Unit 5 Test Flashcards
What were the foundations for many of the reform movements of the early 1800s?
politics and pessimism
religion and optimism
philosophy and nativism
culture and transcendentalism
religion and optimism
Which leader was not a part of the abolitionist movement?
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Robert Owen
Angelina Grimké
Robert Owen
Which educator wanted to reform prisons and provide for the mentally ill?
Lucretia Mott
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dorothea Dix
Harriet Tubman
Dorothea Dix
What was a major obstacle to Emma Willard’s efforts to reform education?
Public financing was not available because of the Panic of 1837.
Church groups actively worked against her efforts.
Many people felt that education was harmful or unimportant for girls.
Her senators refused to take action in Congress.
Many people felt that education was harmful or unimportant for girls.
What was the goal of the temperance movement?
to improve people’s spirits
to reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption
to help people during difficult financial times
to recruit more converts to Christianity
to reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption
What was an important element of the transcendental philosophy of the nineteenth century?
communion with nature
belief in a personal God
finding an ideal being
changing from an agricultural society to a manufacturing society
communion with nature
Which was expected of women in the early nineteenth century?
working to own property
obeying their husbands
teaching their daughters reading and math
helping their husbands make economically sound decisions
obeying their husbands
What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments?
to declare the emotional issues behind women’s rights
to ask men to join the crusade for women’s rights
to state the case for women’s rights
to explain to New Yorkers why women should get the vote
to state the case for women’s rights
Which is true of the reaction to the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments?
Almost all women applauded the proposals for women’s rights.
Most men were relieved to have someone speak out for women.
Some women disagreed with the idea of women’s rights.
Black women spoke out more than others for the cause of women’s rights.
Some women disagreed with the idea of women’s rights.
Which nineteenth century artist is known for his paintings of Native Americans and their culture?
George Caleb Bingham
Thomas Cole
George Catlin
John Audubon
George Catlin
Who was not a nineteenth century American poet?
Emily Dickinson
John Greenleaf Whittier
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller
Which nineteenth century author wrote novels that explored themes of the frontier wilderness versus civilization?
Washington Irving
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
James Fenimore Cooper
Edgar Allen Poe
James Fenimore Cooper
How did American art of the early nineteenth century reflect American values of the period?
Artists conveyed the power and beauty of the American landscape.
Art illustrated and stressed the importance of new technologies.
Art reflected the promise of improved Native American relations.
Artists captured the need for eliminating slavery.
Artists conveyed the power and beauty of the American landscape.
What word would Ralph Waldo Emerson use to describe a person who “believes in miracle, in the perpetual openness of the human mind to new influx of light and power”?
philosopher
poet
transcendentalist
naturalist
transcendentalist
Which of Emerson’s transcendental ideals did Henry David Thoreau put into practice?
prayer and political participation
simple communication and hard work
natural selection and friendship
self-reliance and communion with nature
self-reliance and communion with nature
