Question 1

The nineteenth-century practice of placing American Indians on reservations was partially designed to

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A)  isolate and protect Indians from white society.
B)  help "regenerate" the Indian.
C)  allow Indians to develop to a point where they could assimilate into white society.
D)  isolate and protect the Indians from white society,help "regenerate" them,and allow them to develop to a point where they could assimilate into white society.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

The events depicted in Uncle Tom's Cabin were taken from news accounts.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A)  believed American thinkers should be allied with European intellectuals.
B)  asserted that through nature,individuals could find personal fulfillment.
C)  was a leading critic of the American political system.
D)  asserted that organized religion served no useful purpose in society.
E)  remained a deeply religious clergyman throughout his life.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

Those alarmed by immigration in the mid-nineteenth century were often drawn to the temperance movement.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Herman Melville was less exuberant in his celebration of America than was Walt Whitman.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Hudson River school artists felt America had more promise than Europe.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Prior to 1860,public education in the United States

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A)  did not exist.
B)  gave the nation one of the highest literacy rates in the world.
C)  was legally denied for all non-whites.
D)  was funded by the federal government.
E)  emphasized independence and creativity.F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

By the 1840s,Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott sought to apply the equality of treatment they received in the abolition movement to all aspects of female life.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

James Fenimore Cooper thought Americans should become more like Europeans.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Above all,nineteenth-century reform movements in the United States promoted racial equality.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

American transcendentalists borrowed heavily from European thinkers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Mormonism

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A)  believed in human perfectibility.
B)  emphasized individual liberty.
C)  was founded by Brigham Young.
D)  began in the Midwest.
E)  always rejected polygamy.F) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 13

The Seneca Falls "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" included a demand that women have the right to vote.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau

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A)  was more conventional in his thinking than Ralph Waldo Emerson.
B)  felt every individual should balance society's expectations with one's own instincts.
C)  argued that being part of society helped individuals to transcend their egotism.
D)  established a college for transcendentalism at Walden Pond.
E)  argued Americans had a moral right to disobey the laws of the United States.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 15

Americans in the Free-Soil movement sought to open up sections of the West to blacks.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

One leading abolitionist who was murdered for his activism was

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A)  William Lloyd Garrison.
B)  Frederick Douglass.
C)  Sojourner Truth.
D)  Benjamin Lundy.
E)  Elijah Lovejoy.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

The Supreme Court ruling in Prigg v.Pennsylvania (1842)

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A)  prohibited the interstate slave trade.
B)  led to the passage of "personal liberty laws."
C)  angered abolitionists.
D)  abolished slavery in the District of Columbia.
E)  forced state officials to assist in the capture of runaways.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 18

The pre-Civil War reformer most concerned about expanding public education was ________,from the state of Massachusetts.

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The answer of The pre-Civil War reformer most concerned about...

Question 19

The Hudson River school of painters emphasized in their work the importance of

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A)  democratic ideals.
B)  the yeoman farmer.
C)  natural beauty.
D)  realism.
E)  the founders.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 20

Through novels such as The Last of the Mohicans,James Fenimore Cooper examined the significance of

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A)  America's westward expansion.
B)  the American free-enterprise system.
C)  religious spiritualism in America.
D)  racism in America.
E)  slavery in the democratic mind.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Exam 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform

Those alarmed by immigration in the mid-nineteenth century were often drawn to the temperance movement.

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One leading abolitionist who was murdered for his activism was

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Americans in the Free-Soil movement sought to open up sections of the West to blacks.

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Through novels such as The Last of the Mohicans,James Fenimore Cooper examined the significance of

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The transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The pre-Civil War reformer most concerned about expanding public education was ________,from the state of Massachusetts.

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Mormonism

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Above all,nineteenth-century reform movements in the United States promoted racial equality.

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The Supreme Court ruling in Prigg v.Pennsylvania (1842)

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Hudson River school artists felt America had more promise than Europe.

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The transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau

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American transcendentalists borrowed heavily from European thinkers.

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Herman Melville was less exuberant in his celebration of America than was Walt Whitman.

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James Fenimore Cooper thought Americans should become more like Europeans.

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The nineteenth-century practice of placing American Indians on reservations was partially designed to

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By the 1840s,Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott sought to apply the equality of treatment they received in the abolition movement to all aspects of female life.

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The Seneca Falls "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" included a demand that women have the right to vote.

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The Hudson River school of painters emphasized in their work the importance of

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The events depicted in Uncle Tom's Cabin were taken from news accounts.

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Prior to 1860,public education in the United States

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