chapter 12

This first martyr of the antislavery movement was killed by a mob in Illinois while defending his press. a. Henry Highland Garnet b. William Lloyd Garrison c. Elijah P. Lovejoy d. Frederick Douglass

Elijah P Lovejoy

What did reformers commonly believe about prisons and asylums? a. That they could rehabilitate individuals and then release them back into society. b. That the persons in the facilities could be used as forced labor in factories. c. That the persons entering these institutions would likely never leave them. d. That they would be excellent holding centers for society's undesirables. e. That they were not widely needed, and not many were built.

That they could rehabilitate individuals and then release them back into society.

How did the abolitionist movement that arose in the 1830s differ from earlier antislavery efforts? a. Actually, the two movements were quite similar in every way; the later one was simply more well-known because more people were literate by the 1830s. b. The later movement banned participation by African-Americans, because they feared that their involvement would cause a backlash. c. Earlier opponents of slavery had called for immediate emancipation, but the later group devised a plan for gradual emancipation that won broader support. d. The movement of the 1830s introduced the idea of colonizing freed slaves outside the United States, which proved immensely popular with southern whites. e. The later movement drew much more on the religious conviction that slavery was an unparalleled sin and needed to be destroyed immediately.

The later movement drew much more on the religious conviction that slavery was an unparalleled sin and needed to be destroyed immediately.

The Liberator, the abolitionist journal, was published in Boston in 1831 by a. William Lloyd Garrison. b. Lucretia Mott. c. Thaddeus Stephens. d. David Walker.

William Lloyd Garrison

The Liberty Bell took on its name-previously it had been known as the Old State House Bell-after a. the Unionists rang it to signal the end of the Civil War. b. abolitionists adopted it as a symbol of their cause for abolishing slavery. c. as part of the effort to wake people up during the Second Great Awakening. d. the colonists rang it to signal the end of the War for Independence.

abolitionists adopted it as a symbol of their cause for abolishing slavery.

By 1840, the temperance movement in the United States had: a. united Americans of all classes and religions in a "war" against alcohol. b. virtually disappeared. c. encouraged a substantial decrease in the consumption of alcohol. d. made no measurable impact on Americans' drinking habits. e. convinced Congress to pass a national prohibition law.

encouraged a substantial decrease in the consumption of alcohol.

Dorothea Dix, a Massachusetts school teacher, was the leading proponent of a. abolitionism. b. banning the manufacture, sale, or distribution of intoxicating liquors. c. more humane treatment of the insane. d. better schools for all children, black and white.

more humane treatment of the insane.

The reform communities established in the years before the Civil War: a. called themselves utopian because they knew that their efforts were likely to fail. b. made no effort to combat the growing disparity between rich and poor. c. set out to reorganize society on a cooperative basis. d. usually followed standard gender and marital relations. e. followed all the laws but simply banned ownership of private property.

set out to reorganize society on a cooperative basis.

At the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention in New York, Elizabeth Cady Stanton modeled the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments on a. The Liberator. b. the Declaration of Independence. c. the Magna Carta. d. the U.S. Constitution.

the Declaration of Independence

Beginning in 1816, the American Colonization Society a. wished both to abolish slavery and send American blacks to Africa. b. established a colonial heritage society in which voluntary organizations and individuals could seek to trace their family roots back to colonial times. c. continued the tradition of the voluntary organizations of colonial-era Sons and Daughters of Liberty. d. developed museums and interactive outdoor displays to show Americans what life had been like in the colonies.

wished both to abolish slavery and send American blacks to Africa.