Question 1

How do the ideas of nineteenth-century transcendentalism link to twentieth-century ecology?

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The ideas of nineteenth-century transcen...

Question 2

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

Question 3

By the 1850s,the principle of tax-supported elementary schools had been established in every state.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The term "penitentiary" comes from the word ________.

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Question 5

American transcendentalists borrowed heavily from European thinkers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In redefining gender roles,the experimental 1840s Oneida Community

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A)   put women in charge of all major aspects of the community.
B)   was a controversial experiment in "free love."
C)   demanded celibacy from all its participants.
D)   carefully monitored sexual behavior in order to protect women.
E)   put fathers in charge of child-rearing and taking care of the home.F) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 7

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

Question 8

Both Brook Farm and New Harmony were essentially failures as communal experiments.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Both the Oneida Community and the Shakers were committed to celibacy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Horace Mann believed public education should promote both democracy and social order.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

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

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Question 12

Many blacks rejected the American Colonization Society's offer to return them to Africa.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Americans in the free-soil movement sought to open up sections of the West to blacks.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 15

Prior to the Civil War,free blacks in the North tended to be

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A)   deeply antagonistic toward William Lloyd Garrison.
B)   indifferent to slavery in the South.
C)   anxious to leave the United States.
D)   in favor of the "back to Africa" movement.
E)   strongly opposed to southern slavery.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 16

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

Question 17

If the government required an individual to violate the individual's personal moral code,Henry David Thoreau advocated ________ as a legitimate reply.

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Question 18

Nathaniel Hawthorne briefly lived at the ________ experiment in communal living.

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Question 19

Reformers that supported the concept of Indian reservations believed them to be beneficial to both whites and Indians.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The Massachusetts reformer who built a national movement for new methods of treating the mentally ill was

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A)   SusanB. Anthony.
B)   Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
C)   Lucretia Mott.
D)   Angelina Grimke.
E)   Dorothea Dix.F) A) and C)
G) A) and E)

Exam 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform

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

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

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

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Americans in the free-soil movement sought to open up sections of the West to blacks.

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

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Many blacks rejected the American Colonization Society's offer to return them to Africa.

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If the government required an individual to violate the individual's personal moral code,Henry David Thoreau advocated ________ as a legitimate reply.

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The term "penitentiary" comes from the word ________.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne briefly lived at the ________ experiment in communal living.

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The Massachusetts reformer who built a national movement for new methods of treating the mentally ill was

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Prior to the Civil War,free blacks in the North tended to be

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Horace Mann believed public education should promote both democracy and social order.

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Both Brook Farm and New Harmony were essentially failures as communal experiments.

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How do the ideas of nineteenth-century transcendentalism link to twentieth-century ecology?

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In redefining gender roles,the experimental 1840s Oneida Community

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Both the Oneida Community and the Shakers were committed to celibacy.

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By the 1850s,the principle of tax-supported elementary schools had been established in every state.

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American transcendentalists borrowed heavily from European thinkers.

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

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