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8th History - America > Test 5, Chapters 11-12 > Flashcards

Test 5, Chapters 11-12 Flashcards

1
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founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church

A

Richard Allen

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2
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“Father of American Missions”

A

Adoniram Judson

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3
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started NYC’s first Sunday school

A

Catherine Ferguson

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4
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improved the treatment of the mentally ill

A

Dorothea L. Dix

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5
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founded NYC’s first settlement house

A

Phoebe Palmer

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6
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opened Japan to trade

A

Matthew Perry

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7
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discovered the Hawaiian Islands in 1778

A

James Cook

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8
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became the first Baptist missionary to Japan

A

Jonathan Goble

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9
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accompanied Lott Carey to Liberia

A

Colin Teague

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10
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united all but two of the Hawaiian Islands under his rule

A

Kamehameha I

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11
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“Father of Western African Missions”

A

Lott Carey

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12
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opened Japan to missionaries

A

Townshend Harris

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13
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Who was the leading evangelist of the Second Great Awakening?

A

Charles Finney

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14
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What great Methodist circuit rider preached the gospel in Kentucky and Tennessee for 20 years?

A

Peter Cartwright

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15
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Who pioneered the camp meeting revival?

A

James McGready

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16
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What did the Transcendentalists worship?

A

nature

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17
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Which was the first state to outlaw the use of liquor?

A

Maine

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18
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What society was organized in 1816 to distribute Bibles to frontier families?

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American Bible Society

19
Q

What did the American Temperance Union work to stop?

A

the consumption and sale of alcohol

20
Q

What Indian tribe experienced hardship and suffering on the “Trail of Tears”?

A

Cherokee

21
Q

What was the name of the socialist community founded by Robert Owen?

A

New Harmony

22
Q

What did Horace Mann work to achieve?

A

tax-supported public schools

23
Q

What is William McGuffey best remembered for?

A

his reading textbooks

24
Q

Edgar Allan Poe

A

'’The Tell-Tale Heart’’

25
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Oliver Wendell Holmes

A

'’Old Ironsides’’

26
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John Greenleaf Whittier

A

'’Snowbound’’

27
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

A

The Song of Hiawatha

28
Q

Nathaniel Hawthorne

A

The Scarlet Letter

29
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Herman Melville

A

Moby Dick

30
Q

Washing-a-ton Irving

A

'’Rip Van Winkle’’

31
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James Fenimore Cooper

A

The Last of the Mohicans

32
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______ is famous for his dictionaries and the Blue-Backed Speller.

A

Noah Webster

33
Q

Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau wrote ____

A

Walden

34
Q

One of the most popular learning techniques in the town schools was the ______

A

spelling bee

35
Q

The Deerslayer is a good example of one of James Fenimore Cooper’s ______ Tales.

A

Leatherstocking

36
Q

_______ wrote over two hundred songs, including ‘‘Swanee River,’’ ‘‘My Old Kentucky Home,’’ and ‘‘Oh! Susanna.’’

A

Stephen Foster

37
Q

What is the name for counterfeit church groups which teach salvation by works rather than salvation by grace through faith?

A

cults

38
Q

What was the name of the Cherokee Indian who invented a written language for his people?

A

Sequoya

39
Q

What was America’s greatest contribution to the field of music?

A

the spiritual

40
Q

What was the name for evangelists who rode regular routes on horseback, conducting church services on the frontier?

A

circuit riders

41
Q

What was the term for the group of American poets who emphasized family values and patriotism in their works?

A

Schoolroom Poets (or Fireside Poets)

42
Q

Name the Methodist evangelist that John Wesley sent to America in 1771 to establish churches and Bible studies on the frontier.

A

Francis Asbury

43
Q

Identify the numbered locations on the map of the central United States.

A

Missouri, Mississippi River, Lake Michigan, Arkansas, North Dakota, Missouri River, Indiana.

44
Q

Discuss the philosophy of education in the 1800s. What role did parents play in the educational system?

A

Answers should include the following information:

  • Early schools practiced traditional education, which passes the accumulated knowledge of the past to the present generation.
  • Parents controlled the curriculum, instruction, and overall operation of local schools.

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