APUSH: Chapter 12 "An Age Of Reform, 1820-1840"

Between 1833 and 1840, about how many northerners joined abolitionist groups? a. 400 b. 600 c. 900 d. 100,000

100,000

Which was not a characteristic of Robert Owen's early-nineteenth-century utopian communities? a. Individualism and anarchy were watchwords at New Harmony. b. Owen hoped to create a "new moral world." c. Children, removed from their parents, would be trained to subordinate their individual ambition to the common good. d. Owen promoted communitarianism as a way of making sure workers received the full value of their labor.

Individualism and anarchy were watchwords at New Harmony.

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

William Lloyd Garrison.

Which of the following was not a distinguishing feature of the new abolitionism of the 1830s? a. an insistence that slavery was an intolerable sin, requiring immediate termination b. a spirit of courage and defiance in the face of broad, often violent hostility c. a vigorous campaign—through newspapers, pamphlets, and public events—to win northerners over to the antislavery cause d. a conviction that if abolition was not soon achieved by "moral suasion," then violent measures would become necessary

a conviction that if abolition was not soon achieved by "moral suasion," then violent measures would become necessary

At Oneida, founded in 1848 in New York State, John Humphrey Noyes did away with private property and developed the idea of "complex marriage." Complex marriage at Oneida meant a. any man and any woman could have sexual relations at any time so long as the relationship was mutual and was recorded in a public record book. b. heterosexual monogamous marriage was made complex because the children were raised communally. c. marriage between a man and a woman was made complex because once married, they could not divorce. d. gay, lesbian, and transgendered marriages.

a. any man and any woman could have sexual relations at any time so long as the relationship was mutual and was recorded in a public record book.

American reform efforts during the 1820s and 1830s a. raised and addressed a variety of issues, such as alcoholism, crime, prison life, illiteracy, labor conditions, women's rights, and slavery. b. enjoyed their greatest support among immigrants, Catholics, and the poor. c. were united in their repugnance for the market revolution. d. found greater support in the South than in the North.

a. raised and addressed a variety of issues, such as alcoholism, crime, prison life, illiteracy, labor conditions, women's rights, and slavery.

Which of the following was not a feature of the emergent American feminism of the 1840s? a. It drew much of its inspiration and organizational experience from the antislavery movement. b. Feminist leaders like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott confined their focus to the quest for suffrage; for them, demands for equality in other areas seemed trivial by comparison. c. Some feminists stressed the essential similarities between the sexes; others stressed their "natural differences." d. Feminists regarded the household as a vital arena of the women's rights movement.

b. Feminist leaders like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott confined their focus to the quest for suffrage; for them, demands for equality in other areas seemed trivial by comparison.

The founder and earliest leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1820 was a. Brigham Young. b. Joseph Smith. c. Miriam Angeline Works. d. Gordon B. Hinckley.

b. Joseph Smith.

The nineteenth-century view that there should be an immediate end to slavery and incorporation of the freed persons into the republic as equal citizens is called a. colonization. b. abolitionism. c. gradual emancipation. d. Fourierism.

b. abolitionism.

"Perfectionism" was (is) the view that a. local police precincts—prefects—could stabilize urban violence. b. social ills once considered unable to be cured could be eradicated. c. we can become God in our earthly perfection. d. we can never become purely good and should enjoy the hedonistic pleasures in an all-too-short life.

b. social ills once considered unable to be cured could be eradicated.

The richly diverse voluntary associations that developed in early-nineteenth century United States included all of the following EXCEPT a. societies to improve conditions in prisons. b. societies to shorten the hours of labor for farmers to eight in a day. c. societies to prevent the making or selling of liquor. d. societies to expand public education.

b. societies to shorten the hours of labor for farmers to eight in a day.

The American Colonization Society called for a. an immediate end to slavery, and the resettlement of blacks outside the United States. b. an immediate end to slavery, and the assimilation of blacks into American society as full citizens. c. a gradual end to slavery, and the resettlement of blacks outside the United States. d. a gradual end to slavery, and the assimilation of blacks into American society as noncitizens.

c. a gradual end to slavery, and the resettlement of blacks outside the United States.

Which of the following was not an area of public activism open to women during the 1830s and 1840s? a. petition drives b. public meetings c. political party conventions d. voluntary reform associations

c. political party conventions

The 1836 "gag rule" a. ruled that slaves and white indentured servants could be gagged after their third offense. b. quashed publication of pro-slavery literature in the North. c. prohibited consideration of petitions calling for emancipation in the House of Representatives. d. legalized Amos Kendall's burning of the literature of moral suasion.

c. prohibited consideration of petitions calling for emancipation in the House of Representatives.

Which was not among the institutional asylums built during the 1830s and 1840s? a. poorhouses for the destitute b. insane asylums c. settlement houses in cities d. orphanages for children without families

c. settlement houses in cities

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

c. the Declaration of Independence.

The number of voluntary reform communities established in the decades before the Civil War that historians often call "utopian" communities—such as the Oneidan, Owenite, or Fourierist communities—numbered about a. twenty-five. b. thirty-seven. c. forty-three. d. 100.

d. 100.

Which of the following is not true of the utopian communities of the 1820s, 1830s, and 1840s? a. They shared an aversion to the competitive and individualistic thrusts of the market revolution. b. They shared an aversion to inequalities of class and gender. c. Spiritual communities tended to run smoother and last longer than worldly communities. d. They differed little in their systems of labor, gender relations, and internal governance.

d. They differed little in their systems of labor, gender relations, and internal governance.

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

d. more humane treatment of the insane.

Which was not a movement Abby Kelley was associated with? a. abolitionism b. tariff reform c. pacifism d. women's rights

tariff reform

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

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