Question 1

In the mid-nineteenth century,romanticism

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A)  was consistent with traditional Calvinist assumptions.
B)  considered instincts to be sinful and necessary to repress.
C)  had its origins in the American Midwest.
D)  had its origins in the American Midwest and was consistent with traditional Calvinist assumptions.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

One of the most enduring of the pre-Civil War utopian colonies was

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A)  Oneida.
B)  New Harmony.
C)  Brook Farm.
D)  Walden.
E)  Nauvoo.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 3

John Humphrey Noyes is associated with the ________ community.

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Question 4

Henry David Thoreau advocated ________.

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The answer of Henry David Thoreau advocated ________....

Question 5

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) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

Reformers of the pre-Civil War period thought it was possible to rehabilitate criminals through solitary confinement.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Henry David Thoreau favored the solitary life,but not civil disobedience.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Sylvester Graham encouraged people to eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The American Colonization Society helped to transport blacks from the United States to

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A)  the Caribbean.
B)  Liberia.
C)  Angola.
D)  England.
E)  Canada.F) A) and C)
G) B) and C)

Question 10

Mark Twain was the leading writer in the southern romantic tradition.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Prior to 1860,prison reform in the United States

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A)  included the practice of solitary confinement.
B)  led to widespread calls to end capital punishment.
C)  focused on punishment,not on rehabilitation.
D)  began largely in the West and spread to the East.
E)  decried the racial bias of the judicial system.F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 12

Much of William Lloyd Garrison's philosophy can be found in his newspaper,the ________.

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Question 13

Why did most communal living "experiments" generally quickly fail?

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Most communal living experiments, often ...

Question 14

Evangelical Protestantism was at odds with the reform spirit of the pre-Civil War period.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Joseph Smith and Elijah Lovejoy were both ________.

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Question 16

Nearly a quarter of the population of New Orleans died in 1833 as a result of a cholera outbreak.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

During the nineteenth century,the largest obstacle to improved medical care in America was the

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A)  absence of regulations in the medical profession.
B)  absence of basic knowledge about disease.
C)  low social status of medical professionals.
D)  difficulty in medical experimentation.
E)  apathy of the general population toward preventative health.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 18

The title of Frederick Douglass's autobiography is ________.

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Question 19

The primary goal of the 1840s community experiment known as Brook Farm was to

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A)  create a society where individuals did not have to work.
B)  allow individuals to live without any social limits on their behavior.
C)  eliminate social sexual discrimination through a practice of celibacy.
D)  permit all members to realize their full potential as individual beings.
E)  show that communal living was more efficient and productive than family life.F) None of the above
G) D) and E)

Question 20

Reform movements emerged in America in the mid-nineteenth century in part because of a

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A)  pessimistic assumption of the natural weakness of individuals.
B)  desire for social stability and discipline in the face of change.
C)  belief that society needed to break free from its old traditions.
D)  fear that civil war was going to engulf the nation.
E)  declining importance placed on religious piety.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Exam 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform

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Henry David Thoreau advocated ________.

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John Humphrey Noyes is associated with the ________ community.

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In the mid-nineteenth century,romanticism

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Reformers of the pre-Civil War period thought it was possible to rehabilitate criminals through solitary confinement.

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Sylvester Graham encouraged people to eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat.

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The American Colonization Society helped to transport blacks from the United States to

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Mark Twain was the leading writer in the southern romantic tradition.

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Henry David Thoreau favored the solitary life,but not civil disobedience.

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The title of Frederick Douglass's autobiography is ________.

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Much of William Lloyd Garrison's philosophy can be found in his newspaper,the ________.

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Joseph Smith and Elijah Lovejoy were both ________.

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Nearly a quarter of the population of New Orleans died in 1833 as a result of a cholera outbreak.

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