Chapter 8 Flashcards
(+ or o) the leading proponent of transcendentalism was Henry David Thoreau
O
Which of the following changes that the transcendentalism wanted bring to the American political system?
Ending slavery 
Which of the following was a belief of the shakers select two correct answers
Men and women were equal and people should share goods with each other
Many of the reforms beginning in the 1830s trace the roots to the
Second great awakening
Of the following, which is most closely related to the educational reform
Horace Mann
(+ or o) many of the great revivalists of the 1830s emphasize individual responsibility for salvation
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(+ or o) although the second great awakening influenced thousands to join the cherish membership, the African-American population was largely ignored
O
Transcendentalism was a philosophical and literary movement the emphasized
Living a simple life
The individual most closely associated with a form of protest, known as civil disobedience was
Henry David Thoreau
Which of the following was not an example of a utopian community?
The shaker settlements
What was the main objective of William Lloyd Garrison’s paper, The Liberator?
to demand the immediate end of slavery with no payment to slaveholders`
An escaped slave who became a celebrated speaker, author, and the owner and editor of his own newspaper, The North Star was a man named
Fredrick Douglass
What was the outcome of Nat Turner’s rebellion
Turner was captured and whites retaliated against the rebels
How did the fear of future slave revolts affect slave owners
It pushed them to want tighter controls on African Americans
(+ or o) Some proslavery advocates used the Bible to defend slavery
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In the South, laws that tightened the controls on African Americans were known as:
slave codes
Of the following, which man is not associated with leading a slave revolt
Fredrick Douglass
(+ or o) Although they worked tirelessly, abolitionist such as Garrison and Walker were unable to meet their goal to abolish slavery
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(+ or o) Some free African Americans in the South owned plantations and slaves
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Which of the following was true of free blacks in the South
Free blacks in the South had to prove they were gainfully employed
Which of the following is not known as a successful social and political leader among the free African Americans of the North?
William Ellison
What finally brought an end to the issue of slavery?
federal laws
What is the meaning of antebellum?
Pre Civil War
