US History T2 U2 L8 Test Review

Question 1

The abolitionist movement wanted to ban...

Accepted Answer

Slavery

Question 2

The contemporary issue of maternity leave is a continuation of which reform movement?

Accepted Answer

women's rights

Question 3

What does a spinning jenny do?

Accepted Answer

Spins multiple spools of thread at one time.

Question 4

Which individual described himself as “the archest enemy of Southern slavery that ever existed"?

Accepted Answer

John Quincy Adams

Question 5

What was considered an extremely controversial idea advocated by Elizabeth Cady Stanton of the women’s rights movement?

Accepted Answer

She advocated that girls needed to learn a skill or trade to be independent

Question 6

Which area of the country had the most railroads?

Accepted Answer

North

Question 7

Why did the poet Walt Whitman write about the different people of the country in his poem "Song of Myself"?

Accepted Answer

to celebrate the different regions and people that make up the nation

Question 8

Manufacturing was a key part of the economy in...

Accepted Answer

the Northeast

Question 9

The Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions was based on what American founding document?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 10

How did Horace Mann contribute to the reform in education?

Accepted Answer

He helped push for money to fund new schools and increase teachers' pay.

Question 11

The temperance movement wanted to ban...

Accepted Answer

Alcohol

Question 12

What can be directly tied to the invention of the cotton gin?

Accepted Answer

The spread of slavery

Question 13

What was the importance of slave codes?

Accepted Answer

They increased an owner’s control over enslaved African Americans’ behavior

Question 14

Why did Quakers and other religious leaders in the North oppose slavery?

Accepted Answer

They believed it was a sin for one person to own another person.

Question 15

Which of the following musical styles of the 1800s has helped shaped current genres, such as country and rock music?

Accepted Answer

Gospel

Question 16

Which of the following statements is most accurate about the early 1800s?

Accepted Answer

Religious revivals had a large influence on Americans

Question 17

According to former slave Frederick Douglass, which of the following is a correct sentiment held by slave owners?

Accepted Answer

A slave’s work was never enough to satisfy his master.

Question 18

To be considered a member of the cottonocracy, how many slaves needed to be owned?

Accepted Answer

20

Question 19

How were the lives of children in the middle of the nineteenth century different from previous generations?

Accepted Answer

They were working in factories or fields.

Question 20

What type of paintings did artists from the Hudson River School frequently make?

Accepted Answer

a portrayal of vivid landscapes in the Northeast

Question 21

Which action would be consistent with a person who believed in civil disobedience?

Accepted Answer

a conductor on the Underground Railroad guiding escaped slaves

Question 22

What complaint did southerners make about William Lloyd Garrison in connection with Nat Turner?

Accepted Answer

He promoted slave revolts like Turner’s with his abolitionist writings.

Question 23

Which of the following best describes the similarity between Emerson’s and Thoreau’s central beliefs?

Accepted Answer

They both believed the individual decides what is right and wrong.

Question 24

Which of the following was a result of the reform efforts spurred on by the Second Great Awakening of the 1820s?

Accepted Answer

The temperance movement got several states to ban the sale of alcohol.

Question 25

What did the new themes in American art and literature signify?

Accepted Answer

development of a uniquely American perspective

Question 26

In what way would interchangeable parts best help businesses?

Accepted Answer

Machines could quickly manufacture parts people once made

US History T2 U2 L8 Test Review

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US History T2 U2 L8 Test Review

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