Question 1

Mark Twain was the leading writer in the southern romantic tradition.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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

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A)   Baptists.
B)   Quakers.
C)   Presbyterians.
D)   Unitarians.
E)   Methodists.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

The black abolitionist who called for uncompromising opposition to and a violent overthrow of slavery in his 1829 pamphlet was

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A)   William Lloyd Garrison.
B)   Frederick Douglass.
C)   Elijah Lovejoy.
D)   Benjamin Lundy.
E)   David Walker.F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 4

In the 1830s and 1840s,abolitionists were divided

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A)   by radicals and moderates within their ranks.
B)   over whether or not to use violence.
C)   by calls for northern and southern separation.
D)   over the question of free-soil, colonization, or full emancipation.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

Nineteenth-century Protestant revivalists such as the New Light revivalists

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A)   sought to revive the ideals of Calvinism.
B)   believed that no individual could control his or her personal salvation.
C)   took the lead in the cause to end slavery.
D)   argued that personal salvation could be achieved by individual effort.
E)   believed temperance was detracting from other, loftier reform movements.F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

Many of the women involved in feminist efforts of this era were ________,as they had been taught to expect the absence of gender-based restrictions in their own communities.

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Question 7

Discuss the various ideas and divisions within the antislavery movement.

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The antislavery movement was a complex a...

Question 8

By 1860,public schools in the United States had failed to produce significant improvement in education.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

William Lloyd Garrison was assassinated for his advocacy of abolitionism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Hudson River School of painters emphasized in their work the importance of

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A)   democratic ideals.
B)   the yeoman farmer.
C)   natural beauty.
D)   realism.
E)   the founding fathers.F) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 11

According to the transcendentalists,________ was the highest human faculty.

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Question 12

Why did the free-soil movement attract the popular support that none of the other abolitionist philosophies could generate?

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The Free-Soil movement, which emerged in...

Question 13

The Oneida Community sought to redefine gender roles and engage in "free love."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Herman Melville was less exuberant in his celebration of the human spirit than was Walt Whitman.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Transcendentalists

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A)   rejected European intellectuals.
B)   regarded reason to be the most important human faculty.
C)   argued that emotional responses inhibited the internal development of individuals.
D)   believed all individuals should develop their intellectualism.
E)   argued for the liberating potential of "understanding."F) C) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 16

What were the social factors that motivated the many reform movements in the North before the Civil War?

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The social factors that motivated the ma...

Question 17

Hudson River School artists felt America had more promise than Europe.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

William Lloyd Garrison believed the abolitionist movement should

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A)   stress the damage that slavery did to blacks rather than to whites.
B)   seek the gradual elimination of slavery.
C)   demand freedom for slaves, but deny them citizenship.
D)   organize slave rebellions throughout the American South.
E)   join forces with the more established American Colonization Society.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 19

One leading abolitionist who was murdered for his activism was

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A)   William Lloyd Garrison.
B)   Frederick Douglass.
C)   Sojourner Truth.
D)   Benjamin Lundy.
E)   Elijah Lovejoy.F) A) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 20

Most early nineteenth-century American physicians opposed efforts to regulate the profession.They considered the licensing of physicians to be "undemocratic."

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A) True 
 B)False

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