Question 1

In the first half of the nineteenth century,________ epidemics devastated several American cities.

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Question 2

The events depicted in Uncle Tom's Cabin were taken from news accounts.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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) B) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 4

In the North,abolitionists were a small,dissenting minority of the total population.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the 1840s in the United States,an initial understanding of germ theory was developed by

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A)   Edward Jenner.
B)   William Morton.
C)   Oliver Wendell Holmes.
D)   James Warren.
E)   Ignaz Semmelweis.F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 6

In the early nineteenth century,the American Colonization Society

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A)   was founded by white Virginians opposed to slavery.
B)   called for an immediate end to slavery.
C)   opposed the idea of compensation for owners who freed their slaves.
D)   carried out a large-scale resettlement of freed slaves.
E)   was strongly supported by American blacks.F) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

Prior to 1860,prison reform in the United States

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A)   included the practice of solitary confinement.
B)   led to widespread calls to end capital punishment.
C)   focused on punishment, not on rehabilitation.
D)   began largely in the West and spread to the East.
E)   decried the racial bias of the judicial system.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

Many of the Hudson River School artists expressed a nostalgic view of nature.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In 1840,one catalyst for an American feminist movement was a London convention that dealt with

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A)   woman suffrage.
B)   prostitution.
C)   the abolition of slavery.
D)   temperance.
E)   prison reform.F) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 10

Which statement about Mormonism is FALSE?

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A)   Its founder was murdered.
B)   It developed a very fluid, loose social structure.
C)   Early Mormons practiced polygamy.
D)   The first Mormons were generally marginally poor.
E)   Early Mormons met with much persecution from their neighbors.F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

Which of the following nineteenth-century leaders is primarily known for her pioneering work in the American feminist movement?

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A)   "Mother" Ann Lee
B)   Harriet Tubman
C)   Sojourner Truth
D)   Rachel Eaton
E)   Elizabeth Cady StantonF) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 12

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

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Question 13

James Fenimore Cooper thought Americans should become more like Europeans.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

By the beginning of the Civil War,the United States had one of the highest literacy rates of any nation of the world.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Much of William Lloyd Garrison's philosophy can be found in his newspaper,the ________.

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Question 17

Mormonism

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A)   believed in human perfectibility.
B)   emphasized individual liberty.
C)   was founded by Brigham Young.
D)   began in the Midwest.
E)   always rejected polygamy.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

Southern writers such as AugustusB.Longstreet,JosephG.Baldwin,and Johnson J.Hooper

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A)   focused on the lives of aristocrats.
B)   romanticized the institution of slavery.
C)   brought a robust, vulgar humor to American literature.
D)   developed a realist tradition that focused on the lives of ordinary people.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 19

The search for social discipline was particularly clear in the battle over prohibition laws,which pitted established Catholics against new Protestants immigrants,to many of whom drinking was an important social ritual and an integral part of the life of their communities.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

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A)   spread the message of abolitionism to an enormous new audience.
B)   reveal the ugly extent of the vicious slave trade to America.
C)   ignite such anger in the South that several states soon seceded from the Union.
D)   offer the first written history of American slavery.
E)   help humanize southern slaveholders in the minds of northern readers.F) All of the above
G) D) and E)

Exam 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform

Prior to 1860,prison reform in the United States

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The events depicted in Uncle Tom's Cabin were taken from news accounts.

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In the North,abolitionists were a small,dissenting minority of the total population.

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Which statement about Mormonism is FALSE?

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In 1840,one catalyst for an American feminist movement was a London convention that dealt with

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The writings of Edgar Allan Poe were

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Which of the following nineteenth-century leaders is primarily known for her pioneering work in the American feminist movement?

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James Fenimore Cooper thought Americans should become more like Europeans.

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

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In the early nineteenth century,the American Colonization Society

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In the first half of the nineteenth century,________ epidemics devastated several American cities.

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The search for social discipline was particularly clear in the battle over prohibition laws,which pitted established Catholics against new Protestants immigrants,to many of whom drinking was an important social ritual and an integral part of the life of their communities.

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

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In the 1840s in the United States,an initial understanding of germ theory was developed by

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Many of the Hudson River School artists expressed a nostalgic view of nature.

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Mormonism

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By the beginning of the Civil War,the United States had one of the highest literacy rates of any nation of the world.

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Southern writers such as AugustusB.Longstreet,JosephG.Baldwin,and Johnson J.Hooper

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Much of William Lloyd Garrison's philosophy can be found in his newspaper,the ________.

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