How did the development of a common culture benefit enslaved African Americans?

It provided slaves an escape from hardships of daily life.

Which of these parts of the Compromise of 1850 benefited both the North and the South?

The people in new territories would decide issue of slavery.

Why was Harriet Tubman important?

She guided escaped slaves out of the South.

How did the women’s rights movement grow out of the abolition movement?

Not having equal participation in the abolition movement.

Which of these was NOT a goal of the women’s rights movement?

the right to serve in the military

What effect did the Fugitive Slave Act have on people in the North?

Many were outraged and supported the abolitionist cause.

How did the Second Great Awakening help cause various reform movements?

People applied renewed religious faith to solving problems.

What were TWO benefits of urban living?

jobs close to home, plentiful employment opportunities

Which correctly describes attitudes in the United States on the ending of slavery?

Northern workers feared losing their jobs to freed slaves.

Which of these scenes would be in a Romantic painting?

settlers coming out of a forest at dawn

Which is NOT a reason why plantation owners began using enslaved Africans as a labor force?

Plantation owners believed African laborers would not revolt

Which correctly describes how African Americans participated in the abolition movement?

Many former slaves wrote about the cruelties slaves faced.

What was the main goal of the Know-Nothing Party?

prevent Catholics and immigrants from holding public office

Which of the following correctly describes the slave culture in the Americas?

Slaves viewed religion as a refuge; self-worth and hope.

Three of these conditions correctly describe life under slavery, which does NOT?

Most slaveholders avoided using punishment.

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1
Who led the movement to reform the care of people who are mentally ill?
Horace Mann
Charles Finney
Dorothea Dix
Lyman Beecher
2
How did the development of a common culture benefit enslaved African Americans?
It helped slaves accept that freedom was impossible.
It provided slaves an escape from hardships of daily life.
It gave slaves a method to learn to read and write.
It taught slaves how to be more efficient with their work.
3
Which of these parts of the Compromise of 1850 benefited both the North and the South?
The slave trade in the District of Columbia was outlawed.
California was able to enter the Union as a free state.
A new fugitive slave law was established.
The people in new territories would decide issue of slavery.
4
Which one is NOT a "pull" factor for Irish and German immigrants in the mid 1800s?
Wider economic freedom for skilled workers
Plenty of unskilled jobs
Wealthy family members
Available land for farming
5
Why was Harriet Tubman important?
She guided escaped slaves out of the South.
She gave speeches about the evils of slavery.
She preached to slaves on plantations in the South.
She wrote stories about the lives of slaves.
6
How did the women’s rights movement grow out of the abolition movement?
Increased participation for women in other reform movements.
Not having equal participation in the abolition movement.
Wanted to get women the right to vote after ending slavery.
Wanted to increase influence in the abolition movement.
7
Which of these was NOT a goal of the women’s rights movement?
equal pay for equal work
the right to vote
the right to serve in the military
increased property rights
8
What effect did the Fugitive Slave Act have on people in the North?
Many stopped helping runaway slaves.
Many approved and were violent against abolitionist movement
Many were angered and talked of seceding from the Union.
Many were outraged and supported the abolitionist cause.
9
How did the Second Great Awakening help cause various reform movements?
People organized church groups to help individuals.
People wanted to start new churches and model communities.
People applied renewed religious faith to solving problems.
People used their newfound faith to help family members.
10
What were TWO benefits of urban living?
clean water
jobs close to home
Well-organized sanitation systems
plentiful employment opportunities
11
Which correctly describes attitudes in the United States on the ending of slavery?
The federal government supported the end of slavery.
Northern workers feared losing their jobs to freed slaves.
Abolition leaders, threatened with violence; changed minds.
Business owners believed slavery hurt the Southern economy.
12
Which of these scenes would be in a Romantic painting?
a man and woman walking down a sidewalk
settlers coming out of a forest at dawn
people crossing a busy street in a large city
slaves picking cotton on a southern plantation
13
Why did many people leave Germany and immigrate to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s?
Religious persecution
A lack of farmland
Failed revolutions
Potato blight
14
Which of the following was NOT a problem with urban living?
jobs close to home
poor public health regulations
mall volunteer fire companies
overcrowded tenements
15
Which is NOT a reason why plantation owners began using enslaved Africans as a labor force?
Africans had already developed immunity to European diseases
Plantation owners believed African laborers would not revolt
Plantation owners required a large number of laborers.
Many native laborers died from European diseases.
16
Which correctly describes how African Americans participated in the abolition movement?
Many former slaves wrote about the cruelties slaves faced.
Some Af Ams asked Congress to forbid antislavery petitions.
Some Af Ams founded the AASS to fight for racial equality.
Many former slaves wanted colonies of freed slaves in Africa
17
What was one way Africans tried to resist their enslavement, resulting in stricter slave codes?
African Diaspora
Slave trade
Stono Rebellion
Middle Passage
18
What was the main goal of the Know-Nothing Party?
force immigrants to become Protestant
prevent Catholics from getting pubic jobs
prevent Catholics and immigrants from holding public office
force Catholics and immigrants to return to their country
19
Which of the following correctly describes the slave culture in the Americas?
Families were an unimportant part of slave culture.
Slaves never expressed themselves using art, dance, or music
Slaves shared common cultural backgrounds and languages.
Slaves viewed religion as a refuge; self-worth and hope.
20
Why did many people leave Ireland and immigrate to the United States in the 1840s and 1850s?
Religious persecution
Failed revolutions
Potato blight
A lack of farmland
21
Three of these conditions correctly describe life under slavery, which does NOT?
Laws prohibited the education of slaves.
Slaves lived in fear of their families being separated.
Some slaveholders allowed slaves to keep gardens.
Most slaveholders avoided using punishment.

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