Am History Lesson 07
As a result of the early women's movement, women began to a. own property and make wills. b. join religious revivals. c. vote in local elections. d. graduate from college.
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At the Seneca Falls Convention, Elizabeth Cady Stanton presented a statement of demands called: a. a Declaration of Sentiments b. passionate antislavery speech c. reading from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe d. poem about the role of women as mothers and wives
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By working in reform movements, many women a. received higher-paying jobs. b. gained experience in seeking social and political change. c. became powerful politicians. d. won the right to vote by the mid-1800s.
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Catharine Beecher believed that women should spend their energy a. protesting against slavery. b. running for Congress. c. speaking out for equal rights. d. improving their families.
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Compared with union laborers, Irish immigrants generally would work for: a. more pay b. the same pay c. less pay d. room and board only
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In the 1830s and 1840s, most southern whites a. were beginning to oppose slavery. b. saw no need to reform their society. c. promoted prison and public school reforms. d. encouraged industrial development in the South.
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In the early 1800s most Americans thought that women should not: a. speak at public meetings b. be consumers c. take on teaching jobs d. be denied suffrage
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Industrialization brought freedom from time-consuming chores mainly for a. lower-class men. b. middle-class men. c. lower-class women. d. middle-class women.
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Most immigrants to the United States from 1820 to 1860 came from a. Asia. b. Africa. c. northern Europe. d. the Caribbean.
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One main source of division in the abolitionist movement was a. ending the slave trade. b. the right of women to speak at meetings. c. the role of American Indians. d. job training for African Americans.
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Reformers' calls for equal rights for women offended many white Southerners' sense of: a. responsibility b. honor c. patriotism d. decency
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Some northern workers opposed the antislavery movement because a. Congress had imposed the gag rule. b. women were not allowed to speak at antislavery meetings. c. free blacks accepted lower wages than whites. d. the Constitution supported slavery.
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The Methodist and Baptist churches split over the issue of: a. slavery b. honor c. immigration d. baptism
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The Seneca Falls Convention was important because it a. united various antislavery societies into a single movement. b. petitioned Congress for a constitutional amendment for emancipation. c. established a public school system throughout the North. d. was the first women's rights convention in American history.
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The World Anti-Slavery Convention in 1840 a. was organized by Lucretia Mott. b. encouraged women to participate. c. prohibited women from participating. d. gave an award to Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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The escaped slave who started an abolitionist newspaper was a. Frederick Douglass. b. Harriet Tubman. c. William Lloyd Garrison. d. David Walker.
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The women's movement compared the status of women with that of a. recent immigrants. b. oppressed factory workers. c. enslaved African Americans. d. Native Americans.
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When immigrants came to the United States, they settled mostly in: a. the south and west b. the north and west c. the northeast and southeast d. the south and east
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Which group was most active in the reform movements of the 1830s and 1840s? a. settlers in the West b. business leaders c. white southerners d. northern women
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Which reform movement caused the greatest tension between North and South? a. the drive for temperance b. abolitionism c. women's rights d. discrimination against immigrants
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Temperance societies worked to a. eliminate the consumption of alcohol. b. reform education. c. end slavery. d. promote women's suffrage.
a. eliminate the consumption of alcohol.
Radical abolitionists demanded immediate a. emancipation of slaves. b. imprisonment of slaveholders. c. colonization of Liberia. d. jobs for free blacks.
a. emancipation of slaves.
Transcendentalists encouraged people to a. involve themselves in reforming society. b. reject all social legislation. c. become less self-reliant. d. look to formal religions for profound truths.
a. involve themselves in reforming society.
What did prison reformers hope to achieve? a. more humane conditions in prisons b. shorter prison terms c. separate prisons for first-time offenders d. better prison security
a. more humane conditions in prisons
Southern members of Congress resisted antislavery efforts by a. passing the gag rule. b. establishing the Underground Railroad. c. abolishing utopian communities. d. promoting education for enslaved African Americans.
a. passing the gag rule.
What was the purpose of the gag rule? a. to prevent the reading of antislavery petitions in Congress b. to stop the activities of temperance supporters c. to discredit the women's rights movement d. to expose the Underground Railroad
a. to prevent the reading of antislavery petitions in Congress
The American Colonization Society favored returning enslaved African Americans to Africa because of a belief that a. African Americans desperately wanted to go there. b. American society would never allow African Americans equal treatment. c. leaders in Africa wanted enslaved Africans returned there. d. the United States should begin colonizing throughout the world.
b. American society would never allow African Americans equal treatment.
The earliest known protest against slavery came from a. a member of Congress. b. a religious groups. c. a southern planter. d. a northern merchant.
b. a religious groups.
What was the main goal of public education reformers? a. to provide job training for the young b. to train the young to be informed, responsible citizens c. to teach young people to read the Bible d. to make public schools coeducational
b. to train the young to be informed, responsible citizens
What was the impact of the temperance movement? a. Most states raised taxes on gambling. b. Most states passed laws banning the manufacture and sale of alcohol. c. Alcohol consumption dropped dramatically. d. The Maine state government took over the sale of alcohol.
c. Alcohol consumption dropped dramatically.
What message did Protestant revivalists preach in the early 1800s? a. God places individuals in predetermined and rigid social ranks. b. The power of individuals is equal to the power of God. c. People are capable of shaping their own destinies. d. Society should encourage selfishness and sectional hatred.
c. People are capable of shaping their own destinies.
Which of the following best describes the ideology of transcendentalists? a. Humans are naturally bad. b. Individuals should rely on outward rituals and group worship. c. People's lives have been predetermined by God. d. Humans should be self-reliant and act on their beliefs.
d. Humans should be self-reliant and act on their beliefs.
What happened to most utopian communities in the early 1800s? a. They were dissolved by the federal government. b. They became permanent models of American democracy. c. They fell prey to crime, poverty, and disease. d. They fell victim to laziness, selfishness, and infighting.
d. They fell victim to laziness, selfishness, and infighting.
The American Colonization Society was formed to promote: a. the spread of slavery to new states b. full participation of ffee blacks in American society c. radical actiity in the abolitionist movement d. migration of free blacks to Liberia
d. migration of free blacks to Liberia
Abolitionists all agreed about a. the importance of women's participation. b. the need to work within the political system. c. what tactics to use in their struggle. d. the need to end slavery.
d. the need to end slavery.
Why were utopian communities established? a. to manufacture appliances b. to provide decent housing for low-income people c. to create places for the mentally ill to live and work d. to create places that were free from the ill effects of urban growth
d. to create places that were free from the ill effects of urban growth
