
Albert Bierstadt
Asher Durand
30
The transcendentalist movement
understood the interconnectedness of species
none of the above
anticipated the 1900s environmental protection movement
made first scientific studies to preserve the environment
31
The transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau
argued Americans had a moral right to disobey US law
argued society helped individuals to transcend their egotism
established a college for transcendentalism at Walden Pond
thought more conventionally than Ralph Waldo Emerson
32
Prior to 1860, prison reform in the United States
decried the racial bias of the judicial system
led to widespread calls to end capital punishment
began largely in the West and spread to the East
included the practice of solitary confinement
33
In the 1840s in the United States, an initial understanding of germ theory was developed by
Edward Jenner
James Warren
Ignaz Semmelweis
Oliver Wendell Holmes
34
Prior to 1860, public education in the United States
was funded by the federal government
was legally denied for all non-whites
did not exist
gave the US one of the highest literacy rates in the world
35
The nineteenth-century reformer Horace Mann believed that education should promote
Christianity
capitalism
economic equality
democracy
36
Prior to the Civil War, free blacks in the North tended to be
anxious to leave the United States
in favor of the "back to Africa" movement
deeply antagonistic toward William Lloyd Garrison
strongly opposed to southern slavery
37
The MA reformer who built a national movement for new methods of treating the mentally ill was
Angelina Grimke
Dorothea Dix
Lucretia Mott
Susan B. Anthony
38
Prior to the Civil War, the Liberty Party
opposed the admission of California into the Union in 1850
campaigned for outright abolition
promoted "free soil"
supported the rights of slave owners
39
In the early nineteenth century, the American Colonization Society
was strongly supported by American blacks
carried out a large-scale resettlement of freed slaves
was founded by white Virginians opposed to slavery
called for an immediate end to slavery
40
Frederick Douglass
spent years lecturing in England against slavery
wrote for William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper
was born free but was sold into slavery as a youth
argued that blacks only wanted freedom, not social equality
41
In the 1830s, abolitionists in the United States constituted
the majority of the population in the North
the largest reform movement in the nation
approximately one-quarter of the national population
a small percentage of the national population
42
Reform movements emerged in America in the mid-nineteenth century in part because of a
fear that civil war was going to engulf the nation
desire for social stability/discipline in the face of change
belief that society needed to break free from old traditions
pessimistic assumption of natural weakness of individuals
43
The Supreme Court ruling in Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)
led to the passage of "personal liberty laws"
angered abolitionists
abolished slavery in the District of Columbia
forced state officials to assist in the capture of runaways
44
Who among the following was NOT a participant in American communal living?
Robert Owen
George Ripley
Walt Whitman
John Humphrey Noyes
45
One leading abolitionist who was murdered for his activism was
Elijah Lovejoy
William Lloyd Garrison
Benjamin Lundy
Frederick Douglass
46
Which of the following was arguably the most distinctive feature of Shakerism?
complete celibacy
polygamy
the admittance of women only
communal raising of children
47
Transcendentalists
believed everyone should develop their intellectualism
rejected European intellectuals
regarded reason to be the most important human faculty
believed emotional responses inhibited internal development
48
In novels such as The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper examined the significance of
religious spiritualism in America
the American free-enterprise system
the disorder of America's westward expansion
slavery in the democratic mind
49
The goal of the 1840s community experiment known as Brook Farm was partly to
eliminate social sexual discrimination through celibacy
help individuals link intellectualism to instincts/nature
show how communal living was more efficient than family life
create a society where individuals did not have to work
50
In 1840, one catalyst for an American feminist movement was a London convention that dealt with
women's suffrage
prostitution
the abolition of slavery
temperance
51
Prior to the Civil War, the religious denomination most active in feminism was the
Quakers
Methodists
Unitarians
Presbyterians
52
The writings of Edgar Allan Poe were
acclaimed by many American writers in his time
completely ignored in Europe after his death
mostly ignored during his lifetime
primarily sad and macabre

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