APUSH Unit 6
The statement, "Europe stretches to the Alleghenies, America lies beyond,"best illustrates which of the following interpretations of the development of American character
A distinctive American culture developed beyond the reach of "old world" institutions
All of the following characterize the Irish in America except
Because of their weak constitutions it was thought that they could not do hard physical labor
As a movement the new England transcendentalists
Believed in the divinity of both man and nature
The area in upstate New York where many other religious communitarian movements originated is called
Burned over District
The Erie canal created a new economic lifeline that would become much more important as the Civil War approached. This lifeline started with the canal and ended up with a transportation web that included railroads and canals. Which of the following describes that lifeline most accurately
Canal boats, railroads, and lake boats tied the east as a consumer to the west as a producer of raw materials
In the years before the Civil War new England became the first industrial center of the United States because of the presence of all of the following factors except
Coal
All of the following we're changes brought about by the construction of the Erie canal, completed in 1825, except
Cost of feeding slaves in the south declined
The statement, "we hold these truths to be self evident: that all men and women are created equal"is the central feature of which document
Declaration of sentiments
Which individual fought in new England for better conditions for the mentally ill and during the Civil War she will become the super intendant of nurses for the union
Dorothea Dix
Catherine Beecher urged women in the 1840s to enter what job category
Education
At the Seneca Falls convention this individual defiantly read a modified version of the Declaration of Independence calling for more rights for women. Who was she?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Which of the following women is not paired with the characteristic that best applies to them
Elizabeth Cady Stanton - advocate of the "cult of domesticity"
Which of the following authors was an Amherst, Massachusetts recluse during life later known for her short, pithy poems
Emily Dickinson
Which women's rights advocate founded troy female seminary in 1821 to advance the higher education of women
Emma Willard
The shrinking size of American families in the 1840s through the 1850s was related to all of the following factors except
Factory jobs
All of the following statements regarding Irish immigrants in the 1840s and 1850s are true except
Found a welcomed political home in the Republican Party in the Northeast
Which individual became famous for his idealized portraits of George Washington
Gilbert Stuart
Nona best for his non-conformist attitudes, this transcendentalist writer refused to pay local taxes in protest over slavery and spent a night in jail for his trouble. His essay, "on the duty of civil disobedience" would influence revolutionaries in the 20th century like Mahatma Gandhi and leaders like Reverend Martin Luther King Junior. Who was he?
Henry David Thoreau
Who was the Massachusetts educator who campaigned for more schools, better teacher pay, longer school terms and expanded curriculum
Horace Mann
19th century school of art featuring landscape paintings was the
Hudson river
Dorthea Lynde Dix is important to the history of American reform movements primarily because of her work in which of the following
Improving conditions in prisons and mental institutions
In addition to the cotton gin, Eli Whitney's major contribution to American technology was his
Introduction of interchangeable parts
All of the following are characteristic of the "Loco Foco" movement in the Democratic Party except
It generally favored the strict construction philosophy of the Jeffersonians
All of the following are characteristic of the communitarian movement new Harmony except
It had a strong religious base
All of the following characterize the canal era except
It increased the influence of the Mississippi river in terms of commerce
All of the following characterize the Erie canal except
It was built with subsidies from the federal government
Washington Irving and his works such as rip van winkle and the legend of Sleepyhollow is best representative of which literary school
Knickerbocker
The political party who's platform read, "Americans must rule America; and to this end, native born citizens would be selected for all state, federal, or municipal offices of government employment..."
Know-Nothings
The movement in the antebellum period when scholars lectured on science, religion, and politics is called
Lyceum
In the 19th century what was Oliver Wendell Holmes referring to when he said "if it was thrown into the sea, humans would be better off and the fish would be worse off?"
Medicine
Attempting to deal with prejudice and poverty, the Irish organized which secret union for Irish Pennsylvania coal miners
Molly Maguires
Which of the following religious groups was born as a part of the second great awakening, emerging from the "Burnt over district" of western New York, to ultimately move westward as a group as a response to local prejudice against their beliefs
Mormons
The word Cumberland is another name for the
National road that went from Maryland to Illinois
Each of the following was a communal attempt at reaching human harmony while living together in a utopian community except
New Jerusalem
Both speedy service and a brief existence characterized which of the following pairs of activities
Pony express and clipper ships
Rural people originally objected to which invention that disturbed the environment and has been called "the machine in the garden" by historian Leo marx
Railroad
Which of the writers listed below declared the intellectual independence of his nation in an essay called "the American scholar;" he was trained as a Unitarian speaker and became the most famous of the transcendentalists
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Among the fears that fed the anti-foreign or nativist movement of the period 1840- 1850s was which of the following
Rapid growth of the Catholic population
The textile industry and cloth production as an industrial activity were introduced into the United States through the machinery plans brought here by which individual
Samuel Slater
This individual brought the first texile machines to the United States and is called the "father of the factory system" who was he
Samuel Slater
The American plunge into the industrial revolution in the years before the Civil War was brought about by which of the following industries
Textiles
From the chart above all of the following statements are true regarding domestic commerce in 1852 except
The man made movement of goods exceeded the natural movement of goods by 1852
All of the following apply to the Irish as an immigrant group in the US except
They became strong supporters of the abolitionist movement
All of the following statements concerning German immigrants of the 1850s are true except
They led religious and social persecution in their native Germany
All of the following are true regarding the Irish immigrants except
They made beer popular in the US and brought the Conestoga wagon as a mode of transportation
All of the following are examples of German influence on American culture except
They were from the pauper class and were not welcomed because it was felt that they could not rise up from their level of poverty
A philosophical, ethical, and religious movement in the antebellum period that was related to romanticism was
Transcendentalism
This writer returned to his dutch New York roots to produce Rip van Winkle and the legend of Sleepyhollow. Who was he?
Washington Irving
The American religious revival known as the "second great awakening" began about 1800 as a conservative reaction against liberalism in religion. Teaching that life on earth could be made into a near copy of heaven, this revival movement fostered all of the following social/political reforms except
Widespread opposition to manifest destiny and imperialism