Question 1

The transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A)   believed American thinkers should be allied with European intellectuals.
B)   asserted that through nature, individuals could find personal fulfillment.
C)   was a leading critic of the American political system.
D)   asserted that organized religion served no useful purpose in society.
E)   remained a deeply religious clergyman throughout his life.F) B) and C)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

Shaker societies

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A)   asserted that God was female.
B)   established most of their communities in the South.
C)   saw women exercise more power than men.
D)   first began in the United States in the 1840s.
E)   were eventually forced to move to Utah.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

The most important and popular American paintings of the first half of the nineteenth century set out to

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A)   make realistic depictions of rural white American life.
B)   show scenes of American aristocracy at play.
C)   depict the Founding Fathers hard at work.
D)   celebrate the achievements of the American military.
E)   evoke the wonder of the nation's landscape.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 4

The first great school of American painters in the first half of the nineteenth century was known as the ________ School.

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Question 5

Who among the following was NOT a participant in American communal living?

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A)   Nathaniel Hawthorne
B)   Walt Whitman
C)   George Ripley
D)   John Humphrey Noyes
E)   Robert OwenF) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

The transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau

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A)   was more conventional in his thinking than Ralph Waldo Emerson.
B)   felt every individual should balance society's expectations with one's own instincts.
C)   argued that being part of society helped individuals to transcend their egotism.
D)   established a college for transcendentalism at Walden Pond.
E)   argued Americans had a moral right to disobey the laws of the United States.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 7

The nineteenth-century reformer Horace Mann believed that education should promote

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A)   capitalism.
B)   democracy.
C)   racial equality.
D)   economic equality.
E)   Christianity.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the novel ________, which first appeared as a serial in an antislavery weekly.

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The answer of Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the novel ________,...

Question 9

The events depicted in Uncle Tom's Cabin were taken from news accounts.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The most distinctive feature of the Shakers was their commitment to ________.

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Question 11

According to the nineteenth-century "science" of phrenology, what could be discerned from the shape of an individual's skull?

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A)   life expectancy
B)   likelihood of succumbing to infectious diseases
C)   future earning potential
D)   chances of having children
E)   character and intelligenceF) C) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 12

The original founder of Mormonism, in the state of ________, was Joseph Smith.

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Question 13

Like other mid-nineteenth-century experiments in social organization, Mormons believed in human perfectibility.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Edgar Allan Poe's writings focused on the bleak nature of the human spirit and emotions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In the mid-nineteenth century, the general European attitude toward American art and literature

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A)   was one of growing respect and admiration.
B)   was that American artists had little to offer Europe.
C)   included praise for American artists for defining a new set of national virtues.
D)   included criticism of American artists for ignoring romanticism.
E)   was that it had been hopelessly corrupted by the ideology of unfettered capitalism.F) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 16

William Lloyd Garrison was a harsh critic of the United States government.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In the 1830s, abolitionists in the United States constituted

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A)   a small percentage of the national population.
B)   approximately one-quarter of the national population.
C)   the majority of the population in the North.
D)   the largest reform movement in the nation.
E)   approximately one-third of the national population.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 18

Herman Melville's most important literary work was

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A)   Leaves of Grass.
B)   Moby Dick.
C)   The Deerslayer.
D)   "The Raven."
E)   Uncle Tom's Cabin.F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 19

Prior to the Civil War, the religious denomination most active in feminism was the

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A)   Baptists.
B)   Quakers.
C)   Presbyterians.
D)   Unitarians.
E)   Methodists.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Question 20

Mormonism

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A)   believed in human perfectibility.
B)   emphasized individual liberty.
C)   was founded by Brigham Young.
D)   began in the Midwest.
E)   always rejected polygamy.F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

Exam 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform

Who among the following was NOT a participant in American communal living?

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The transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau

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The first great school of American painters in the first half of the nineteenth century was known as the ________ School.

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Shaker societies

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According to the nineteenth-century "science" of phrenology, what could be discerned from the shape of an individual's skull?

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The nineteenth-century reformer Horace Mann believed that education should promote

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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the novel ________, which first appeared as a serial in an antislavery weekly.

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The transcendentalist writer Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Prior to the Civil War, the religious denomination most active in feminism was the

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The most distinctive feature of the Shakers was their commitment to ________.

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In the mid-nineteenth century, the general European attitude toward American art and literature

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William Lloyd Garrison was a harsh critic of the United States government.

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The original founder of Mormonism, in the state of ________, was Joseph Smith.

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Herman Melville's most important literary work was

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In the 1830s, abolitionists in the United States constituted

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The most important and popular American paintings of the first half of the nineteenth century set out to

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Edgar Allan Poe's writings focused on the bleak nature of the human spirit and emotions.

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The events depicted in Uncle Tom's Cabin were taken from news accounts.

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Mormonism

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Like other mid-nineteenth-century experiments in social organization, Mormons believed in human perfectibility.

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