Deck 12: The Pursuit of Perfection, 1800-1861

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In the early nineteenth century, American Protestant denominations strengthened religious values and increased church membership through________ .

A) orthodoxy
B) secularism
C) revivalism
D) spiritualism
E) "spreading the Gospel"
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Which group's belief that the Deity was the benevolent architect of a rational universe particularly disturbed Reverend Timothy Dwight?

A) Presbyterians
B) Congregationalists
C) Unitarians
D) Methodists
E) Mormons
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Nineteenth-century parents began using________ to enforce good behavior among their children.

A) fear
B) praise
C) bribery
D) guilt
E) humor
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Abolitionism received its greatest support in the________ .

A) border states
B) small to medium-sized towns of the upper North
C) large cities
D) frontier territories
E) northern state legislatures
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William Lloyd Garrison's stand on________ led to an open break in the abolitionist movement in the 1840s.

A) interracial marriage
B) African American rights
C) religion
D) temperance
E) women's rights
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Frederick Douglass was________ .

A) the author of the very influential An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World
B) the founder of the black newspaper Liberator
C) a fugitive who was rescued in Boston as he was being returned to slavery in 1851
D) a fiery orator who described slavery to northern audiences
E) a conductor on the Underground Railroad
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In 1848, at Seneca Falls, New York,________ .

A) a major religious revival occurred
B) the first national gathering of feminists took place
C) eleven people were killed in an anti-Mormon riot
D) the radical antislavery movement began
E) representatives of the Five Civilized Tribes finally ceded the Ohio Valley to the United States
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As a result of revivalism, northern evangelicals________ .

A) became involved in the abolitionist movement
B) were most successful in the reform movements of the South
C) most successfully drew converts from the lower classes of society
D) fiercely opposed the Indian removal policy
E) moved to make their message more secular
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The temperance movement________ .

A) was created to help unmarried women survive in the workforce
B) led to a rise in organized crime due to criminalization of alcohol consumption
C) was the least successful reform movement of the era
D) was created to address alcohol consumption rates that were slightly less than modern rates
E) addressed a very real social problem of the time
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Temperance reformers opposed consumption of alcohol because of the belief that________ .

A) water was a safer beverage
B) alcohol was a threat to the family unit
C) drinking was mainly a female vice
D) consumption decreased business profits
E) alcohol production reduced the availability of grain for food consumption
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The Cult of Domesticity________ .

A) spread the message that women had no value in society
B) saw women as guardians of virtue within the family
C) idealized women who left their families for religious missions
D) taught that women should help the economic stability of their families
E) focused on the role of men in the family unit
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Why did Catharine Beecher argue that women should be schoolteachers?

A) Women were best suited to instill virtues in young male children.
B) Women had a stronger moral sense than men.
C) Women were more intelligent than men.
D) Women were not qualified to work in any other occupation.
E) Women had better language and explication skills than men.
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As a result of changes in the middle-class family, nineteenth-century children________ .

A) left home sooner
B) became more available for labor
C) received more physical punishment than earlier generations
D) increasingly became viewed as individuals
E) were often offered up for adoption
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The African colonization movement________ .

A) saw African countries refusing to participate in the program
B) advocated immediate emancipation of slaves
C) was opposed by African Americans in the North
D) was hampered by government intervention
E) successfully emancipated and relocated most slaves before the Civil War
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Which of the following individuals is matched with his or her reform movement?

A) Lyman Beecher : temperance
B) Horace Mann : abolition
C) William Lloyd Garrison : public schools
D) Lucretia Mott : prostitution
E) Catharine E. Beecher: women's rights
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Deck 12: The Pursuit of Perfection, 1800-1861
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In the early nineteenth century, American Protestant denominations strengthened religious values and increased church membership through________ .

A) orthodoxy
B) secularism
C) revivalism
D) spiritualism
E) "spreading the Gospel"
revivalism
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Which group's belief that the Deity was the benevolent architect of a rational universe particularly disturbed Reverend Timothy Dwight?

A) Presbyterians
B) Congregationalists
C) Unitarians
D) Methodists
E) Mormons
Unitarians
3
Nineteenth-century parents began using________ to enforce good behavior among their children.

A) fear
B) praise
C) bribery
D) guilt
E) humor
guilt
4
Abolitionism received its greatest support in the________ .

A) border states
B) small to medium-sized towns of the upper North
C) large cities
D) frontier territories
E) northern state legislatures
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William Lloyd Garrison's stand on________ led to an open break in the abolitionist movement in the 1840s.

A) interracial marriage
B) African American rights
C) religion
D) temperance
E) women's rights
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Frederick Douglass was________ .

A) the author of the very influential An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World
B) the founder of the black newspaper Liberator
C) a fugitive who was rescued in Boston as he was being returned to slavery in 1851
D) a fiery orator who described slavery to northern audiences
E) a conductor on the Underground Railroad
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In 1848, at Seneca Falls, New York,________ .

A) a major religious revival occurred
B) the first national gathering of feminists took place
C) eleven people were killed in an anti-Mormon riot
D) the radical antislavery movement began
E) representatives of the Five Civilized Tribes finally ceded the Ohio Valley to the United States
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As a result of revivalism, northern evangelicals________ .

A) became involved in the abolitionist movement
B) were most successful in the reform movements of the South
C) most successfully drew converts from the lower classes of society
D) fiercely opposed the Indian removal policy
E) moved to make their message more secular
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The temperance movement________ .

A) was created to help unmarried women survive in the workforce
B) led to a rise in organized crime due to criminalization of alcohol consumption
C) was the least successful reform movement of the era
D) was created to address alcohol consumption rates that were slightly less than modern rates
E) addressed a very real social problem of the time
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Temperance reformers opposed consumption of alcohol because of the belief that________ .

A) water was a safer beverage
B) alcohol was a threat to the family unit
C) drinking was mainly a female vice
D) consumption decreased business profits
E) alcohol production reduced the availability of grain for food consumption
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The Cult of Domesticity________ .

A) spread the message that women had no value in society
B) saw women as guardians of virtue within the family
C) idealized women who left their families for religious missions
D) taught that women should help the economic stability of their families
E) focused on the role of men in the family unit
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Why did Catharine Beecher argue that women should be schoolteachers?

A) Women were best suited to instill virtues in young male children.
B) Women had a stronger moral sense than men.
C) Women were more intelligent than men.
D) Women were not qualified to work in any other occupation.
E) Women had better language and explication skills than men.
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As a result of changes in the middle-class family, nineteenth-century children________ .

A) left home sooner
B) became more available for labor
C) received more physical punishment than earlier generations
D) increasingly became viewed as individuals
E) were often offered up for adoption
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The African colonization movement________ .

A) saw African countries refusing to participate in the program
B) advocated immediate emancipation of slaves
C) was opposed by African Americans in the North
D) was hampered by government intervention
E) successfully emancipated and relocated most slaves before the Civil War
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Which of the following individuals is matched with his or her reform movement?

A) Lyman Beecher : temperance
B) Horace Mann : abolition
C) William Lloyd Garrison : public schools
D) Lucretia Mott : prostitution
E) Catharine E. Beecher: women's rights
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