APUSH Henretta Ch. 11 Study Guide
What was the gag rule passed by the House of Representatives in 1836?
The policy automatically tabled and prevented discussion of any antislavery petitions received by the House
Which of the following most directly resulted from mid-nineteenth-century religious voluntarism as described in the excerpt?
Women's work for moral reform in urban areas
Which of the following contributed to the harassment and persecution of Mormons at Nauvoo in the early 1840s?
Mormons' power as a voting bloc in local elections
Which of the following types of evidence would most likely support the conclusions Howe offers in the excerpt?
Nineteenth-century newspapers that covered local events and individuals in small towns
The Oneida Community, founded in 1839 by John Humprey Notes, was known for which of the following practices?
Complex marriage
Which of the following statements is true about William Lloyd Garrison?
He attacked the U.S. Constitution because it condoned slavery
In his 1829 pamphlet, An Appeal . . . to the Colored Citizens of the World, David Walker did which of the following?
He justified slave rebellion and warned white Americans that violence and retribution would come if justice were delayed
Which of the following qualities did Henry David Thoreau urge in his readers, as demonstrated by the statement, "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer"?
Individuality
During the 1840s, American women's rights activists focused on which of the following goals?
Strengthening the legal rights of married women
The public movement for women's rights developed out of which of the following sources in the 1840s?
The Second Great Awakening
Which of the following was at the critical catalyst for antebellum reform movements?
The Second Great Awakening
Which of the following activities from the middle of the nineteenth century most closely resembles the religious voluntarism Howe describes?
The creation of self-help associations by free blacks in Philadelphia
Which of the following was a result of the Turner Rebellion of the 1830s?
Tougher slave codes and restrictions were implemented
The philosophy that people could gain mystical knowledge and harmony beyond the world of the senses is known as which of the following?
Transcendentalism
Why did many northern wage earners not support abolition in the mid-eighteenth century?
Wageworkers feared that freed blacks would work for lower wages and compete for jobs
