History exam study guide pt: 1 – Flashcards
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The Panic of 1819 turned into a depression because:
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banks failed
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The chief advocate for the program for economic development called the American System was:
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Henry Clay
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Dorothea Lynde Dix directed her reform efforts at:
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insane asylums
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The rise of Romanticism indicated:
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recognition of the limits of science and reason
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All of the following statements about the American Colonization Society are true EXCEPT:
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free black leaders supported it
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Following the expiration of the first Bank of the United States in 1811, state banks:
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issued an excess of paper money
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Horace Mann advocated for a public school system for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
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to give women opportunities for rewarding work outside the home
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Slaves living in southern cities had a much different experience from those on farms because:
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they were able to interact with an extended interracial community
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Regarding the penitentiary established in 1816 at Auburn, New York, all the following statements are true EXCEPT:
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it was an institution that primarily emphasized punishment
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The immediate cause of the Panic of 1819 was:
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a sudden collapse of cotton prices
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The Liberty party advocated:
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free trade
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The secretary of state throughout James Monroe's presidency was:
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John Quincy Adams
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Members of the Shaker community:
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practiced celibacy and owned everything in common
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Why was John Humphrey Noyes, founder of the Oneida Community, arrested and ultimately forced to flee New York?
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He advocated complete sexual freedom.
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Deists:
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included Founding Fathers such as Jefferson and Franklin
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Why was organized resistance to slavery by slaves risky?
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Southern whites possessed overwhelming authority and firepower.
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The Rush-Bagot Agreement:
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ended naval competition on the Great Lakes by limiting naval forces there
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The American System included support for all of the following policies EXCEPT:
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free public schools
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Why were slave women valued by slave owners?
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Their ability to reproduce increased the number of slaves owned.
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Brigham Young:
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led the Mormons to Utah
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Which of the following was associated with the Second Great Awakening?
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the belief that only a small minority could attain salvation
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The southern state that by 1860 had done the most to advance public education was:
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North Carolina
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The Missouri Compromise stipulated that in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of 36°30´:
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slavery would be excluded
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The slave revolt led by Nat Turner:
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killed more than 50 whites before its suppression
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One significant factor that inspired the Second Great Awakening was:
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rising fears of secularism among many well-educated Americans
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Unitarianism stressed:
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reason and conscience
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Why did the working poor often favor expanding the number of public schools?
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Workers wanted free schools to give their children an equal chance to pursue the American dream.
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All of the following are true about Sojourner Truth, EXCEPT that she:
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killed her master to escape from slavery
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By the 1830s, most Baptists and Methodists in the South:
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defended slavery
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Universalists believed that:
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everyone could be saved
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Which of the following is NOT true of Charles Finney?
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He was an active Universalist preacher.
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The American Temperance Union lost many moderate members in 1836 when it:
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called for abstinence from all alcoholic beverages
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What was NOT a common way that slaves established their private communities?
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embraced religion as a way to spiritually free themselves from their captivity
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Slave owners in the antebellum South acquired additional slaves from:
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the domestic slave trade
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A minister on horseback who traveled the frontier to preach was called a(n):
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circuit rider
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Joseph Smith:
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was a "circuit rider" preacher from the South
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Frederick Douglass:
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wrote a famous account of his life as a slave
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How would southern whites attempt to prevent slave rebellions?
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They met any sign of resistance or rebellion with a brutal response.
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The Seneca Falls Convention:
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demanded equal rights for women
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Approximately how many slaves joined Christian denominations by 1860?
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20 percent
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All of the following are true of Brook Farm EXCEPT:
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it was long lasting
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The burned-over district was:
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western New York
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Mother Ann Lee was:
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the founder of the Shakers
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"This momentous question like a firebell in the night awakened and filled me with terror." Thomas Jefferson said this about the:
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debate over the Missouri Compromise
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Who was considered the leader of transcendentalism?
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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All of the following statements about southern free blacks are true EXCEPT:
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there were no women were among them
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Which Protestant denomination stressed the equality of all before God and had no authority higher than the congregation?
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Baptist
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Which of the following was NOT a major motivation for whipping a slave?
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for failing to meet labor expectations
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Which of the following statements was generally true of slave life?
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Field hands were organized into work gangs.
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Prison reformers of the early 1800s saw a major objective of the penitentiary as:
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rehabilitation
