Question 1

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

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A)   integrate Indians with white society.
B)   create sovereign nations within U.S. territory so that Indians could negotiate with other nations.
C)   allow Indians to develop to a point where they would not need to assimilate into white society.
D)   allow them to develop to a point where they could assimilate into white society.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 2

Reform movements emerged in America in the mid-nineteenth century in part because of a

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A)   pessimistic assumption of the natural weakness of individuals.
B)   desire for social stability and discipline in the face of change.
C)   belief that society needed to break free from its old traditions.
D)   fear that civil war was going to engulf the nation.
E)   declining importance placed on religious piety.F) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 3

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

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A)   prohibited the interstate slave trade.
B)   led to the passage of "personal liberty laws."
C)   angered abolitionists.
D)   abolished slavery in the District of Columbia.
E)   forced state officials to assist in the capture of runaways.F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 4

Sylvester Graham encouraged people to eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Describe the essential tenets of the transcendentalist philosophy.

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Question 6

The study of the human brain through phrenology was the origin of modern psychology.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The term "penitentiary" comes from the word ________.

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Question 8

Which of the following features was NOT a characteristic of the Hudson River School?

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A)   canvases that tended to be very large in size
B)   an assumption that America was a land of greater promise than Europe
C)   a belief that democracy was the best source of wisdom and spiritual fulfillment
D)   a sense of nostalgia for a kind of nature that might be disappearing
E)   portraits of some of the nation's most spectacular and undeveloped areasF) A) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 9

Prior to the Civil War, free blacks in the North tended to be

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A)   deeply antagonistic toward William Lloyd Garrison.
B)   indifferent to slavery in the South.
C)   anxious to leave the United States.
D)   in favor of the "back to Africa" movement.
E)   strongly opposed to southern slavery.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

One of the most enduring of the pre-Civil War utopian colonies was

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A)   Oneida.
B)   New Harmony.
C)   Brook Farm.
D)   Walden.
E)   Nauvoo.F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 11

Many blacks rejected the American Colonization Society's offer to return them to Africa.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Supreme Court case of Prigg v. Pennsylvania concerned the issue of ________.

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Question 13

William Lloyd Garrison was assassinated for his advocacy of abolitionism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The antislavery Liberty Party never campaigned for outright abolitionism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Compare American medical care in the colonial period with medical care in the first half of the nineteenth century. What aspects of care had changed and what had remained the same?

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Question 16

The writings of Edgar Allan Poe were

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A)   primarily sad and macabre.
B)   mostly ignored during his lifetime.
C)   largely focused on southern society.
D)   acclaimed by many American writers in his time.
E)   completely ignored in Europe after his death.F) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 17

Joseph Smith and Elijah Lovejoy were both ________.

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Question 18

Which of the following was arguably the most distinctive feature of Shakerism?

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A)   the admittance of women only
B)   communal raising of children
C)   polygamy
D)   free love
E)   complete celibacyF) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 19

Many reformers of the pre-Civil War period thought it was possible to rehabilitate criminals through solitary confinement.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Seneca Falls "Declaration of Sentiments" included a demand that women have the right to vote.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform

Many reformers of the pre-Civil War period thought it was possible to rehabilitate criminals through solitary confinement.

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Many blacks rejected the American Colonization Society's offer to return them to Africa.

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The Seneca Falls "Declaration of Sentiments" included a demand that women have the right to vote.

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The term "penitentiary" comes from the word ________.

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Which of the following was arguably the most distinctive feature of Shakerism?

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Reform movements emerged in America in the mid-nineteenth century in part because of a

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Compare American medical care in the colonial period with medical care in the first half of the nineteenth century. What aspects of care had changed and what had remained the same?

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Which of the following features was NOT a characteristic of the Hudson River School?

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Describe the essential tenets of the transcendentalist philosophy.

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William Lloyd Garrison was assassinated for his advocacy of abolitionism.

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Sylvester Graham encouraged people to eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat.

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