Question 1

Discuss the reform movements of the 1830s and 1840s. What were the major movements? Why did the movements begin? Who were their leaders? How successful were they in achieving their goals?

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Question 2

What new assumptions about human nature lay behind the religious movements of the 1820s and 1830s?

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Question 3

What was the "second party system"? Why did it come into existence? What were its basic characteristics?

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Question 4

How did politics become more democratic between 1824 and 1840? Make sure you discuss changes in voter participation, political parties, and campaigning.

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Question 5

How did the democratization of American politics contribute to the rise of Andrew Jackson?

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Question 6

How did the reliance of the American economy on cotton as its main export make it vulnerable to poor wheat harvests in Britain?

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Question 7

Examine the Second Great Awakening and discuss its significance to American history. Who were the leaders? Why did the Awakening occur? How did it influence American society in the 19^th century?

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Question 8

Analyze the unique qualities of the 1824 election. Who were the major candidates? What were the major issues? What was the campaign like? How did the president actually get selected?

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Question 9

The main objective of the American Colonization Society was to

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The American Colonization Society's main objective was to free slaves and transport them back to Africa. They believed that blacks would never be fully integrated into American society and that their best option was to form their own separate colony in Africa. This led to the establishment of what is now known as Liberia.

Question 10

Women hold their first national women's rights convention in 1848 at

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Seneca Falls, New York is known as the site of the first women's rights convention in the United States, held on July 19-20, 1848. The convention was organized by feminist activists Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, and attended by approximately 300 people, including Frederick Douglass. The convention marked the beginning of the women's suffrage movement in the United States.

Question 11

Did the reform movements aim primarily at making Americans more free or more orderly?

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Question 12

Joseph Smith presented the Book of Mormon as

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Joseph Smith presented the Book of Mormon as a record of ancient American Christians, translated from golden plates that had been buried near Palmyra, New York.

Question 13

What were the reasons for the controversy over the Bank of the United States? Explain both the pro-bank and anti-bank positions. What does the controversy reveal about the American economy, attitudes about business and banking, and the relationship between the economy and the political system?

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Question 14

In what ways did American attitudes toward poverty, crime, and insanity change during the first half of the nineteenth century? Why did those changes occur, and what were the results of such changing attitudes?

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Question 15

Sectional controversy began to grow during the 1820s and 1830s. Discuss how the following issues aroused sectional differences: internal improvements, protective tariffs, and nullification.

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Question 16

How did Andrew Jackson's policies and the Panic of 1837 help launch and solidify the Whig Party?

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Question 17

Discuss how religious movements began to remake American society during the Age of Jackson.

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Question 18

How did attitudes toward poverty and crime change in the antebellum era?

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In the antebellum era, new theories emerged that attributed rising poverty and crime to poor home environments, lack of discipline, and bad parenting. This shift in attitude reflected a growing belief that social conditions, rather than innate sinfulness, were the primary drivers of crime and poverty. This attitude set the stage for later reform movements focused on improving social conditions and providing education and support for impoverished and troubled individuals.

Question 19

How did the women's rights movement evolve out of other reform movements, especially the abolition movement? Why did the women's rights movement make only slow advances?

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Question 20

Charles Finney is often considered the "father of modern revivalism" because he

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Charles Finney introduced special techniques for revivals, such as the anxious bench and the use of music and emotion to stir up conversions. He also reached out to all Protestant denominations and emphasized the need for personal conversion and moral reform. These ideas and techniques had a significant impact on modern revivalism. While Finney did lead many people to profess their faith in Jesus Christ, this alone would not earn him the title of "father of modern revivalism."

Quiz 10: Democratic Politics, Religious Revival, and Reform