Chapter Quiz 11-15

Question 1

Once began, the War of 1812 was supported strongly by
A) practically all americans
B) new england and the seaboard states
C) very few people
D) the west and the south
E) native Americans

Answer 1

the west and south

Question 2

A crucial foreign policy goal for many “war Hawks” in the War of 1812 was
A) the end of all Spanish colonization in the Americas
B) to defend American rights in Cuba
C) the conquest and settlement of Texas
D) the capture and annexation of Canada
E) the destruction of the british Navy

Answer 2

the capture and annexation of Canada

Question 3

When it came to the major federalist economic programs, thomas jefferson as president…
A) left practically all of them intact
B) quickly dismantled them
C) slowly undid everything the federalists acheived
D) attacked only the Bank of the United States
E) vetoed any new tarrifs

Answer 3

Left practically all of them intact

Question 4

Macons Bill No. 2
A) forbade american ships from leaving port
B) permitted trade with all nations but promised that if either france or britain lifted its commercial restriction on American trade the united states would stop trading with the other
C) was a declaration of war with britain and france
D) repealed the alien and sedition acts
E) imposed the orders in council on Britain

Answer 4

B) permitted trade with all nations but promised that if either france or britain lifted its commercial restriction on American trade the united states would stop trading with the other

Question 5

Lewis and clark demonstraded the viability of…
A) travel across the isthmus of Panama
B) an overland trail to the pacific
C) settlement in the southern portion of the Louisiana Territory
D) using Indian Guides
E) peace with the Indian nations

Answer 5

B) an overland trail to the pacific

Question 6

John Marshall, as chief justice of the United States, helped to strengthen the judicial branch of government by…
A) applying Jeffersonian principles in all of his decisions
B) asserted the doctrine of judicial review of congressional legislation
C) overriding presidential vetoes
D) listening carefully to and heeding the advice of lawyers arguing cases before the Supreme Court
E) increasing the number of justices on the Supreme Court

Answer 6

B) asserted the doctrine of judicial review of congressional legislation

Question 7

The case of Marbury v. Madison involved the question of who had the right to
A) commit the United States to entangling alliances
B) impeach federal officers for “high crimes and misdemeanors”
C) declare an act of Congress unconstitutional
D) purchase foreign territory for the United States
E) appoint supreme court justices

Answer 7

C) declare an act of Congress unconstitutional

Question 8

Thomas Jefferson was conscience-stricken about the purchase of the louisiana territory from france because
A) the federalists supported his action
B) he beleived that the purchase was unconstitutional
C) he felt that the purchase was unconstitutional
D) war with spain might occur
E) he feared the british might use it as an exercise tto declare war on the United States

Answer 8

He beleive that the purchase was unconstitutional

Question 9

The british policy of impressment was kind of
A) naval blockade
B) economic boycott
C) forced enlistment
D) diplomatic negotiation
E) reward for united states loyalty

Answer 9

C) forced enlistment

Question 10

Upon becoming president, thomas Jefferson and the republicans in congress immediately repealed
A) the alien and sedition act
B) the charter of the national bank
C) the excise tax on whiskey
D) the funding and assumption of the national debt
E) money to fund the naval build-up

Answer 10

C) the excise tax on whiskey

Question 11

Thomas jefferson’s “revolution of 1800” was remarkable in that…
A) moved the united states away from its democratic ideals
B) marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties
C) occured after he left the presidency
D) caused america to do what the british had been doing for a generation regarding the eletion of a legislative body
E) was in no way a revolution

Answer 11

B) marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties

Question 12

Federalsits opposed the acquisition of canada because…
A) there were too many French there
B) canadian business would proove too competitive
C) it was too agrarian and would give more votes to the democratic- republicans
D) they beleived that the canadians could never become americanized
E) too many indians lived there

Answer 12

.C) it was too agrarian and would give more votes to the democratic- republicans

Question 13

Causes of the War of 1812

Answer 13

England’s impressment
Freedom of the seas
Possibility of gaining land
Indian issues

Question 14

Missouri Compromise 1820

Answer 14

Allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state but preserved the balance between north and south by carving free-soil Maine out of Massachusetts and prohibiting slavery from territories acquired in the Louisiana Purchase, north of the line of 36’30

Question 15

Panic of 1819

Answer 15

Severe financial crisis brought in primarily by the efforts of the BUS to curb overspeculation on western lands; sowed the seeds of Jacksonian Democracy

Question 16

Era of Good Feelings

Answer 16

(1816-1824) popular name for the period of one-party, republicans, rule during James Monroe’s presidency; obscures bitter conflicts over the internal improvements, slavery, and the BUS

Question 17

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 17

(1823) statement that warned European powers to refrain from seeking any new territories in the Americas; US lacked the power to back up pronouncements but could be enforced by the British

Question 18

Corrupt Bargain 1824

Answer 18

Alleged deal between presidential candidates John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay to throw the election, to be decided by the House in Adams’ favor, against Andrew Jackson

Question 19

Battle of New Orleans 1815

Answer 19

Resounding victory of American forces against British; restoring American confidence and fueling outpour of nationalism; last battle of the War of 1812

Question 20

Hartford Convention 1814-1815

Answer 20

Convention of Federalists from 5 New England states who opposed the War of 1812 and resented the strength of southern and western interests in Congress and in the White House

Question 21

The Monroe doctrine was…
A) A striking new trade agreement for american forign policy
B) quickly codified into international law
C) a binding law on each subsequent presidential administration
D) an expression of the deepening American isolationism from world affairs
E) a commitment by the united states to internationalism

Answer 21

D) an expression of the deepening american isolationism from world affairs

Question 22

The British attack on fort mchenry in baltimore
A) resulted in another british victory
B) made possible the british invasion of Washington DC
C) inspired the writing of “the star spangled banner”
D) produced the “bladensburg races”
E) resulted in the destruction of many british ships

Answer 22

C) inspired the writing of “the star spangled banner”

Question 23

President James Madison gives which reasons for going to war with the british?
A) impressment, shipping blockages, and prompting the indians to fight american citizens
B) shipping blockages, burning Washington DC, and indian warfare
C) increased naval operations in canada, closing the Mississippi River, and impressment
D) raiding parties on America’s coasts, violating the monroe doctrine and impressment
E) violating the monroe doctrine and prompting the indians to fight colonists

Answer 23

A)impressment, shipping blockages, and prompting the Indians to fight American citizens

Question 24

The Tariff of 1816 was the first in American history
A) to be enacted
B) intended to raise revenue
C) that aimed to protect american industry
D) to impose customs duties on forign imports
E) designed to protect agriculture

Answer 24

C) that aimed to protect american industry

Question 25

Andrew Jackson’s miliatry exploits were instrumental in the united states gaining
A) a favorable border with canda from the great lakes to the Rocky Mountains
B) possesion of florida
C) joint fishing rights in labrador, nova scotia, and Newfoundland
D) naval limitations on the Great Lakes
E) gaining control of eastern Texas

Answer 25

B) possesion of florida

Question 26

the resolutions from the hartford convention
A) helped to cause the death of the Federalist Party
B) resulted in the resurgence of the states’ rights
C) call for southern secession from the union
D)supported use of state militias against the british
E) called for the west to join the war of 1812

Answer 26

A) helped to cause the death of the Federalist Party

Question 27

as a result of the missouri compromise
A) there were more slave states than free states in the union
B) slavery was outlawed in all states north of the forty-second parallel
C) slavery was banned north of 36’30’ in the louisiana purchase territory
D) missouri was required to free its slaves when they reached full adulthood
E) there were more free states than slave states in the union

Answer 27

C) slavery was banned north of 36’30’ in the louisiana purchase territory

Question 28

when the united states entered the war of 1812 it was
A) militarily unprepared
B) allied with france
C) united in support of the war
D) fortunate to have a strong and assertive commander in chief
E) new england that pushed for the conflict

Answer 28

A)militarily unprepared

Question 29

as a result of the end of the war of 1812, british manufacturers
A) discontinued trade with america
B) conducted only lmited trade with america
C) began dumping their goods in america at extremely low prices
D) demanded a high taruff against american goods
E) saw their profits fall dramatically

Answer 29

C) began dumping their goods in america at extremely low prices

Question 30

the terms of the treaty of Ghent ending the war of 1812 provided
A) that there would be a bigger indian state between the united states and canda
B) that britain would stop impressment of american sailors
C) that the two sides would stop fighting and return to the status quo before war
D) an expanded army and building of the national road
E) development of a national literature and focus on american authors

Answer 30

C)that britain would stop impressment of american sailors

Question 31

post-war of 1812 nationalism could be seen in all of the following except
A) the way in which american painters depicted the beauty of American landscappes
B) the embracing of European art, literature, and architecture
C) the rebuilding of a more handsome national capital
D) an expanded army and building of the national road
E) development of a national literature and focus on american authors

Answer 31

B)the embracing of European art, literature, and architecture

Question 32

The delegates of the Hartford convention adopted reolutions that included a call for
A) a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in congress before war was declared
B) the south’s secession from the union
C) a separate peace treaty between new england and the british
D) the dissolution of the Federalist Party
E) war with england

Answer 32

A)a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in congress before war was declared

Question 33

The treaty of 1818 with england
A) was the first US trade agreement allowing both nations access to thre mississippi river and new orleans
B) formally recognized America’s earlier conquest of west Florida
C) saw the united states forced to give up its tariffs on british goods
D) granted Canada exclusive use of Newfoundland fisheries
E) called for a ten-year joint occupation of the Oregon country by both American citizens and British subjects

Answer 33

E) called for a ten-year joint occupation of the Oregon country by both American citizens and British subjects

Question 34

The battle of New Orleans
A) saw the british win another victory
B) followed a british defeat at washington DC
C) was fought by the UNited States only for material gain
D) resulted in the British seeking peace
E) unleashed a wave of nationalism and self-confidence

Answer 34

E) unleashed a wave of nationalism and self-confidence

Question 35

The monroe doctrine became the cornerstone of the US foreign policy by deeming any attempt by foreign powers to colonize or intervene in America’s as a threat to
A) the peace and safety of the united States
B) the European monarchies
C) future alliances between the Americas and Europe
D) the European economy
E) the Missouri compromise and the slave trade

Answer 35

A) the peace and saftey of the united States

Question 36

The war of 1812 was one of the worst-fought wars in the United States history because
A) native americans supported the british
B) too much nationalism leading to competing interests on strategy
C) of the anger over the chesapeake incident in 1807
D) of a non-existent
E) of widespread disunity across the different regions

Answer 36

E) of widespread disunity across the different regions

Question 37

One of the major causes of the panic of 1819 was…
A) corporations
B) over speculation in frontier lands
C) the specie circular
D) the failure to recharter the BUS
E) a drought that resulted in poor agricultural production

Answer 37

B) over speculation in frontier lands

Question 38

Andrew Jackson’s administration supported the removal of Native Americans from the eastern states because…
A) the indians assimilated too easily into white society
B) the supreme court ruled in favor of this policy
C) whites wanted the Indian’s lands
D) Georgia and florida tried to protect the indians and their lands
E) they continued their attacks on white settlements

Answer 38

C) whites wanted the Indian’s lands

Question 39

John Quincy Adams, elected president in 1825, was charged by his political opponents with having struck a “corrupt bargain” when he appointed __________ to become __________.
A) John C. Calhoun, vice president
B) Williams Crawford, chief justice of the United States
C) Henry Clay, Secretary of State
D) Daniel Webster, Secretary of State
E) John Eaton, secretary of the Navy

Answer 39

C) Henry Clay, Secretary of State

Question 40

Presidents Jackson and Van Buren hesitated to extend recognition to and annex the new Texas Republic because
A) Texans did not want to be annexed to the United States
B) antislavery groups in the United. States opposed the expansion of slavery
C) they were old political opponents of the texas president, sam Houston
D) public opinion in the united states opposed annexation
E) they feared war with the mexico’s ally, Spain

Answer 40

B) antislavery groups in the United. States opposed the expansion of slavery

Question 41

Andrew Jackson based his veto of the re-charter bill for the Bank of the United States on…
A) hamiltonian theory that the bank of the U.S was necessary to handle national debt
B) advice from Henry Clay
C) the supreme court’s McCulloch v. Maryland decision
D) the fact that he found the bill harmful to the nation
E) the latest poll numbers

Answer 41

D) the fact that he found the bill harmful to the nation

Question 42

Americans moved into texas
A) when invited by the spanish government
B) after an agreement was concluded between Mexican authorities and stephen Austin
C) upon sam houstons defeat of general santa Anna
D) to spread protestantism
E) after the battle of san jacinto

Answer 42

B) after an agreement was concluded between Mexican authorities and stephen Austin

Question 43

The person most responsible for defusing the tariff controversy of 1828 by proposing the compromise tariff of 1833 was
A) Andrew Jackson
B) John C. Calhoun
C) John Quincy Adams
D) Daniel Webster
E) Henry Clay

Answer 43

E) Henry Clay

Question 44

The spoils system under andrew Jackson resulted in
A) a clean sweep of federal job holders
B) the replacement of insecurity by security in employment
C) the destruction of the personalized political machine
D) the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials to federal jobs
E) the same actions of those taken by john Quincy Adams

Answer 44

D) the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials to federal jobs

Question 45

The nullification crisis started by south carolina over the Tariff of 1828 ended when
A) Andrew Jackson used the court system to force compliance
B) the federal army crushed all resistance
C) congress used the provision of the force bill
D) congress passed the compromise tariff of 1833
E) South Carolina took over the collection of tarrifs

Answer 45

D) congress passed the compromise tariff of 1833

Question 46

Jackson’s veto of the BUS recharted bill represented
A) a bold assertion of presidentail power on behalf of western farmers and other debtors
B) an attempt to assure bankers and creditors that the federal government had their intrests at heart
C) gus desire to fight the specie circular which hurt the west
D) a concession to henry clay and his national republican followers
E) the loss of jobs and the recession the bank had created

Answer 46

D) a concession to henry clay and his national republican followers

Question 47

The policy of the Jackson administration toward the eastern indian tribes was…
A) a war of genocie
B) gradual assimilation
C) forced removal
D) federal protection from state govt’s
E) to encourage them to preserve their traditional culture

Answer 47

C) forced removal

Question 48

John C. Calhoun’s “South Carolina Exposition” was an argument for
A) destroying the BUS
B) protective tariffs
C) majority rule
D) states’ rights
E) trade with england

Answer 48

D) states’ rights

Question 49

Andrew Jackson made all of the following charges against the BUS except that
A) the bank was anti-western
B) it was controlled by an elite moneyed aristocracy
C) the bank was autocratic and tyrannical
D) it refused to lend money to politicians
E) profit, not public service, was its first priority

Answer 49

D) it refused to lend money to politicians

Question 50

The “nullification crisis” of 1832-1833 erupted over
A) banking policy
B) internal improvments
C) tariff policy
D) public land sales
E) indian policy

Answer 50

C) tariff policy

Question 51

The panic of 1837 and subsequent depression were caused by
A) the compromise tariff of 1833
B) the stock market collapse and a sharp decline in grain prices
C) a lack of new investment in industry and technology
D) the threat of war with Mexico over texas
E) over-speculation and Jackson’s financial policies

Answer 51

E) over-speculation and Jackson’s financial policies

Question 52

Jackson’s endorsement of Indian removal argues that
A) the Indians would become civilized
B) the natives would require government aide in order to survive
C) the Indians would be safer and more independent if given land in the frontier
D) the natives should be transplanted in Mexico to avoid further expansion conflicts
E) the Indians must be exterminated in order to preserve the white race on the American continent

Answer 52

C) the Indians would be safer and more independent if given land in the frontier

Question 53

The force bill of 1833 provided that
A) the congress could use the military for Indian removal
B) the congress would employ the nacy to stop smuggling
C) the president could use the army to declare martial law
D) the military could force citizens to track down runaway slaves
E) the president could use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties

Answer 53

E) the president could use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties

Question 54

The American phase of the industrial revolution first blossomed
A) on southern plantations
B) with textile mills
C) in rapidly growing Chicago
D) with shipbuilding
E) in coal-mining regions

Answer 54

B) with textile mills

Question 55

A major economic result of the transportation and marketing revolutions was
A) a shrinking gap between great wealth and poverty
B) a stabilization of the work force in industrial cities
C) the declinging significance of american agriculture
D) a steady improvement in average wages and standards of living
E) the growing realization of the destruction of capitalism

Answer 55

D) a steady improvement in average wages and standards of living

Question 56

“ecological imperalism” can be best described as
A) the efforts of white settler to take land from native americans
B) the aggressive exploitation of the West’s boundary
C) a desire for the United states to acquire California
D) the spread of technology and industry
E) an explosion of railroad building

Answer 56

B) the aggressive exploitation of the West’s boundary

Question 57

The irish immigrants to early-nineteenth- century America
A) were mostly Roman Catholics
B) tended to settle on western farmlands
C) were warmly welcomed by american workers
D) identified and sympathized with american free blacks
E) were often members of the Irish republican army (IRA)

Answer 57

A) were mostly Roman Catholics

Question 58

As a result of the transportation revolution
A) division of labor became a thing of the past
B) New Orleans became an event even more important
C) each region in the nation specialized in a particular type of economic activity
D) self-sufficiency became easier to achieve for American Families
E) the midwest became the first industrialized region

Answer 58

C) each region in the nation specialized in a particular type of economic activity

Question 59

German immigrants in the early nineteenth century tended to
A) settle in eastern industrial cities
B) retain stron ties to Germany
C) become slaveowners
D) join the temoerance movement
E) support public schools

Answer 59

E) support public schools

Question 60

The “canal era” of American history began with the construction of the
A) mainline canal in Pennsylvania
B) James river and kanasha canal from virginia to Ohio
C) wabash canal in indiana
D) Suez canal in Illinois
E) Erie Canal in New York

Answer 60

E) Erie Canal in New York

Question 61

Those who were frightened by the rapid influx of irish immigrants organized
A) the order of the star spangled banner
B) the “molly maguires”
C) Tammany Hall
D) the ancient order of hibernians
E) the Ku Klux Klan

Answer 61

A) the order of the star spangled banner

Question 62

The “cult of domesticity”
A) gave women more opportunity to seek employment outside the home
B) resulted in more pregnancies for women
C) restricted women’s moral influence on the family
D) glorified the traditional role of women as homemakers
E) was especially strong and among rural women

Answer 62

D) glorified the traditional role of women as homemakers

Question 63

The “father of the factory system” in the United States was…
A) Robert Fulton
B) Samuel F.B. Morse
C) Eli Whitney
D) Samuel Slater
E) Thomas edison

Answer 63

D) Samuel Slater

Question 64

The underlying basis for modern mass prodution was the
A) cotton gin
B) musket
C) use of interchangeable parts
D) principle of limited liability
E) assembly line

Answer 64

C) use of interchangeable parts

Question 65

As a result of the development of the cotton gin,
A) slavery revived and expanded
B) American industry bough more southern cotton than did British manufacturers
C) a nationwide depression ensued
D) the south diversified its economy
E) the textile industry moved to the south

Answer 65

A) slavery revived and expanded

Question 66

The new regional “division of labor” created by improved transportation meant that
A) the South specialized iin the slave trade, the west in fur trapping and the east in rum
B) the south specialized in cotton, the west in grain and livestock and the east in manufacturing
C) the south specialized in manufacturing, the west in transportation and the east in grain and livestock
D) the south specialized in cotton, the west in manufacturing and the east in finance
E) the south specialized in grain and livestock, the west in cotton, and the east in transportation

Answer 66

B) the south specialized in cotton, the west in grain and livestock and the east in manufacturing

Question 67

The sentiment of fear and opposition to open immigration was called
A) the cult of domesticity
B) nativism
C) unitarianism
D) rugged individualism
E) patriotism

Answer 67

B) nativism

Question 68

In the case of Commonwealth v. Hunt, the supreme court os Massachusetts ruled that
A) corporations were unconstitutional
B) labor unions were legal
C) labor strikes were illegal
D) the boston associates’ employment of young women in their factories was inhumane
E) the state could regulate factory wages and working conditions

Answer 68

B) labor unions were legal

Question 69

German immigrants came to the united states because
A) they wanted to become a powerful political force
B) they wanted to escape economic hardships and autocratic government
C) they were as poor as the irish
D) they contributed little to American life
E) they were almost all Catholics

Answer 69

B) they wanted to escape economic hardships and autocratic government

Question 70

According to Charles Latrobe, the irish are useful to the US because they
A) are wealthy well-to-do citizens who generate wealth for America
B) are catholic Christians
C) do the work that no American citizen wants to do
D) increase the population and therefore the tax base
E) brought new kinds of beer recipes

Answer 70

C) do the work that no American citizen wants to do

Question 71

Native-born protestant americans distributed and resented the irish mostly because these immigrants
A) were poor
B) were thought to love alcohol
C) were roman catholic
D) frequently became police officers
E) were slow to learn english

Answer 71

C) were roman catholic

Question 72

Compared to canals, railroads
A) were more expensive to construct
B) transported freight more slowly
C) were generally safer
D) were susceptible to weather delays
E) could be built almost anywhere

Answer 72

E) could be built almost anywhere

Question 73

When the Irish flocked to the United States in the 1840s, they stayed in the larger seaboard cities because they
A) preferred urban life
B) were offered high paying jobs
C) were welcomed by the people living there
D) were too poor to move west and buy land
E) had experience in urban politics

Answer 73

D) were too poor to move west and buy land

Question 74

In general by 1860______ tended to blind the west and south together, while _________ and _________ connected west to east
A) steamboats, canals, railroads
B) railroads, canals, steamboats
C) canals, steamboats, turnpikes
D) turnpikes, steamboats, canals
E) turnpikes, railroads, steamboats

Answer 74

A) steamboats, canals, railroads

Question 75

American painter George catlin developed the idea for
A) placing Indians on reservations
B) the protection of America’s endangered species
C) continuing the “rendezvous” system
D) keeping white settlers out of the west
E) the preservation of nature as a national policy

Answer 75

E) the preservation of nature as a national policy

Question 76

Native-born Americans feared that catholic immigrants to the United States would…
A) want to attend school with protestants
B) overwhelm the native-born catholics and control the church
C) “establish” the Catholic Church at the expense of protestantism
D) assume control of the “know nothing” party
E) establish monasteries and convents in the west

Answer 76

C) “establish” the Catholic Church at the expense of protestantism

Question 77

Two leading female imaginative writers who added to New england’s literary prominance was
A) louisa may alcott and emily dickinson
B) sarah orne jewett and Kate chopin
C) sarah grimke and susan b. Anthony
D) harriet beecher stowe and abigail Adams
E) walt whitman and edgar allan poe

Answer 77

A) louisa may alcott and emily dickinson

Question 78

The excessie consumption of alcohol by americans inn the 1800s
A) was not recognized as a social problem
B) did not involve women
C) held little threat for the family because everyone drank
D) had little impact on the efficiency of labor
E) stemmed from the hard and monotonous life of many

Answer 78

E) stemmed from the hard and monotonous life of many

Question 79

Deists like thomas jefferson and benjamin franklin endorsed the concept of…
A) revelation
B) original sin
C) the deity of christ
D) a supreme being who created the universe
E) the imminent end of the world

Answer 79

D) a supreme being who created the universe

Question 80

Evangelical preachers like charles grandison finney linked personal religious conversion to…
A) the construction of large church buildings throught the midwest
B) the expansion of American polical power across the continent
C) the organization of effective economic development and industrialization
D) the methodist denomination
E) the christian reform of political problems

Answer 80

E) the christian reform of political problems

Question 81

the tendency toward rationalism and indifference in religion was reversed about 1800 by…
A) the rise in utopian societies
B) the rise of deism and unitarianism
C) the rise of new groups like the mormons and christian scientists
D) the revivalist movement call the second great awakening
E) the influx of religiously traditional immigrants

Answer 81

D) the revivalist movement call the second great awakening

Question 82

Most of the utopian communities in pre-1860s America held________ as part of their founding ideals
A) rugged individualism
B) chaos theory
C) capitalism
D) opposition to communism
E) cooperative social and economic practices

Answer 82

E) cooperative social and economic practices

Question 83

The key to Oneida’s financial success was
A) its move from vermont to New York
B) The establishment of bible communism
C) the manufacture of silverware and steel animal traps
D) its tax-exempt religious states
E) its linkage of religion to free-market capitalism

Answer 83

C) the manufacture of silverware and steel animal trap

Question 84

By the 1850s the crusade for women’s rights was eclipsed by…
A) public education reformers
B) the “Lucy stoners”
C) abolitionism
D) prison reform advocates
E) evangelical revivalism

Answer 84

C) abolitionism

Question 85

One strong prejuiduce inhibiting women from obtaining higher education in the early 19th centure was the beleif that…
A) too much learning would injure women’s brains and ruin their health
B) women were inherently conservative and opposed to social reform
C) children should grow up without the influence of educated women
D) the constitution prohibited women from attending colleges
E) they would gain political and economic power through education

Answer 85

A) too much learning would injure women’s brains and ruin their health

Question 86

Neal dow sponsored the Maine Law of 1851 which called for,
A) the abolition of capital punishment
B) a ban on war
C) a ban on polygamy
D) woman suffrage
E) a ban on the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor

Answer 86

E) a ban on the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor

Question 87

Emerson and Thoreau summed up their beleifs on governemnt as…
A) “that government is best which governs last”
B) “that government is best which governs with reform”
C)”a government’s laws must be feared to keep society from anarchy”
D)”it is better for a government to be feared than loved”
E)”the government does not carry the sword for nothing”

Answer 87

A) “that government is best which governs last”

Question 88

The beleifs advocated by John Humphrey Noyes included all of the following except
A)no private property
B) sharing of all material goods
C) beleif in a benign deity
D) strictly monogamous marriages
E) improvement of the human race through eugenics

Answer 88

D) strictly monogamous marriages

Question 89

One cause of women’s subordination in 19th century america was…
A) women’s attention to causes other than women’s rights
B) the higher ratio of females to males in the many communities
C) the sharp division of labor that separated women at home from men in the workplace
D) the prohibition against women’s participation in religious activities
E) the destruction of the cult of domesticity

Answer 89

C) the sharp division of labor that separated women at home from men in the workplace

Question 90

Transcendentalists writes such as emerson, thoreau, and fuller stressed the ideas of
A) john locke and the social contract
B) political community and economic progress
C) personal guild and fear of death
D) love of chivalry and return to the medieal past
E) inner truth and individual self-reliance

Answer 90

E) inner truth and individual self-reliance

Question 91

A) ralph waldo emerson
B) bringham young
C) joseph smith
D) the angel Moroni
E) Charles G. Finney

Answer 91

C) joseph smith

Question 92

The purpose of Seneca Falls manifesto was…
A) to secure more rights for women, including the right to vote
B) to secure the right to vote for african americans
C) to push for the passage of prohibition
D) to advocate for the rights of children
E) to increase the influence of educated women in government

Answer 92

A) to secure more rights for women, including the right to vote

Question 93

“Familiarity with suffering, it is said, blunts the sensibilities, and where neglect once finds a footing, other injuries are multiplied” was an argument used by dorthea dix to combat
A) racism
B) the way civilians were treated in times of war
C) the treatment of women in society
D) the treatment of prisoners and in insane
E) the treatment of business monopolies

Answer 93

D) the treatment of prisoners and in insane

Question 94

Noah Webster’s dictionary
A) had little impact until the 20th century
B) helped to standardize the american language
C) was used to educate the 19th century slaves
D) came to the united states from britain in the 1800s
E) gave legitimacy to American slang

Answer 94

B) helped to standardize the american language

Question 95

Unitarians endorsed the concept of
A) the deity of christ
B) original sin
C) salvation through good works
D) predestination
E) the bible as the infallible word of god

Answer 95

C) salvation through good works

Question 96

Women became especially active in the social reforms stimulated by the second great awakening because…
A) evangelical religion emphasized their spiritual dignity and religious social reform legitimized their activity outside the home
B) they refused to accept the idea that there was a special female role in society
C) they were looking to obtain as much power as possible
D) many of the leading preachers and evangelists were women
E) they saw the churches as the first institutions that needed to be reformed

Answer 96

A) evangelical religion emphasized their spiritual dignity and religious social reform legitimized their activity outside the home

Question 97

Horace Mann was a major promoter of an effective…
A) utopian society was based on genetically engineered humans
B) form of direct democracy
C) infrastructure for the south
D) social programs for the poor
E) tax-supported system of public education

Answer 97

E) tax-supported system of public education