the United States.
a. progressive
b. populist
c. redeemer
d. temperance
e. reform
20. U.S. penitentiaries of the nineteenth century became places designed not only to punish but
also to
a. rehabilitate.
b. execute.
c. produce farm products.
d. entertain.
e. convert to Christianity.
21. During the Romantic era, __________ were created to help people recover from mental
illnesses.
a. asylums
b. mental health institutions
c. tenements
d. penitentiaries
e. half-way houses
22. __________ is best known as a reformer who heightened awareness of the mentally ill
during the Romantic period.
a. Susan B. Anthony
b. Harriet Beecher Stowe
c. Dorothea Dix
d. Wilma Clinton
e. Florida Calhoun
23. A Treatise on Domestic Economy charged women to be
a. free of worldly influences.
b. the managers of their households.
c. submissive to their husbands.
d. cognizant in planning their pregnancies.
e. assertive in their marriages.
24. How did the official social status of women by the mid–nineteenth century compare to that
of the colonial era?
a. Women had countless more opportunities in the nineteenth century.
b. Not much had changed since colonial times.
c. Women were seen as the social equals of men by the nineteenth century.
d. Women had the same social status as slaves in the nineteenth century.
e. Multiple college-level opportunities opened for women in the nineteenth century.
25. The Declaration of Sentiments was written at
a. the Constitutional Convention.
b. the Centennial Exposition.
c. the Seneca Falls Convention.
d. Walden Pond.
e. Jamestown.
26. An early leader in the fight for women’s suffrage was
a. Susan B. Anthony.
b. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
c. Dorothea Dix.
d. Wilma Clinton.
e. Florida Calhoun.
27. Horace Mann, a Massachusetts state legislator, led an early drive for
a. women’s suffrage.
b. a personal income tax.
c. tax-supported public education.
d. term limits for congressmen.
e. equal rights for all citizens.
28. Which of the following is an example of a nineteenth-century utopian community?
a. Quakers
b. Shakers
c. Anabaptists
d. Unitarians
e. Mormons
29. Although most nineteenth-century utopian communities were centered around some form of
religious belief, __________ was a widely celebrated secular utopian experiment.
a. Woodstock
b. Camp Freedom
c. Walden Pond
d. Brook Farm
e. Shangri-La
30. The goal of the American Colonization Society was to
a. free the slaves.
b. send slaves out west.
c. send slaves back to Africa.
d. educate slaves.
e. encourage slaves to rebel against their masters.
31. How did the leaders of the free black community in America respond to colonization efforts
aimed at sending them to Africa?
a. Jubilation
b. Indifference
c. Cautious optimism
d. Parties in the streets
e. Widespread denunciation
32. Which of the following was a member of the American Colonization Society?
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. Andrew Jackson
d. Henry Ford
e. Daniel Webster
33. What country did the American Colonization Society create to recolonize freed slaves?
a. Nigeria
b. Zimbabwe
c. Liberia
d. Somalia
e. Egypt
34. Which of the following was an early abolitionist leader?
a. James Madison
b. Henry David Thoreau
c. William Lloyd Garrison
d. James Van Buren
e. Daniel Webster
35. The leading abolitionist newspaper of the mid–nineteenth century was
a. The Eagle.
b. The Freedom.
c. The Liberator.
d. The Emancipator.
e. The Tarantula.
36. David Walker, a free black from Boston, published a pamphlet calling for slaves to use the
__________ to gain their freedom.
a. “crushing arm of power”
b. “long reach of the law”
c. “inner strength of the black race”
d. “access to education”
e. “network of underground railroads”
37. Sarah and Angelina Grimké, originally from South Carolina, appealed to __________ to
work to put an end to slavery.
a. Christians around the world
b. southern Christian women
c. women, white and black,
d. northern factory workers
e. southern abolitionists
38. After publishing his autobiography, __________ left for England for two years on a
speaking tour. When he returned, he had enough money to purchase his freedom.
a. W.E.B. Du Bois
b. Fredrick Douglass
c. Nat Turner
d. James Fremont
e. William Cumbersome
39. The vast system of secret routes and safe houses throughout the South and into the free
states was known as the
a. subway.
b. Underground Railroad.
c. Runaway Scrape.
d. Black Diaspora.
e. Exodusters.
40. Perhaps the most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad was
a. Harriet Tubman.
b. Susan B. Anthony.
c. Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
d. Dorothea Dix.
e. Elias Turner.
ESSAY
1. Describe the various “liberal” and “conservative” religious movements of the nineteenth
century. What were the origins of their general ideologies; what was similar and what was
different about each?
2. Using specific examples, discuss the objectives, practices, and success (or lack of) of the
nineteenth-century utopian communities.
3. Describe the southern defense of slavery before and after 1830. How did this change affect
the intellectual life of the Old South?
4. Describe how the women’s rights movement and the anti-slavery movement converged.
What differences and difficulties arose as a result?
5. Compare and contrast white abolitionists and black anti-slavery activity. In what ways
were the attitudes and goals the same and how were they different?
MATCHING
Match each person or group with one of the following descriptions.
a. Was a prominent women’s rights activist and abolitionist
b. Founded the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
c. Led Mormon followers to the “promised land” of Utah
d. Founded Mormonism
e. Founded the Oneida Community
f. Was a revivalist and initiated the “circuit rider” system
g. Advocated for tax-supported public schools
h. Advocated for the reform of insane asylums
i. Was an escaped slave who became a leading anti-slavery advocate
j. Was a utopian community known for hard work, celibacy, and eccentric forms of worship
1. Frederick Douglass
2. John Humphrey Noyes
3. Francis Asbury
4. Brigham Young
5. Horace Mann
6. Joseph Smith
7. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
8. William Lloyd Garrison
9. Dorothea Lynde Dix
10. Shakers