Deck 7: The Market Revolution and Social Reform, 1800-1860

Question 1

Upon completion in 1825,the Erie Canal connected what river with Lake Erie? ​

A)Ohio River
B)Mississippi River
C)​Hudson River
D)​Missouri River

Answer 1

​Hudson River

Question 2

Where was the first national convention for women's rights held? ​

A)Philadelphia,Pennsylvania
B)Akron,Ohio
C)​Washington,D.C.
D)​Seneca Falls,New York
E)​Burlington,Vermont

Answer 2

​Seneca Falls,New York

Question 3

Henry David Thoreau is perhaps best known for ​

A)living in an isolated house in the woods,attempting to live a self-sufficient and self-contained life.
B)wanting to show how man could live in harmony with nature.
C)​describing his experiences at Walden Pond in Walden: Life in the Woods.
D)​All of these

Answer 3

​All of these

Question 4

Nineteenth-century author Edgar Allan Poe introduced a form of writing that tapped into a widespread fascination with which of the following? ​

A)occult
B)crime
C)​séances
D)​ghosts
E)​All of these

Question 5

Which of the following statements concerning the nineteenth-century ideal of domesticity is true? ​

A)While most men embraced the concept,most women chafed at the idea of being protected from the outside world.
B)Many middle-class women relished the chance to have their domestic roles elevated in status because it fit well with their experiences and aspirations.
C)​Many men liked the idea of domesticity because it freed them from any responsibility at home.
D)​Domesticity emerged first in the South,where women had experienced the most problems.

Question 6

Revivalism and religious awakenings of the 1820s sought to ​

A)convert Catholics to the Protestant faith.
B)contain the emerging faith of Mormonism.
C)​simplify the services of local churches.
D)​bring others closer to God by spreading their message.

Question 7

Thomas Cole helped found the Hudson River School,which was dedicated to painting ​

A)famous New Yorkers.
B)the American landscape.
C)​wild birds.
D)​America's vanishing wildlife.

Question 8

The Second Bank of the United States,chartered in 1816,​

A)was authorized to coordinate the flow of money.
B)operated totally as a public enterprise.
C)​ran into much opposition,especially from eastern businessmen.
D)​was the brainchild of Thomas Jefferson.
E)​was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1817.

Question 9

​Which of the following religious sects experienced expansion during the early nineteenth century?

A)Quakers
B)Shakers
C)​Universalists
D)​Both A and B
E)​Both B and C

Question 10

​Horace Mann became most famous for his work in what profession?

A)business
B)education
C)​law enforcement
D)​clergy
E)​journalism

Question 11

Which of the following statements does not accurately describe the development of Mormonism? ​

A)Joseph Smith transcribed the Book of Mormon,which told of a land reserved for the righteous.
B)Many of their new members were both poor and wealthy,and included black and white converts.
C)​Brigham and Joseph Young became two of Smith's most important converts.
D)​The Mormons met with hostility almost everywhere they went.
E)​All of these statements are accurate.

Question 12

The term daguerreotype refers to a ​

A)type of painting.
B)literary genre.
C)​type of sculpture.
D)​type of photograph.
E)​form of drawing.

Question 13

Dorothea Dix launched a famous crusade in support of

A)the abolition of slavery.
B)the right of women to vote and hold office.
C)​protections for children working in factories.
D)​humane institutions for the insane,orphans,and the poor,among others.

Question 14

The Oneida Association serves as an example of a ​

A)secret political organization.
B)Quaker congregation.
C)​utopian society.
D)​women's rights group.
E)​craft guild.

Question 15

The Washingtonians were unique in their fight for reform because ​

A)they were all women.
B)they all came from families that had been torn apart by alcohol abuse.
C)​they pledged first to stop drinking themselves and then to help others quit drinking.
D)​they pledged all of their personal wealth and belongings to the movement.

Question 16

Which of the following works was produced after the others? ​

A)The Greek Slave
B)The Birds of America,from Original Drawings,with 435 Plates Showing 1,065 Figures
C)​"The Pit and the Pendulum"
D)​Walden: Life in the Woods

Question 17

Which of the following statements does not accurately describe the ideal of domesticity? ​

A)Women were to be providers of a sense of safety for children.
B)Women were to be the moral center of the household.
C)​Men were required to make a greater monetary investment in home life than women.
D)​Women on the whole denounced the new emphasis on domesticity as confining and degrading.
E)​Women were expected to make the home a place of refuge and renewal.

Question 18

Who was the original founder of Mormonism? ​

A)Charles Grandison Finney
B)Joseph Smith
C)​Brigham Young
D)​Joseph Young
E)​John Smith

Question 19

The Unitarian Church is well known for ​

A)allowing women such as Margaret Fuller to preach in public services.
B)holding to a literal interpretation of the Bible.
C)​focusing on feelings rather than doctrine in matters of religion.
D)​establishing colleges for women.

Question 20

What was the name of the early manufacturing system in which women sewed clothing and other articles in their home and then sent the items to merchants for assembly and sale? ​

A)assembly line
B)piecework
C)​interchangeable parts
D)​diversified manufacturing

Question 21

Which of the following statements regarding the use of steamboats is most accurate? ​

A)The War of 1812 sped up the construction of steamboats so that the United States could gain control of the Mississippi River.
B)Steamboats cut the time for a trip from New Orleans to Louisville to only thirty days.
C)​Steamboats encouraged the growth of towns and villages along the rivers.
D)​Early steamboats had extremely good safety records.
E)​Steamboats were more successful than railroads in transporting goods across long distances.

Question 22

The most famous artistic production of the antebellum United States was the statue The Greek Slave.​

Question 23

Native American prophets such as Handsome Lake crusaded against their people's use of ​

A)firearms.
B)alcohol.
C)​tobacco.
D)​white ways.

Question 24

The most famous minister during the revivals of the 1820s and 1830s was Samuel Gridley Howe.​

Question 25

Protective tariffs were opposed by those who supported the American System.​

Question 26

Textile mills in Waltham,Massachusetts,drew their workers primarily from ​

A)the sons of local farmers.
B)the wives of local farmers.
C)​young,unmarried farm women.
D)​children between the ages of twelve and fourteen.
E)​farmers who had little work to do during the winter months.

Question 27

Native American prophets warned of their tribes' destruction if tribe members failed to turn from wicked practices of the whites.​

Question 28

The combined population of Alabama,Mississippi,and Louisiana more than tripled between 1810 and 1820.​

Question 29

Bronson Alcott's attempt to create a utopian society resulted in the founding of the Oneida Association.​

Question 30

One result of the opening of western lands to settlement was that couples married at younger ages.​

Question 31

Which of the following states is located in the region sometimes called the Old Southwest and played a key role in the rise of the Cotton South in the early nineteenth century? ​

A)Arkansas
B)Georgia
C)​Alabama
D)​Tennessee

Question 32

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott forged a friendship when they first met at the Seneca Falls Convention.​

Question 33

Over a ten-year period,Chicago changed from a city with no railroads to one in which twelve railroad lines converged.​

Question 34

The National Road connected the ​

A)Potomac and Mississippi Rivers.
B)Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.
C)​Potomac and Ohio Rivers.
D)​Ohio and Illinois Rivers.
E)​Potomac and Illinois Rivers.

Question 35

The Erie Canal was financed primarily through ​

A)taxes.
B)tolls.
C)​legislative grants.
D)​fundraising drives.
E)​ticket sales.

Question 36

When completed,the Erie Canal was how much longer than any canal built prior? ​

A)Two times longer
B)Three times longer
C)​Five times longer
D)​Ten times longer
E)​It was actually smaller than most canals of its day.

Question 37

The Erie Canal was completed in 1832.​