Deck 12: Religion, romanticism, and Reform, 1800-1860

Question 1

A Treatise on Domestic Economy argued that men and women should share equally in completing the work of the household's domestic sphere.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Mormon leader Joseph Smith was an advocate of "monogamous marriage."

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The large wave of religious revivals around the turn the of the 19th century is known as

A)the First Great Awakening.
B)the Second Great Awakening.
C)a Grand Revival.
D)the Concordant of America.
E)the Advent of America.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The women's rights movement secured the vote for women in several states before 1860.

Question 5

Frederick Douglass was a black abolitionist.

Question 6

A major change in attitudes toward prisons during the 1830s was the idea that prisoners could not be rehabilitated.

Question 7

Christian activists assumed that the United States had a mandate from ______ to provide a representative government.

A)the people
B)the Constitution
C)God
D)the Framers
E)the market

Question 8

Many American Christians assumed that the United States had a God-mandated mission to provide the world with a shining example of republican virtue.

Question 9

According to your textbook,Jefferson's Declaration of Independence influenced all of the following except

A)literature.
B)arts.
C)religion.
D)social reform movements.
E)thoughts on the morality of inequality.

Question 10

The American Colonization Society established the African nation of Liberia as a new home for free American blacks.

Question 11

The word teetotaler originated with a temperance society's use of the letter T to signify total abstinence.

Question 12

The successful example of antebellum utopian communities converted many Americans to socialism.

Question 13

Horace Mann was a notable promoter of public schools.

Question 14

Margaret Fuller edited The Dial,a transcendentalist journal.

Question 15

William Lloyd Garrison published a militant anti-slavery newspaper called the Liberator.

Question 16

When considering the different denominations of Christians in the Jeffersonian Age,which of the following believed Jesus to be a saintly but not divine man?

A)Baptist
B)Anglican
C)Unitarian
D)Presbyterian
E)Lutheran

Question 17

The "cult of domesticity" banned women from joining any professions.

Question 18

After the Revolution,most Americans viewed religious salvation as a

A)necessary part of a citizen's life.
B)a step toward living a life like that of Jesus Christ.
C)an unnecessary burden in a nation in which government was kept separate from religious matters.
D)a part of being politically engaged.
E)mandatory in order to vote.

Question 19

The intellectual defenses of slavery in the South admitted that the institution offered no benefits to blacks.

Question 20

When considering the faith of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson,the definition of _______ suits their personal beliefs.

A)Deism
B)Agnostic
C)Atheist
D)Evangelical
E)Provincial

Question 21

Thoreau and Emerson portrayed the transcendentalist movement as an expression of

A)hope and change.
B)moral idealism.
C)political correctness.
D)political corruption.
E)societal corruption.

Question 22

One of the biggest components of the Second Great Awakening was located in the _____ portion of the United States.

A)North
B)Midwest
C)Pacific coast
D)southern
E)northeastern

Question 23

During the Romantic era,________ were created to help people recover from social illnesses.

A)asylums
B)mental health institutions
C)tenements
D)penitentiaries
E)half-way houses

Question 24

Which of the following was not a member of the American Colonization Society?

A)James Madison
B)James Monroe
C)Henry Clay
D)Henry Ford
E)Daniel Webster

Question 25

The___________ movement intended to reduce or eradicate the consumption of alcohol in the United States.

A)progressive
B)populist
C)redeemer
D)temperance
E)reform

Question 26

The most striking of the New England poets to emerge during the Romanticism era was

A)Sheila Jackson Lee.
B)Emily Dickinson.
C)Susan B.Anthony.
D)James Townsend.
E)James Taylor.

Question 27

The goal of the American Colonization Society was

A)to free the slaves.
B)to send slaves out west.
C)to send slaves back to Africa.
D)to educate slaves.
E)to encourage slaves to rebel against their masters.

Question 28

Which of the following would not be considered a transcendentalist?

A)Edgar Allen Poe
B)Henry David Thoreau
C)Nathaniel Hawthorne
D)Elizabeth Peabody
E)Margaret Fuller

Question 29

The Declaration of Sentiments was written at

A)the Constitutional Convention.
B)the Centennial Exposition.
C)the Seneca Falls Convention.
D)Walden Pond.
E)Jamestown.

Question 30

The leader of the individual freedom and self-culture aspects of transcendentalism was

A)Ralph Waldo Emerson.
B)Henry David Thoreau.
C)Nathaniel Hawthorne.
D)Elizabeth Peabody.
E)Margaret Fuller.

Question 31

As described by an adherent,___________ was defined as being "a little beyond" the scope of reason.

A)transcendentalism
B)Socialism
C)Enlightenment
D)Progressivism
E)Romanticism

Question 32

Inspired by the United States' declaration of war against Mexico,_________ wrote "Civil Disobedience."

A)Ralph Waldo Emerson
B)Henry David Thoreau
C)Nathaniel Hawthorne
D)Elizabeth Peabody
E)Margaret Fuller

Question 33

An example of a utopian community was

A)the Quakers.
B)the Shakers.
C)the Anabaptists.
D)the Unitarians.
E)the Mormons.

Question 34

_____________ is best known as a reformer of insane asylums during the Romantic period.

A)Susan B.Anthony
B)Harriet Beecher Stowe
C)Dorothea Dix
D)Wilma Clinton
E)Florida Calhoun

Question 35

In the 1960s Martin Luther King Jr.would use _________ as an influence during the Civil Rights era.

A)Walden
B)Civil Disobedience
C)Life in the Woods
D)Leaves of Grass
E)Brooklyn Eagle

Question 36

A Treatise on Domestic Economy charged women to be

A)free of worldly influences.
B)the managers of their households.
C)submissive to their husbands.
D)cognizant in planning their pregnancies.
E)assertive in their marriages.

Question 37

Backwoods revivals were usually

A)government sponsored.
B)family events.
C)political campaign rallies.
D)important social functions.
E)held in the dark of night due to their clandestine nature.

Question 38

________ contended that the Second Great Awakening was also intended to reform human society.

A)William Cobbett
B)John Latrobe
C)Lyman Beecher
D)James Whitman
E)William Kennedy

Question 39

During the Romanticism,this author found his work banned in Boston because of the frankness of his writing.

A)Ralph Waldo Emerson
B)Henry David Thoreau
C)Nathaniel Hawthorne
D)Walt Whitman
E)George Peabody

Question 40

An early leader in the fight for women's suffrage was

A)Susan B.Anthony.
B)Harriet Beecher Stowe.
C)Dorothea Dix.
D)Wilma Clinton.
E)Florida Calhoun.

Question 41

Describe the southern defense of slavery before and after 1830.How did this change affect the intellectual life of the Old South?

Question 42

Trace the reforms in prisons and asylums in America.Include the major changes in the treatment of prisoners and the mentally ill in antebellum America.

Question 43

Perhaps the most famous "conductor" on the Underground Railroad was

A)Sojourner Truth.
B)Susan B.Anthony.
C)Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
D)Dorothea Dix.
E)Elias Turner.

Question 44

Using specific examples,discuss the objectives,membership,practices,and success of the 19th-century utopian communities.

Question 45

Evaluate the black abolitionist movement.Who were some of the major leaders,and what methods did they use to promote their cause?

Question 46

Evaluate the goals,methods,and leadership of the abolitionist movement.Which of the methods were most effective? Why?

Question 47

Describe the various religious movements of the era,characterizing the origin and adherents of each.

Question 48

Discuss the women's movement in the first half of the 19th century.

Question 49

How and why did the abolitionist movement change over time? What were its phases? What splits occurred within the movement itself? How did society react to the movement?

Question 50

What is transcendentalism? Define the term and give specific examples of the transcendentalists,their ideas,and their influence.

Question 51

Evaluate the Second Great Awakening.What core message was preached? What impact did the Second Great Awakening have on American society?

Question 52

Discuss the concept of Deism and its influence on the development of American society.

Question 53

What country did the American Colonization Society create for freed slaves?

A)Nigeria
B)Zimbabwe
C)Liberia
D)Somalia
E)Egypt

Question 54

Describe the "cult of domesticity." Define what it meant,its impact,and how it relates to the concept of "separate spheres."

Question 55

The vast system of safe houses throughout the South into free states was known as

A)the subway.
B)the Underground Railroad.
C)the Runaway Scrape.
D)the Black Diaspora.
E)Exodusters.

Question 56

After publishing his autobiography,he left for England for two years on a speaking tour.When he returned,he had enough money to purchase his freedom.

A)W.E.B.Du Bois
B)Fredrick Douglass
C)Nat Turner
D)James Fremont
E)William Cumbersome

Question 57

An early leading abolitionist was

A)James Madison.
B)Henry David Thoreau.
C)William Lloyd Garrison.
D)James Van Buren.
E)Daniel Webster.

Question 58

The leading abolitionist newspaper of the time was

A)The Eagle.
B)The Freedom.
C)The Liberator.
D)The Emancipator.
E)The Tarantula.

Question 59

__________ is the term used for ending the legal form of slavery.

A)Abolition
B)Suffrage
C)Cloture
D)Parity
E)Disenfranchisement

Question 60

Detail the rise of the temperance movement in American society.What was the outcome of this movement's efforts?

Question 61

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Set up Seneca Falls Convention
b.Founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
c.Pro-slavery senator from South Carolina
d.Founded Mormonism
e.Founder of the Oneida Community
f.Revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
g.Promoted statewide school systems
h.Advocated for the reform of insane asylums
i.Escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate
Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question 62

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Set up Seneca Falls Convention
b.Founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
c.Pro-slavery senator from South Carolina
d.Founded Mormonism
e.Founder of the Oneida Community
f.Revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
g.Promoted statewide school systems
h.Advocated for the reform of insane asylums
i.Escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate
Joseph Smith

Question 63

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Set up Seneca Falls Convention
b.Founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
c.Pro-slavery senator from South Carolina
d.Founded Mormonism
e.Founder of the Oneida Community
f.Revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
g.Promoted statewide school systems
h.Advocated for the reform of insane asylums
i.Escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate
Dorothea Lynde Dix

Question 64

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Set up Seneca Falls Convention
b.Founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
c.Pro-slavery senator from South Carolina
d.Founded Mormonism
e.Founder of the Oneida Community
f.Revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
g.Promoted statewide school systems
h.Advocated for the reform of insane asylums
i.Escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate
John Calhoun

Question 65

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Set up Seneca Falls Convention
b.Founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
c.Pro-slavery senator from South Carolina
d.Founded Mormonism
e.Founder of the Oneida Community
f.Revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
g.Promoted statewide school systems
h.Advocated for the reform of insane asylums
i.Escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate
John Humphrey Noyes

Question 66

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Set up Seneca Falls Convention
b.Founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
c.Pro-slavery senator from South Carolina
d.Founded Mormonism
e.Founder of the Oneida Community
f.Revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
g.Promoted statewide school systems
h.Advocated for the reform of insane asylums
i.Escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate
William Lloyd Garrison

Question 67

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Set up Seneca Falls Convention
b.Founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
c.Pro-slavery senator from South Carolina
d.Founded Mormonism
e.Founder of the Oneida Community
f.Revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
g.Promoted statewide school systems
h.Advocated for the reform of insane asylums
i.Escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate
Frederick Douglass

Question 68

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Set up Seneca Falls Convention
b.Founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
c.Pro-slavery senator from South Carolina
d.Founded Mormonism
e.Founder of the Oneida Community
f.Revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
g.Promoted statewide school systems
h.Advocated for the reform of insane asylums
i.Escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate
Francis Asbury

Question 69

MATCHING
Match each person with one of the following descriptions.
a.Set up Seneca Falls Convention
b.Founder of the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
c.Pro-slavery senator from South Carolina
d.Founded Mormonism
e.Founder of the Oneida Community
f.Revivalist who initiated the "circuit rider" system
g.Promoted statewide school systems
h.Advocated for the reform of insane asylums
i.Escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate
Horace Mann