Question 1

Discuss the various attempts at establishing utopian communities in antebellum America. Whether secular or religious, they all failed for similar reasons. Explain.

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Utopian communities seemingly offered al...

Question 2

Discuss the change in American political culture from the 1820s to the 1840s. Contrast the election of 1828 with the election of 1840.

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The removal of voting restrictions for w...

Question 3

Discuss the roots of the reform era in antebellum America, the types of reform pursued, and the motivations of the reformers.

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The impulse to reform in the 1830s had m...

Question 4

Preachers of the Second Great Awakening such as Charles Finney emphasized

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A)   atonement.
B)   logic and emotion.
C)   doctrine.
D)   original sin.

Question 5

Whether secular or religious, the utopian communities of the antebellum era failed for all of the following reasons EXCEPT the

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A)   stress on the individualistic impulses of human nature.
B)   recurring problems of unstable leadership.
C)   financial bickering.

Question 6

Analyze the tensions that existed within the movement to abolish slavery.

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The abolitionists split into factions ov...

Question 7

Which of the following women was a free African American who lectured and wrote about slavery?

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A)   Sojourner Truth
B)   Elizabeth Cady Stanton
C)   Sarah Grimke
D)   Angelina Grimke

Question 8

All of the following describe the life and work of Abbey Kelly EXCEPT:

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A)   She was a Quaker teacher in Massachusetts.
B)   She came to reform through religious conviction.
C)   She became an antislavery advocate, or abolitionist.
D)   She led slave rebellion in the South.

Question 9

During the 1840s, temperance advocates

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A)   argued that alcoholism reflected moral failure.
B)   lobbied for passage of local option laws.
C)   copied successful revival techniques.
D)   rioted in the streets.

Question 10

One of Andrew Jackson's key principles included the

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A)   defense of the interests of the moneyed aristocracy.
B)   expanded powers of the national government.
C)   importance of majority rule.
D)   equality of whites and blacks.

Question 11

Andrew Jackson's early national reputation stemmed mainly from his

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A)   political support for John Quincy Adams.
B)   military exploits against Native Americans and the British.
C)   crusades on behalf of Native Americans.
D)   diplomacy with the Spanish over problems in Florida.

Question 12

Andrew Jackson argued that the national bank

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A)   represented an example of special privilege that hurt the common man.
B)   restrained state banks from making unwise loans.
C)   should be managed by Europe.
D)   played a responsible role in promoting economic expansion.

Question 13

Despite factionalism and general public hostility, the antislavery movement in America gained significant strength by the 1840s. Explain why.

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Despite differences, abolitionists agree...

Question 14

As president, Andrew Jackson

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A)   asserted his power most dramatically through use of the veto.
B)   favored significant increases in the levels of protective tariffs.
C)   engaged in wholesale replacement of officeholders with his own supporters.
D)   supported national funding for all internal improvement projects.

Question 15

For members of his "perfectionist" community at Oneida, John Humphrey Noyes advocated

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A)   Christian commitment.
B)   communal child rearing.
C)   agricultural enterprise.
D)   absolute chastity.

Question 16

Essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson urged Americans to

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A)   conform to the dictates of social judgment.
B)   look inward for knowledge and self-reliance.
C)   avoid useless crusades for social reform.
D)   civilize and tame the wildness of nature.

Question 17

Which of the following groups of social outcasts did colonial families and communities take care of?

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A)   orphans
B)   the insane
C)   paupers
D)   All of these answers are correct

Question 18

Antebellum Americans joined the temperance crusade, as they did other reform societies, partly to

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A)   avoid public suspicion of their own beliefs and behavior.
B)   circumvent intrusions of the government.
C)   seek relief from loneliness and uncertainty.
D)   escape the pressures of middle-class values.

Question 19

Some of the many health reform techniques of the era included

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A)   hydropathy.
B)   hypnotism.
C)   phrenology.
D)   All of these answers are correct.

Question 20

Utopian leader William Miller lost credibility by his

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A)   indiscriminate admission of new members to his sect.
B)   extramarital affairs.
C)   frequent absences and financial mismanagement of his settlement.
D)   failure to predict accurately the Second Coming of Christ.

Exam 10: Shaping America in the Antebellum Age

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Discuss the change in American political culture from the 1820s to the 1840s. Contrast the election of 1828 with the election of 1840.

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Despite factionalism and general public hostility, the antislavery movement in America gained significant strength by the 1840s. Explain why.

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For members of his "perfectionist" community at Oneida, John Humphrey Noyes advocated

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Which of the following groups of social outcasts did colonial families and communities take care of?

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Analyze the tensions that existed within the movement to abolish slavery.

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