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For Mr. Cook's US History classes
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1
What was the only section of the country where women had some civil, social, and legal rights in the 1840s?
North
South
2
What is the name of the insane captain in
Moby Dick
who drags his crew into his wild quest for revenge?
Queequeg
Pip
Ishmael
Ahab
3
Which two nationalities of immigrants overwhelmingly accounted for the immigration wave of the 1840s-1850s?
Russian
German
Italian
Irish
4
Which of these religious denominations originated in upstate New York in the early 1800s?
Methodism
Anabaptism
Mormonism (LDS)
Catholicism
5
What school of art of the mid-1800s shared many themes in common with transcendentalist literature?
Impressionist School
Romantic School
Hudson River School
Cubist School
6
What was the name of the honorable first mate in
Moby Dick
?
Pip
Jean Valjean
Starbuck
Athos
7
What early American author is credited as the Father of Suspense, Mystery, Detective, and Horror literature?
Edgar Allan Poe
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
8
Between 1820 and 1850, the US population _____________
increased by 25%
increased by 10%
doubled
increased by 5%
9
What religious event significantly impacted American life between 1820 and 1860?
Era of Good Feelings
Enlightenment
First Great Awakening
Second Great Awakening
10
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote extensively about the different energy he sensed on the north and south sides of the _______
Oregon Trail
Hudson River
Chesapeake Bay
Ohio River
11
Who was the leading figure in the public school movement of the 1840s-1850s?
Booker T. Washington
Daniel Webster
Horace Mann
Abraham Lincoln
12
Which of these was responsible for the large wave of Irish immigration into America in the 1840s?
global warming
British oppression/Failed Irish revolution
America encouraged Catholic immigration
the Potato Famine
13
Which of these cities gained large Irish Catholic populations during the 1840s-1850s?
New York City
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
14
What early American author focused on the hypocricy of authority figures in
The Scarlet Letter
and other stories?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Herman Melville
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Edgar Allan Poe
15
The anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic Native American Party was popularly known as the __________ Party.
Dixiecrat
Stalwart
Mugwump
Know-Nothing
16
How many miles of canals were built with government funding by the 1850s?
500-1500
Over 3,300
1500-2500
Less than 500
17
Most railroads built between 1820 and 1860 connected ____________
north and south
east and west
18
Who wrote the classic American novel
Moby Dick
?
Herman Melville
Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nathaniel Hawthorne
19
What transcendentalist wrote the novel
Little Women
?
Henry David Thoreau
Samuel Longfellow
Louisa May Alcott
Ralph Waldo Emerson
20
Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson were central figures in what literary movement?
Dark Romanticism
Transcendentalism
Realism
Existentialism
21
Who sent a donation to the Irish people to help them through the Potato Famine?
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Choctaw Nation
American Anti-Slavery Society
American Methodist Churches
22
Which of these was most responsible for the spread of American popular music in the 1830s-1850s?
radio
minstrel shows
the Internet
portable record players
23
Who led the Mormons to Deseret (Utah) after the Mormon Extermination Order was issued?
Mitt Romney
Evan McMullin
Paul Walker
Brigham Young
24
Which of these cities gained large German populations during the 1840s-1850s?
St. Louis
Boston
Milwaukee
Chicago
25
Frederick Douglass met with what Irish political leader during his travels to Europe in the 1840s?
Michael Collins
Daniel O'Connell
Wolfe Tone
Eamon de Valera
26
Who was the only black person to attend the Seneca Falls Convention?
Frederick Douglass
Denmark Vesey
Francis Watkins Harper
Sojourner Truth
27
The 2nd Great Awakening inspired many people to become involved with reform movements in the United States
False
True
28
Ireland grew plenty of food during the years of the Potato Famine, but its people were not allowed to eat it.
False
True
29
The meeting that began the women's rights movement in America took place in ____________, NY, in 1848.
Seneca Falls
Albany
Buffalo
Brooklyn
30
Who was the founder of Mormonism? He was murdered in Illinois in 1844
Brigham Young
Evan McMullin
Mitt Romney
Joseph Smith
31
What early American writer achieved success with "Last of the Mohicans" and "Leatherstocking Tales"?
Edgar Allan Poe
Washington Irving
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
James Fenimore Cooper
32
What is the name of the narrator in
Moby Dick
who introduces himself in the book's famous first line?
Ahab
Pip
Ishmael
Queequeg
33
Who wrote it: “There's no country in the world where the Christian religion retains a greater influence...than America"?
Alexis de Tocqueville
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
Pope Pius IX
34
1/3 of the steamships built in the United States between 1810 and 1850 ____________
were named after George Washington
conducted trade between the United States and the Caribbean
exploded within 5 years
were involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade
35
What French social scientist wrote
Democracy in America
, based on his travels in the 1830s?
Marquis de Sade
Victor Hugo
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexandre Dumas
36
Which of these painters were notable in the Hudson River School?
Thomas Cole
Frederic Edwin Church
Albert Bierstadt
Pablo Picasso
37
The largest reform movement of the Antebellum period was ___________.
Public Schooling
Mental Health Reform
Prison Reform
Temperance
38
Which of these terms describes a societal expectation of women in the early 19th Century?
Republican Motherhood
New Age Feminism
Militant Suffragism
Existentialist Nihilism
39
Who wrote "Walden" about his experiences living in a small cabin away from civilization?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Robert Lowell
Edgar Allan Poe
40
At the beginning of
Moby Dick
, the crew hears a sermon about ____ from the Bible, who sailed while he was cursed by God
Ezekiel
Job
Jonah
Ishmael
41
Who were the two primary organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Sojourner Truth
Lucretia Mott
42
What early American writer achieved success with "Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle"?
Edgar Allan Poe
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Washington Irving
James Fenimore Cooper
43
What year is known as the "Year of Revolutions" in Europe?
1832
1855
1866
1848
44
Who wrote the Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Convention -- the founding document of US women's rights?
Susan B. Anthony
Louisa May Alcott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Clara Barton
45
Who was known as the "Father of American Popular Music"?
Michael Jackson
Justin Timberlake
Stephen Foster
Berry Gordy
46
What Massachusetts factory town was known for hiring female employees in the textile mills?
Cambridge
Springfield
Lowell
Andover
47
What special responsibility did white Southern women hold in Antebellum society?
They were in charge of domestic slaves
They were in charge of field slaves
They had the right to vote
They managed the finances of the plantation
48
Which of these writers were transcendentalists?
Edgar Allen Poe
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Washington Irving
49
According to Republican Motherhood, a woman's most important role in society was to ______________.
manage the family's finances
raise children to be good citizens
earn money to support the family
cook for her husband
50
Who led the fight for humane mental health treatment and for the modernization of hospitals in the US?
Florence Nightingale
Clara Barton
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Dorothea Dix
51
Which of these rights did the Declaration of Sentiments say women would fight for?
Right to own property
Right to vote
Right to child custody after a divorce
Right to an education
52
Which of these denominations saw the biggest percentage increase between 1780 and 1860?
Baptist
Methodist
Presbyterian
Congregationalist