Chapter 12 Smart Book Module U.S History 201

The Declaration of Sentiments appropriated the language of American democracy in arguing for women's rights, issuing a statement modeled on

American political documents.

Select all that apply Which of the following aspects of Leaves of Grass were remarkable to or unusual for readers in 1855?

- It contained frank imagery and sexual references. - It disregarded conventional notions of meter. - The poems generally did not include rhymes.

Select all that apply Important characteristics of Unitarianism include that it

- denies the divinity of Jesus Christ. - favors a broad interpretation of the Bible.

Select all that apply Evangelicals in the era of the Second Great Awakening had national organizations that undertook which of the following?

- encouraging temperance - distributing Bibles and tracts - promoting Sabbath observance - organizing Sunday schools and missions

Which of the following were measures used by Charles Grandison Finney in drawing individuals to his faith?

- holding protracted and emotionally charged meetings - encouraging women to testify in public - praying for sinners by name

Select all that apply Which of the following were techniques used by Protestants in the mid-nineteenth century to combat the growing influence of Catholicism?

- incorporating popular elements of Catholic churches into their own services - printing disturbing claims about the conduct of priests and nuns - direct violence against Catholic leaders and structures

Which of the following were Mormon practices or beliefs that set the religion apart from most forms of Christianity in the antebellum years?

- polygamy - eternal marriage

Select all that apply Among which of the following groups would one be likely to find abolitionists?

- the middle class - evangelical Christians - people from rural areas

What was complex marriage, as practiced at Oneida?

Commune members could have sexual relations with one another only with approval from the community and an examination of motives.

What did the Maine Law do?

It outlawed the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the state of Maine and imposed stiff fines for doing so.

In what region of the country were people most likely to have abolitionist sentiments in the 1830s and 1840s?

New England and in areas settled by people from New England Reason: Abolitionists were concentrated in the East, especially in New England, and in areas that had been settled by New Englanders.

What did Henry David Thoreau argue in Walden (1854)?

One could be independent only without material goods. Reason: Walden was about a return to nature and self-reliance.

The name of William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper was

The Liberator.

Which of these statements adheres to early Mormon theology?

The ancient church should be restored. Reason: Mormons believed people could convert and that salvation was available to all. The discovery of the Book of Mormon was the origin story of the church.

Which statement best describes the shift that evangelical Protestants underwent in the first half of the nineteenth century?

They began to try to reform society's social ills. Reason: Clergy played an important leadership role in the evangelical movement. Evangelicalism was a national movement.

Why did the Shakers practice celibacy?

They believed that the end of the world was near. Reason: They believed that the end of the world was near so they did not need to perpetuate the human race.

What tactics did the first temperance organizations use until the mid-1820s?

They encouraged people to drink only in moderation. Reason: The temperance movement at first focused on drunkenness and did not oppose moderate drinking.

Why were many women, such as farmers' wives and women in lower-class families, unable to make the "ideal of domesticity" the center of their lives?

They had to work outside the home. Reason: Many women did not have the luxury of focusing on domesticity; they had to work outside the home.

Why was the temperance movement appealing to business owners?

They wanted sober workers.

How did early-nineteenth-century evangelical leaders like Lyman Beecher differ from the next generation of evangelical leaders?

They were not particularly concerned with political issues. Reason: Early-nineteenth-century evangelical leaders staged revivals. Beecher was Protestant.

Many members of the ______ movement, who were very important in American literature, were Unitarians.

Transcendentalist

Which statement best describes the relationship between gender and evangelical church membership in the early to mid-nineteenth century?

Women typically joined evangelical churches before men.

A new understanding of privacy was reflected in the view of the home as

a retreat from the outside world. Reason: The home was viewed not as an extension of the church but as a haven away from the work world.

According to Charles Grandison Finney, who could be saved?

anyone who wanted to be saved

By 1840, due to the Second Great Awakening,

around half the U.S. population belonged to a church.

One of the goals of Brook Farm was for members of the community to live a life free of pressure from

competitive institutions.

In the 1840s, new abolitionist groups formed because abolitionists

could not agree about women's rights. Reason: New abolitionist groups formed because of the schism of 1840.

One action that inspired American abolitionists to call for an immediate end to slavery was Parliament's 1833 act to

emancipate nearly 800,000 enslaved people.

In the 1840s and 1850s, the Catholic population in the United States dramatically

grew because of a number of Catholic immigrants.

In the first half of the nineteenth century, most evangelicals believed that education should teach women to

manage the home efficiently. Reason: Evangelicals believed that proper care of the household and children was most important for women to learn.

In terms of gender, the evangelical church usually had

more women than men at revivals.

The temperance movement had a strong negative effect on the

political party system.

Brook Farm was established as an example to the world of how people should live and work together. It was an example of a(n) ______ community.

utopian

By the 1840s many women felt that their effectiveness in the temperance and abolitionist movements was limited because they did not have the right to

vote.

Before the Civil War, racism

was prevalent in the North and South.

The American Temperance Society attracted female members because women

were seen as defenders of their homes and alcohol could threaten them.

Which of the following groups largely opposed temperance?

German and Irish immigrants Reason: Whigs and Democrats were not largely opposed to temperance. Both parties had members who opposed it and members who supported it.

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Which of the following statements about the women's rights and abolitionist movements is correct?

Divisions over the issue of women's rights led to a split within the abolitionist movement.

In Europe, Romanticism was a movement that developed as a reaction to the

Enlightenment.

Radical abolitionists supported the formation of an abolitionist third party known as an alternative to the existing political parties. This party was known as the

Liberty Party Reason: The antislavery third party was known as the Liberty Party.

From which of the following groups did many Transcendentalists come?

the Unitarian Church Reason: Transcendentalism grew from disgruntled Unitarians.

Which of the following best defines the ideal "domesticity" that emerged in the first half of the nineteenth century?

the elevation of wives and mothers as the keepers of the home

Support for abolitionism grew in the North in the 1830s and 1840s because

the gag rule allowed abolitionism to be linked to white civil liberties. Reason: The gag rule allowed abolitionists to attack slavery and also to speak out as defenders of white civil liberties, thus broadening the appeal of the antislavery movement.

Which of the following was a key demand of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration of Sentiments?

the right of women to own property