Question 1

Not many abolitionists believed that Congress could constitutionally interfere with a "domestic" institution such as slavery within the individual states themselves.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following was arguably the most distinctive feature of Shakerism?

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A)   the admittance of women only
B)   communal raising of children
C)   polygamy
D)   free love
E)   complete celibacyF) B) and E)
G) B) and C) E

Question 3

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In the 1840s,the organized movement against drunkenness in the United States

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A)   linked alcohol to crime and poverty.
B)   grew largely out of immigrant communities.
C)   was actively opposed by a large majority of Americans.
D)   remained a minor social movement.
E)   spent much of its time and resources battling evangelical Protestants.F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 5

Many reformers of the pre-Civil War period thought it was possible to rehabilitate criminals through solitary confinement.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The American Colonization Society called for the gradual freeing of slaves and monetary compensation to slaves' former owners.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The romantic movement was invented by American intellectual circles.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The first great school of American painters in the first half of the nineteenth century was known as the ________ School.

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Question 9

Walt Whitman's first book of poems was titled ________.

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Question 10

All of the following people helped create a distinct American literature EXCEPT

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A)   Walt Whitman.
B)   Herman Melville.
C)   James Fenimore Cooper.
D)   Edgar Allan Poe.
E)   Sydney Smith.F) None of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 11

Ralph Waldo Emerson started as a minister and became a transcendentalist philosopher.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The antislavery Liberty Party never campaigned for outright abolitionism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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 14

Walt Whitman

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A)   intensely disagreed with the American transcendentalists.
B)   rejected much of romanticism.
C)   celebrated the liberation of the individual.
D)   was a strong critic of American democracy.
E)   became a strong defender of southern institutions, especially slavery.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 15

The title of Frederick Douglass's autobiography is ________ of Frederick Douglass.

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Narrative ...

Question 16

All of the following painters were associated with the Hudson River School EXCEPT

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A)   James Whistler.
B)   Thomas Cole.
C)   Frederic Church.
D)   Albert Bierstadt.
E)   Asher Durand.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 17

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the novel ________,which first appeared as a serial in an antislavery weekly.

Accepted Answer

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Question 18

Why were many utopian communities critical of the traditional role and status of women in American society? What alternatives did these communities offer?

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Many utopian communities were critical o...

Question 19

In the 1840s,William Lloyd Garrison spoke against

Accepted Answer

A)   equality for women.
B)   defensive wars.
C)   ending the asylum system.
D)   northern disunion from the South.
E)   extreme pacifism.F) None of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 20

John Humphrey Noyes is associated with the ________ community.

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Oneida

Exam 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform

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The romantic movement was invented by American intellectual circles.

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