Chapter Quiz 11-15 Flashcards
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
the west and south
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
the capture and annexation of Canada
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
Left practically all of them intact
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D) repealed the alien and sedition acts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
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
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
B) an overland trail to the pacific
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
B) asserted the doctrine of judicial review of congressional legislation
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
C) declare an act of Congress unconstitutional
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
He beleive that the purchase was unconstitutional
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
C) forced enlistment
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
C) the excise tax on whiskey
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
B) marked the peaceful and orderly transfer of power on the basis of election results accepted by all parties
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
.C) it was too agrarian and would give more votes to the democratic- republicans
Causes of the War of 1812
England’s impressment
Freedom of the seas
Possibility of gaining land
Indian issues
Missouri Compromise 1820
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
Panic of 1819
Severe financial crisis brought in primarily by the efforts of the BUS to curb overspeculation on western lands; sowed the seeds of Jacksonian Democracy
Era of Good Feelings
(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
Monroe Doctrine
(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
Corrupt Bargain 1824
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
Battle of New Orleans 1815
Resounding victory of American forces against British; restoring American confidence and fueling outpour of nationalism; last battle of the War of 1812
Hartford Convention 1814-1815
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
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
D) an expression of the deepening american isolationism from world affairs
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
C) inspired the writing of “the star spangled banner”
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
A)impressment, shipping blockages, and prompting the Indians to fight American citizens
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
C) that aimed to protect american industry
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
B) possesion of florida
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
A) helped to cause the death of the Federalist Party
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
C) slavery was banned north of 36’30’ in the louisiana purchase territory
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
A)militarily unprepared
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
C) began dumping their goods in america at extremely low prices
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
C)that britain would stop impressment of american sailors
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
B)the embracing of European art, literature, and architecture
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
A)a constitutional amendment requiring a two-thirds vote in congress before war was declared
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
E) called for a ten-year joint occupation of the Oregon country by both American citizens and British subjects
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
E) unleashed a wave of nationalism and self-confidence
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
A) the peace and saftey of the united States
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
E) of widespread disunity across the different regions
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
B) over speculation in frontier lands
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
C) whites wanted the Indian’s lands
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
C) Henry Clay, Secretary of State
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
B) antislavery groups in the United. States opposed the expansion of slavery
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
D) the fact that he found the bill harmful to the nation
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
B) after an agreement was concluded between Mexican authorities and stephen Austin
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
E) Henry Clay
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
D) the appointment of many corrupt and incompetent officials to federal jobs
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
D) congress passed the compromise tariff of 1833
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
D) a concession to henry clay and his national republican followers
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
C) forced removal
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
D) states’ rights
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
D) it refused to lend money to politicians
The “nullification crisis” of 1832-1833 erupted over
A) banking policy
B) internal improvments
C) tariff policy
D) public land sales
E) indian policy
C) tariff policy
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
E) over-speculation and Jackson’s financial policies
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
C) the Indians would be safer and more independent if given land in the frontier
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
E) the president could use the army and navy to collect federal tariff duties
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
B) with textile mills
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
D) a steady improvement in average wages and standards of living
“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
B) the aggressive exploitation of the West’s boundary
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)
A) were mostly Roman Catholics
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
C) each region in the nation specialized in a particular type of economic activity
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
E) support public schools
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
E) Erie Canal in New York
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
A) the order of the star spangled banner
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
D) glorified the traditional role of women as homemakers
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
D) Samuel Slater
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
C) use of interchangeable parts
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
A) slavery revived and expanded
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
B) the south specialized in cotton, the west in grain and livestock and the east in manufacturing
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
B) nativism
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
B) labor unions were legal
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
B) they wanted to escape economic hardships and autocratic government
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
C) do the work that no American citizen wants to do
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
C) were roman catholic
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
E) could be built almost anywhere
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
D) were too poor to move west and buy land
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
A) steamboats, canals, railroads
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
E) the preservation of nature as a national policy
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
C) “establish” the Catholic Church at the expense of protestantism
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
A) louisa may alcott and emily dickinson
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
E) stemmed from the hard and monotonous life of many
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
D) a supreme being who created the universe
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
E) the christian reform of political problems
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
D) the revivalist movement call the second great awakening
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
E) cooperative social and economic practices
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
C) the manufacture of silverware and steel animal trap
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
C) abolitionism
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
A) too much learning would injure women’s brains and ruin their health
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
E) a ban on the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor
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”
A) “that government is best which governs last”
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
D) strictly monogamous marriages
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
C) the sharp division of labor that separated women at home from men in the workplace
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
E) inner truth and individual self-reliance
A) ralph waldo emerson
B) bringham young
C) joseph smith
D) the angel Moroni
E) Charles G. Finney
C) joseph smith
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
A) to secure more rights for women, including the right to vote
“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
D) the treatment of prisoners and in insane
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
B) helped to standardize the american language
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
C) salvation through good works
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
A) evangelical religion emphasized their spiritual dignity and religious social reform legitimized their activity outside the home
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
E) tax-supported system of public education
