Chapter 12 Quiz

1 The social reform movements associated with the Second Great Awakening began in
a) the mountainous areas of Virginia and North Carolina.
b) the Burned-Over District of western New York.
c) western Kentucky.
d) the Cotton South.

2 The “benevolent empire” refers to which of the following?
a) Reform associations in the 1830s and 1840s that were inspired by the Second Great Awakening
b) The international relief organizations in the United States that gave aid to the impoverished of the earth
c) A loosely-knit organization of northern factory owners dedicated to the abolition of slavery.
d) The slave society of the Cotton South

3 The Second Great Awakening affected women in which of the following ways?
a) The movement adversely affected women by blaming them for the sins of American society.
b) The only impact the movement had on women was to reinforce the cult of domesticity.
c) By participating in organizations advocating moral reform, many women became politically involved for the first time.
d) Both the Episcopal and Methodist denominations allowed women to rise to the rank of bishop.

4 Which of the following was a reason for the emergence of temperance as a major issue in the 1840s and 1850s?
a) Alcohol became a symbol of evil because of its association with Sabbath violations, abusive husbands, and poor work habits.
b) It was revealed that organized crime was involved in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol.
c) Revelations about the health and mental problems of infants born to alcoholic mothers caused public concern.
d) Newspaper reporters documented and publicized widespread alcohol abuse within the Senate and House of Representatives.

5 Which of the following touched the lives of more Americans than any other reform movement?
a) The temperance movement
b) The antigambling movement
c) The public education movement
d) The antiprostitution movement

6 Which of the following statements is most consistent with the beliefs of Horace Mann?
a) Misery and crime can be ended through universal education.
b) Men are superior to women as teachers because they command obedience and discipline from their pupils.
c) The teaching of Christian religious principles should be the central focus of education.
d) Formal education should be reserved for the talented tenth, and vocational training should be available to the masses.

7 What did the people associated with the Shaker community, the Morman community, and Brook Farm have in common?
a) They wanted to establish a more communal environment to replace the excessive individualism present in a market society.
b) They wanted to withdraw completely from civilized society.
c) They wanted to return to a state of nature.
d) They wanted to establish societies based on Biblical law.

8 After having been arrested and jailed for treason, Joseph Smith
a) wrote the Book of Mormon.
b) renounced the Mormon religion.
c) escaped from prison and led his followers to the Great Salt Lake Valley.
d) was murdered by opponents.

9 In the pamphlet entitled Appeal . . . to the Colored Citizens, David Walker
a) encouraged slaves in the South to engage in passive resistance against their white masters.
b) informed slaves of the opportunities to escape through the network of people collectively known as the Underground Railroad.
c) advocated that slaves in the South should rise in rebellion and violently overthrow the institution of slavery.
d) called upon runaway slaves in the North to band together and invade the South.

10 Which of the following is true of white abolitionists in the late eighteenth century?
a) They often did not advocate equal rights for African Americans.
b) They were usually of the middle and lower class.
c) They encouraged women to participate in the abolitionist movement.
d) They usually supported extending the right to vote to women.

11 Which of the following best expresses the belief of William Lloyd Garrison?
a) Slavery must be ended gradually.
b) A political solution is necessary to bring an end to slavery.
c) To end slavery, we must convince either the Whig party or the Democratic party to include an antislavery plank in their national platform.
d) Slavery can be ended by winning over the hearts of white Americans, including southern slaveowners.

12 How did South Carolina respond to the increase in the volume of antislavery mailings during the early 1830s?
a) The state established its own postal service, which refused to deliver any mail handled by the United States Postal Service.
b) Abolitionist literature entering the state was intercepted and burned.
c) The state paid for the mass printing and mailing of proslavery tracts to northern households.
d) In a nullification convention, the state declared such literature to be an unconstitutional exercise of free speech.

13 Which of the following is considered to have launched the women’s rights movement?
a) The Seneca Falls’ Declaration of Sentiments
b) The publication of the Grimké sisters’ books in 1838
c) The merger of the abolitionist and feminist movements in 1839
d) The emergence of Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton as national figures in the 1840s

14 Which of the following is true of President Andrew Jackson?
a) He strongly supported the educational reforms advocated by Horace Mann and advocated federal aid to education.
b) Out of his desire to cleanse the body politic, he supported the temperance and antiprostitution movements.
c) Promoting a limited role for government, he used the veto more often than all previous presidents combined.
d) Believing that government could be a force for good in society, he favored the use of the positive power of government.

15 After Jackson was re-elected in 1832, he took away the power of the Bank of the United States to regulate the economy by
a) persuading Congress to revise its charter.
b) depositing federal funds in state-chartered banks.
c) closing most of its branch banks.
d) issuing an executive order that curtailed the bank's regulatory powers.