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Why did tobacco cultivation move westward in the 1830

Tobacco farming had exhausted the land, so farmers had to switch to other crops.

The development of what crop allowed the south to continue depending primarily on agriculture before the civil war?

Short-staple cotton

The_______ _______ is the two-word term used for the lower south that refers specifically to the economy and culture built on cotton production.

1. cotton
2. kingdom

How did the shift of slave labor to the cotton states affect planters in the upper south?

They began selling their slaves to cotton plantations to compensate for their crops' decline in value.

Which of the following best describes the economic relationship between the North and South during the antebellum period

The South was becoming increasingly dependent on northern industrial manufacturers and merchants.

Which of the following best explains why rice did not become a staple of the southern economy?

Rice fields require extensive irrigation

What technological development made the large-scale cultivation of short-staple cotton possible?

Cotton gin

Which of the following best describes why wealthy southerners invested little capital in manufacturing?

Wealthy southerners had much of their capital tied up in their land.

True or false: Cotton production in the South began in Louisiana and Texas and rapidly spread eastward.
True false question.

False
Reason:
Cotton farming originated in South Carolina and Georgia and rapidly spread west.

What was the second middle passage?

the forced movement of slaves within the United States

Before the Civil War, the principal means of transporting goods in the South was
Multiple choice question.

water.

Which of the following are reasons sugar did not become a staple crop in the South?

- Sugarcane takes a long time to grow
- Cultivation of sugar-can requited backbreaking labor.
-Sugarcane growers in the South had to compete with farmers in the Caribbean.

Which of the following contributed to how the South remained so different from the North?

- While the agricultural economy of the Northeast had declined, that of the South was booming.
- The southern economy was tied to a culture that celebrated the wealth of planters and viewed slavery as a benevolent institution.

Which of the following contributed to the slow development of industry in the South?

- Booming agricultural expansion
- inadwuate transportation system

What factors may have stymied industrial development in the South?

- The southern climate
_ the booming agricultural economy
- the southern climate

Which of the following was a major stimulus of the the cotton economy in the American South?
Multiple choice question.

growing demand in Britain

Approximately what percentage of white southerners lived in slaveholding households in the mid-1800s?
Multiple choice question.

25%

Which of the following best describes how members of the white southern upper class viewed themselves?

as true aristocrats, much like those in the Old World

Which of the following effects did the cult of honor have on the lives of southern white women?

- Men expected women to be subordinate in exchange for defending women's honor.
- Southern white men felt obligated to protect white women.

In the 1850s, most white southerners were

yeoman farmers.

True or false: Most white southerners were wealthy, landowning planters who lived on large plantations.

false
Reason:
Although many southerners hoped to portray this image, very few lived this lifestyle.

As compared to the lives of women in the North, affluent white women in the South
Multiple choice question.

were even more subordinate to men.

Childrearing was a particular burden for southern white women because
Multiple choice question.

the rate of infant mortality was significantly higher than elsewhere.

Which of the following best describes elementary and secondary schools in the South before the Civil War?

They were inferior to those in the Northeast.

Most white women in the South lived ______, which afforded them little opportunity to look beyond their familial roles.

on farms

True or false: In the antebellum period, only a very small minority of southern whites owned slaves.
True false question.

True
Reason:
Even with all members of slaveowning families included, those living in slaveowning households still amounted to perhaps no more than one-quarter of the white population.

Nonslaveholding whites who lived in backcountry areas like the Appalachians and Ozarks were known as
Multiple choice question.

hill people.

True or false: The southern educational system was not accessible to the lower classes and contributed to the class divide.

True
Reason:
One reason for the class divide was the southern educational system.

Many white southerners did not own slaves but still accepted the aristocratic plantation system because

they were tied to the system through their families, the local economy, and regional loyalty.

As compared to the lives of women in the North, affluent white women in the South

were even more subordinate to men.

Which of the following were the case with the poorest white southerners, referred to by some as "poor white trash"?

- They often suffered from dietary deficiencies and diseases such as pellagra, hookworm, and malaria.
-Wealthier whites sometimes called them "clay eaters."

Southern women who lived on farms of modest size regularly engaged in which of the following activities?

- overseeing slaves
- agricultural tasks
- spinning and weaving

What social effects did slavery have on southerners?

-Southern blacks developed a culture different from that of southern whites.
-It segregated blacks from whites.
-It created a unique bond of mutual reliance between masters and slaves.

Which of the following most helps to describe the animosity that many "hill people" had for the planter aristocracy?

They were unconnected to the cotton economy.

Nonslaveholding whites relied on the plantation system for all of the following except
Multiple choice question.

rented land.

Why did the most destitute of white southerners still support the plantation system and slavery?

-They believed in their racial supremacy over black slaves.
-They were so poor that they had little strength to protest.

How did the slave labor system affect southern white women?

- It threatened their relationships with their husbands, who often had sexual relationships with female slaves.
-It helped spare them from hard labor.

When white southerners referred to slavery as the "peculiar institution," they usually meant that it was

distinctive and special.

How did the slave codes define a person's race?
Multiple choice question.

Individuals with a presumed trace of African ancestry were black.

The relationship of masters and slaves on medium and large plantations was
Multiple choice question.

not as intimate as on small farms.

Southern whites who did not own slaves were linked to the plantation economy by which of the following?

-dependence on plantation owners for access to cotton gins
-family ties
-regional loyalty

What is one reason slave women often held additional authority in the plantation system?

They acted as single parents when their husbands were sold to other plantations.

Under the southern states' slave codes, slaves were prohibited from doing which of the following?

-carrying firearms
-leaving their master's premises without permission
-striking a white person, even in self-defense

Which of the following roles was not among those assigned to house slaves?

overseer

Slaves often preferred to live on

large plantations because they could create their own social world in the slave quarters.

The lives of slaves in the city differed from the lives of their plantation counterparts in which of the following ways?

-Urban slaves had more contact with free blacks and lower-class whites.
-Urban slaves had more freedom to move about during the day.

Which of the following best describes the position of female slaves?

They often were separated from their husbands and fathers.

Which of the following was part of the slave codes?

Whites could not teach slaves to read or write.

Some slaves were able to buy freedom for themselves and their families. This was most often possible for those who lived

in cities.

Which of the following advantages did house slaves often have over field slaves?

-less physically-backbreaking labor
-access to leftovers from the master's table

On large plantations, slaveowners would employ ______, who were slaves that acted as foremen.

head drivers

Urban slaves often had more freedom than rural slaves because urban slaves

were often hired out to work as day laborers.

Most slaves received which of the following?

-a simple but adequate diet
-cheap clothing and shoes

Although some slaves were able to buy their freedom in the early 1830s, most could not, because.

few masters were willing to allow it.

Which of the following statements regarding urban slavery in the South are true?

-The line between slavery and freedom in cities was less distinct.
-Some urban slaves were skilled trade workers.
-Urban slaves were less supervised than rural slaves.
-Urban slaves had little working competition from European immigrants.

Which of the following describe the lives of slaves in the South?

-Slave women labored in the fields and also cooked and cleaned.
-They lived in rough cabins called "slave quarters."

Which of the following are accurate statements about the foreign slave trade?

-Despite a federal law prohibiting the importation of slaves, smuggling continued as late as the 1850s.
-At a southern convention for commerce in 1858, delegates voted to repeal all laws against slave imports, but the government did not comply.

From the 1830s on, state laws governing slavery made it much more difficult for owners to set their slaves free, in part because

Nat Turner's revolt had prompted fears of further revolts among white southerners.

Which of the following are true regarding the Amistad?

-John Quincy Adams argued before the Supreme Court that the slaves of the Amistad should be freed.
-The slaves of the Amistad had no experience with sailing and tried to compel the crew to steer them to their destination.

Which of the following best explains how slaves expressed their attitudes toward slavery while the masters were watching?
Multiple choice question.

They sang religious songs that often drew upon themes of freedom and salvation.

Federal law prohibited the importation of slaves from ______ onward.
Multiple choice question.

1808

What were the most common ways for slaves to obtain their freedom?

-masters including a provision in their wills to free their slaves when the master died
-masters setting their slaves free because they believed slavery was morally wrong
-slaves finding a way to earn their own money, then using it to buy their freedom

The surviving slaves who were aboard the Amistad were

returned to Africa.

Which of the following best describe how slaves' practice of religion differed from that of whites?

-Slaves' prayer meetings often included vocal exclamations and fervent chanting.
-Slave religion often blended elements of African religious traditions and Christianity.

Which musical instrument, often made by African Americans out of whatever materials were at hand, became particularly important to slave music?

banjo

Which of the following best describes an aspect of the domestic slave trade?

Slave families were often separated, including the separation of children from parents.

True or false: Slaves developed extended kinship networks to cope with the breakup of their nuclear families.

True
Reason:
Slaves forced to move away from their families relied on extended kinship networks to compensate for the loss of their immediate family.

In 1839 a group of slaves in Cuba took over a ship, the_________, and attempted to sail it back their homelands in Africa

Amistad

Which of the following best describes slaves' practice of religion?

It was their own version of Christianity, but black churches were illegal in the South.

The common language developed by American slaves is known as
Multiple choice question.

pidgin.

Which of the following most likely characterizes the dominant response of African Americans to slavery?

a combination of adaptation and resistance

Unlike the white population, slaves did not maintain strong family ties.
True false question.

False
Reason:
Family ties among slaves were generally no less strong than those of whites.

Which of the following were the most common hazards for slaves who tried to escape their masters by running away?

-long distance to safety
-"slave patrols" looking for escaped blacks
-ignorance about geography

Slave religion was primarily a form of

Christianity.

The "Sambo" pattern of slave behavior was

a charade put on by blacks in the presence of whites.

The most widespread method slaves used to defy their masters was
Multiple choice question.

everyday forms of resistance, such as refusing to work hard.

One of the most powerful stereotypes of slaves was the "________," a shuffling, dimwitted slave who was deferential to whites.

Sambo

What three trends characterized the American population during the antebellum period?

-rapid population increase
-movement westward
-growth of towns and cities

Which of the following had a significant impact on U.S. population growth between 1790 and 1840?

-A declining number of epidemics
-Improvements in public health
-A high birth rate

One reason that the African American population in 1800-1830 increased more slowly than the white population is that

the importation of slaves became illegal in 1808

Before 1830, the Mississippi River port of ______ had come to serve as the major link between Midwestern farmers and the cities of the Northeast.
Multiple choice question.
Buffalo

New Orleans

Before 1860, the largest single group of arriving Irish immigrants was

young, single women

What likely played the biggest role in the American Industrial Revolution?

surging population growth

Between 1820 and 1840, the population of the United States

rapidly grew, due in part to improved public health.

What were the factors contributing to a slower increase in the African American population than the increase seen in the white population in the early 1800s?

-higher death rate
-importation of slaves being made illegal

Many native-born Americans feared that the growing Irish population would

increase the power of the Catholic Church in America.

The agricultural economy of the West

contributed to urban growth in cities like St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Louisville.

The tremendous growth in immigration prompted the appearance among the native-born population of the fear of foreigners, a sentiment known as "_______"

nativism

From which two countries did the overwhelming majority of immigrants come in the 1850s?

-ireland
-germany

Which of the following statements about the Erie Canal are true?

-It gave New York access to Chicago and growing western markets.

-It provided a route to the Great Lakes.

-It cemented New York as the nation's leading commercial center.

The birth rate for white women in 1840 was roughly ______ children each.

6

The construction of canals was promoted by

both western farmers and eastern merchants who wanted more direct access to urban markets.

Hostility among native-born Americans toward immigrants prior to 1860 was spurred, in part, by

fears of political radicalism

An immediate result of the new water transportation routes was

increased white settlement in the Northwest.

The platform of the Supreme Order of the Star-Spangled Banner, which eventually became known as the Know-Nothings, included which of the following?

-banning Catholics or aliens from holding public office

-establishing literacy tests for voting

-enacting more restrictive naturalization laws

Which state was the first to engage in canal building?

New York

As compared to turnpike transportation,

canal boats could haul larger loads for less money.

Which states were inspired by the Erie Canal to develop water connections between Lake Erie and the Ohio River, making it possible to ship goods by inland waterway from New York to New Orleans?

-Indiana

-Ohio

In the 1820s and 1830s, railroads

-played a relatively small role in the nation's transportation system.

-laid the foundation for the surge of railroad building that occurred midcentury.

What city was the principal railroad hub of the West?

Chicago

What new forms of transportation made it easier for farmers and merchants to ship their goods between the east and west in the 1820s and 1830s?

- Canals

-steamboats

In what year did the Stockton and Darlington Railroad in England become the first railroad to haul general traffic?

1825

The "Know-Nothings" eventually created a new political organization called the

American Party

Which of the following are true of the economic impact of railroads on the American economy?

-They were the birthplace of the modern corporate form of organization.

-They bred technological advances.

-They were key to the nation's economic growth.

Which region of the country had, by far, the most trackage in 1860?

Northeast

Who developed the telegraph?

Samuel F. B. Morse

Which of the following were impacts of the telegraph?

-It facilitated railroad operations.

-It made long-distance communication possible without direct, physical contact.

-It brought cities across the country closer together.

Which of these technological advances spurred the growth of American journalism in the 1840s?

-The telegraph

-The rotary press

The biggest impact of the American rails on the American economy, society, and culture was the

decreased time of shipment and travel.

The emergence of the great train lines resulted in which of the following?

-lessened dependence by the West on the Mississippi

-decreased traffic on the main water routes

-weakened connection between the Northwest and the South

The system of long and short electrical bursts that made the telegraph system a viable, long-distance communication system is known as

morse code

What were the result of the limited liability laws that were passed in the 1830s?

a growth in manufacturing and business industries

One of the first beneficiaries of the telegraph system was

the railroad

Which of the following are advances in journalism that occurred in the 1840s?

-creation of a national cooperative news-gathering organization

-introduction of the telegraph system

-invention of the steam cylinder rotary press

-dramatic growth of mass-circulation newspapers

The removal of some legal obstacles in the ______ led to a spurt in the growth of corporations.

1830's

What industry was responsible for the development of the factory system?

textile

What effect did the railroad have on small western towns?

Those towns along the routes rapidly grew.

Which of the following statements about the development of machine tools in the United States is accurate?

Much of the research and development for machine tools was done by the government in connection with supplying the military.

In the 1830s, limited liability laws were developed in the United States that

meant individual stockholders risked only the value of their own investment.

Which of the following was replacing wood as a leading energy source in the mid-nineteenth century?

coal

The factories of the Northeast was producing ______ of the country's manufactured goods in 1860.

two-thirds

True or false: The Associated Press was created to exchange national and international news through the mail.

False

True or false: The unprecedented levels of air and water pollution caused by industrialization resulted in the passage of state laws to protect the environment in the 1860s.

True

An important result of the development of the machine tool industry in the mid-nineteenth century was the widespread adoption of the principle of ______ parts in manufacturing.

interchangeable

How did the use of water as a power source limit the development of industry?

Mills had to be located next to running water.

By the middle of the nineteenth century, merchant capitalism in the United States

declined as opportunity shifted from trade to manufacturing

Which of these correctly describe the difficulties in recruiting factory workers in the early days of industrial development?

-Many city dwellers were skilled artisans who worked in their own shops.

-Most Americans still lived and worked on farms.

What were the major sources of labor for the new textile mills in the 1820s?

-young, single women

-farm families, with parents and children

Early efforts to increase public awareness about the need to protect the environment was spurred by

industrialization

In 1845, the Female Labor Reform Association began demanding

a ten-hour workday.

The new aristocrats of the Northeast in the mid-nineteenth century were the

industrial capitalists

Which of the following resulted in new recruits for the factory labor force in the 1820s and 1830s?

dramatic improvements in agricultural production

What is the Lowell or Waltham system?

a factory system used to mass-produce textiles that relied on young women workers

A detriment to the burgeoning industrialization in the late 1800s was

air and water pollution.

Which of the following resulted in the dissolution of Female Labor Reform Association?

Mill women were turning to other professions and immigrants were taking their jobs.

As the factory system progressed into the 1840s,

textile manufacturers increasingly used immigrants as their labor force.

What portion of the total labor force worked on farms in the 1820s?

90 percent

Which of the following correctly describe conditions for the young women employed in the Lowell mills?

-well fed

-clean housing provided

-relatively well-paid

Workers from where became the predominant immigrant group in New England?

Ireland

For what reasons was merchant capitalism in decline in the mid-1800s?

-British competitors were stealing America's export trade.

-There were greater opportunities for profit in manufacturing than in trade

The early union movement among skilled artisans

was weakened by the Panic of 1837 and the ensuing depression.

The Massachusetts Supreme Court, in Commonwealth v. Hunt, declared in 1842 that

unions were lawful organizations

As the immigrant labor force in New England textile mills grew in the 1840s,

payment by piece rate replaced a daily wage.

Which of the following statements about the impact of commercial and industrial growth in the United States is accurate?

It resulted in growing wealth inequality.

Geographic mobility was ______ common than social mobility.

more

As the result of the American factory system, skilled artisans

formed trade unions.

American middle-class families in antebellum society were

the most influential cultural form of urban America.

As a group, American workers in the 1840s and 1850s had

little power because factory owners were easily able to replace them with immigrant laborers willing to work for lower wages.

Middle-class homes in the mid-nineteenth century included which of these characteristics?

-dark colors

-heavy furniture

-lush fabrics

What were the effects of most income earners leaving home each day to work in a shop, mill, or factory?

-A sharp distinction emerged between the workplace and the home.

-Primarily domestic concerns were predominant in the home.

Which of these groups were deprived of most of the benefits of America's phenomenal economic growth?

-slaves

-landless farmers

-Indians

The separation between the workplace and home sharpened the distinctions between the social roles of men and women

among factory workers, farm workers, and the middle class.

What factors contributed to limiting overt class conflict?

-Some workers were able to move from poverty to riches.

-Life was better for most factory workers than it had been on the farms or in Europe.

-The rootlessness of migrant urban laborers made organization and protest difficult.

As a result of the social expectations expressed in the cult of domesticity,

women became increasingly isolated from the public world.

The growth of commerce and industry allowed more Americans the chance to become prosperous without

owning land

The ______ was the most important household invention of this period.

cast-iron stove

True or false: In antebellum America, leisure time was scarce for all but the wealthiest of Americans.

True

How did the rise of industry affect the nature of the family?

-In cities, the family was no longer the principal economic unit.

-More families moved from farms to the cities.

Which of the following describes how the role of women changed in the new industrial society?

from contributer in the family economy to guardian of "domestic virtue"

Which of the following describes the cult of domesticity?

the belief that women were the guardians of family and religious virtue

In the increasingly popular ______ shows, white actors wearing blackface mimicked and ridiculed African American culture.

minstrel

As compared with urban Americans, rural people

pursued similar past times, but within the home

In what ways did the separation between the workplace and the home sharpen the distinction between the social roles of men and women?

-The husband was assumed to be the sole wage earner in the middle-class family.

-Middle-class women were increasingly isolated from the non-domestic world.

True or false: As the result of the cult of domesticity, female work outside the home came to be seen as a lower-class domain.

true

Which of the following statements regarding American leisure activities prior to 1860 are accurate?

-Reading was a principle leisure activity among affluent Americans.

-Shakespearean plays that were reworded to appeal to American audiences were popular.

-Popular tastes in public spectacle tended toward the bizarre and fantastic.

-Minstrel shows were increasingly popular.

One social trend that accompanied industrialization was

a decline in the birth rate.

How did farmers in the Northeast respond to agricultural competition from the new, richer soil of the Northwest?

-Farmers changed their focus to supplying food to nearby cities.

-Farmers moved to towns and became laborers.

-Farmers moved west and settled new land.

Which of the following are true of the relationship between the Old Northwest and the rest of the nation?

-The Old Northwest sold most of its products to the Northeast.

-The Old Northwest became an important market for eastern industry.

-A strong economic relationship between the Old Northwest and the Northeast emerged.

Which of the following are accurate regarding people's leisure time in this period?

-Leisure time was scarce for all but the wealthiest of Americans.

-Because of a lack of leisure time, nonreligious holidays from work took on special importance

Which state was not an important cattle-raising area by the 1850s?

Pennsylvania

What was the most powerful single stimulus for increased agricultural production?

industrialization

In the 1840s, P. T. Barnum's American Museum in New York showcased

human oddities

What new agricultural techniques and technologies improved farm production in the Old Northwest?

-cultivation of hardier varieties of seed

-automatic thresher

-automatic reaper

Which of the following characterizes agriculture in the Northeast after 1840?

decline and transformation

The social institution that most bound together rural America was the

Church

The typical citizen of the Old Northwest was

the owner of a family farm.

What was the primary staple crop of the prairie region?

Wheat

True or false: Most rural people in the Old Northwest shunned all links to the outside world.

false

Industry in the Old Northwest mainly served

agriculture

John Deere established a factory in 1847 to produce

steel plows

In the mid-nineteenth century, what was the general European attitude about American culture?

Europeans held American culture in low regard.

American painters drew on what school of thought when they painted scenes of "wild nature" in the American landscape?

romanticism

Which of the following were ideas that Walt Whitman celebrated in his work?

physical pleasure
liberation of the individual
democracy

Edgar Allan Poe's work focused on individuals who were experiencing

emotions of sadness and terror.

Southern writers like Augustus B. Longstreet and Joseph G. Baldwin tended to focus on

ordinary people and poor whites.

American intellectuals in the mid-nineteenth century strove to create an artistic life that

expressed America's special virtues.

Which of the following features are characteristics of the Hudson River school?

portraits of some of the nation's most spectacular and undeveloped areas
an assumption that America was a land of greater promise than Europe
canvases that tended to be very large in size
the exceptional popularity many of its artists enjoyed with the American public

All of the following were American authors creating distinctively American literature except

Asher Durand.

Which of the following major writers of the antebellum period was a southerner?

Edgar Allan Poe

Romantic authors in the South were more likely than writers in the North to

defend the southern way of life, including slavery.

In contrast to reason, the transcendentalists defined understanding as an individual's

capacity to repress instincts and to use the intellect to learn by rote.

How was Edgar Allan Poe different from other writers of the Romantic era?

He focused on the darker aspects of human emotions.

Transcendentalist philosophy first emerged in ______ with a group of individuals led by ______.

Massachusetts; Ralph Waldo Emerson

Southern antebellum writers often wrote

historical romances.

Transcendentalists

regarded reason to be the most important human faculty.

The first great American school of painters was known as the_____ school.

Hudson River

How did Henry David Thoreau's beliefs shape his relationship with government?

He refused to support any government that did not match his personal morals.

The transcendentalists believed that spirituality was best achieved through

communion with the natural world.

As the first editor of the transcendentalist journal The Dial, who argued for the relationship between discovery of the "self" and the questioning of the era's prevailing gender roles?

Margaret Fuller

Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel ______ was a scathing criticism of the experimental community known as Brook Farm.

The Blithedale Romance

The transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau

argued Americans had a moral right to disobey the laws of the United States.

The transcendentalists viewed nature as a

source of deep personal inspiration.

Which of the following is not an example of how transcendentalists redefined gender roles?

Men in transcendentalist communities were primarily responsible for cooking and childrearing.

The transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson

asserted that through nature, individuals could find personal fulfillment.

One of the first communities of transcendentalists was

Brook Farm.

In contrast to "understanding," the transcendentalists defined reason as an individual's

capacity to grasp truth and beauty by expressing emotions.

In the Oneida Community, women were protected from unwanted ______, while the most distinctive feature of Shakerism was ______.

childbearing; celibacy

Which of the following accurately describe transcendentalists' mode of communal living?

They used manual labor to transition from a world of intellect to the natural world.
They equally shared in the labor so that each could have leisure time to cultivate the self.

Both Perfectionists and Shakers

redefined traditional gender roles.

In order to practice his philosophy of withdrawing from society to live a simple life, Henry David Thoreau built a small cabin

near Walden Pond.

To promote social discipline, the Shakers avoided

contact between men and women.

Who published the Book of Mormon in 1830 and founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?

Joseph Smith

Which of the following prompted the Mormons to leave their settlement in Nauvoo, Illinois, in 1844?

Locals arrested and imprisoned Joseph Smith in Carthage, Illinois, where a mob attacked and killed him.

The reform impulse was inspired by romantic and transcendental quests to f

uncover the divinity of the individual.

Nineteenth-century Protestant revivalists such as the New Light revivalists

formed a crusade against personal immorality.

Which two of the following were most likely to be associated with the temperance movement?

evangelical Protestants

The pseudoscience of _____ , made inferences about individuals' intelligence and character by studying the shape of their skull.

phrenology

The ______ movement pushed for bans on the sale and consumption of alcohol.

temperance

Despite numerous attempts to establish peaceful communities, the Mormons consistently met with persecution from their neighbors, until they were finally able to build a lasting settlement in

Salt Lake City, Utah.

Which of the following were problems for doctors in the early 1800s?

Many of their peers were quacks or poorly educated.
Many traditional physicians mistrusted innovation and experimentation.
They were not highly regarded in their communities.

Which of the following were reforms implemented by Horace Mann?

doubling teachers' salaries
broadening the curriculum
introducing new methods of training teachers

Americans contributed which of the following advances to medical science in the nineteenth century?

Oliver Wendell Holmes's discovery that disease could be transmitted from person to person
William Morton's use of ether as an anesthetic

The founders of the Perkins School for the Blind believed that

even the blind or disabled could discover inner strength and wisdom.

Practitioners and other proponents of phrenology believed their work could improve society by

measuring peoples' fitness for various positions in life.

In the West, missionaries established schools for American Indians, believing that

Indians could be "civilized" by learning how to assimilate to white culture.

Which of the following was not a health fad in the antebellum years?

antibiotics

The nineteenth-century Protestant revivalist movement known as _________ the Awakening was based on the idea that everyone was capable of salvation and spiritual rebirth.

Second Great

How did Americans respond to the cholera epidemics of the 1830s and 1840s?

Community health boards were created to address the spread of disease.
Threats to public heath led to increased interest in new health theories.

Which of the following describes the membership of reform movements of the mid-nineteenth centuries?

Women were a large part of both the rank and file and the leadership of reform movements.

In the 1840s, the organized movement against drunkenness in the United States

linked alcohol to crime and poverty.

True or false: Mormonism sought to create an orderly refuge against the chaos and uncertainty of the outside world.

True

Which of the following is not a Mormon belief?

Life-long celibacy is important.

Who led the migration of 12,000 Mormons from Illinois to what would become Salt Lake City, Utah?

Brigham Young

Which of the following was central to the philosophy of both romanticism and transcendentalism?

an impulse for reform

The Second Great Awakening combined which two elements of nineteenth-century American culture?

Protestant revivalism
reform movements

Which of the following statements about literacy in the United States on the eve of the Civil War is accurate?

The United States had one of the highest literacy rates in the world.

Which of the following best describes formal schooling in the South before the Civil War?

African Americans were barred from formal education, and only one-third of white children were enrolled in schools.

Solitary confinement was meant to give prisoners opportunities to meditate on their wrongdoings and develop

"penitence."

The nineteenth-century reformer Horace Mann believed that education should promote

democracy.

Educational efforts for Native Americans focused on

assimilation.

The nineteenth-century practice of placing American Indians on reservations was partially designed to

teach Indians how to assimilate into white society.

What was the biggest problem facing American medicine in the first half of the nineteenth century?

Doctors had little understanding of how disease was spread.

The Massachusetts reformer who built a national movement for new methods of treating the mentally ill was

Dorothea Dix.

Which of the following women were among the leaders of the nineteenth-century feminist movement?

Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Dorothea Dix

Based on the work that they did in asylums, some reformers believed that Indian reservations would help to

"regenerate" the Indian race.

In what year was women's right to vote recognized in a national election in the United States?

1920

True or false: The same impulses that produced asylums underlay the emergence of the "new" reform approach toward Native Americans—placing them on reservations.

True

Why did many of the early feminists also identify as Quakers?

Many Quaker preachers and community leaders were women.
Many Quakers believed in sexual equality.

The prison reform movement sought to rehabilitate inmates through

solitary confinement.
silence on prison work crews.

True or false: Despite their deep involvement in the reform movements of the 1820s and 1830s, social and legal restrictions limited women's full participation.

True

The early feminist movement began at a world antislavery convention when

American women delegates were turned away.

What was the relationship between Quakers and the Seneca Falls Convention?

Nearly all the women who drafted the "Declaration of Sentiments" were Quakers.

Who among the following was a former slave who publicly campaigned for equal rights for both blacks and women?

Sojourner Truth

The meeting at Seneca Falls in 1848 generated a statement on women's rights patterned on the

Declaration of Independence.

Which of the following was not a goal of the American Colonization Society?

economically crippling slaveholders by destroying their workforce

Which of the following best describes the experience of radical black women preachers within the religious community of the nineteenth century?

They faced significant opposition from both black and white male religious leaders.

William Lloyd Garrison believed the abolitionist movement should

stress the damage that slavery did to blacks rather than to whites.

Which of the following statements is true of free blacks living in the North in 1850?

They faced both poverty and oppression.

Which of the following best reflects white male abolitionists' attitudes toward female abolitionists?

It was inappropriate for women to be outspoken activists.

The antislavery movement in the early 1800s was based on the idea of

colonization.

Prior to the Civil War, the religious denomination most active in feminism was the

Quakers.

What was unique about William Lloyd Garrison's philosophy of abolition?

He believed abolitionists should view slavery from the point of view of slaves.
He believed that the antidote to slavery was full American citizenship for all slaves.

True or false: Free blacks remained uninvolved with the issue of southern slavery because they were afraid to call attention to themselves.

False

A former slave and electrifying orator, ______ founded an antislavery newspaper and wrote an influential autobiography.

Frederick Douglass

One abolitionist who was murdered for his activism was

Elijah Lovejoy.

How did William Lloyd Garrison negatively affect the abolitionist movement?

His positions became radical, which troubled many in the movement

Which of the following is true of Frederick Douglass?

He founded his own antislavery newspaper.

Which of the following was not a reason that many northern whites were against abolition?

The abolition movement was rapidly gaining ground among whites in the South.

Why did early efforts to end slavery by repatriating slaves fail?

Many African Americans were not interested in emigrating to Africa.

In the 1830s and 1840s, abolitionists were divided in which of the following ways?

by calls for northern and southern separation
over the question of female equality
by radicals and moderates within their ranks
over whether or not to use violence

Which of the following were activities of the more moderate abolitionists in the 1840s?

funding the legal battle over the Amistad
petitioning for abolition in places under federal jurisdiction
helping runaway slaves on the underground railroad

Who was the black abolitionist who called for uncompromising opposition to and a violent overthrow of slavery in his pamphlet An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World?

David Walker

Uncle Tom's Cabin gained national popularity in the mid-nineteenth century by being reproduced in which of the following forms?

novel
theatrical production

How did anti-abolitionist sentiments affect the abolitionist movement in the late 1830s?

Increased violence toward abolitionists created factions within the movement.

The Supreme Court ruling in Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842)

ruled that states did not need to aid in enforcement of the law requiring the return of fugitive slaves.

The effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin on the nation was to

spread the message of abolitionism to an enormous new audience.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written as a

sentimental novel.

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