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American History, 2006-2007 (Mr. Broach)
Chapter 8 Take-Home Quiz: Antebellum Reform Movements
This quiz must be turned in at the end of class on Tuesday, October 24th.
If the statement is true, write "true" on the line. If it is false, change the underlined word or words to make it true.
_______________ The religious movement that swept the nation shortly after 1790 is known as the Second Great
Awakening.
1.
_______________ During this movement, religious leaders such as Charles G. Finney preached about individual
2.
responsibility and salvation at mass meetings known as conversions.
_______________ Ralph Waldo Emerson formulated a new philosophy, known as civil disobedience, that emphasized
3.
the value of the simple life and the truth found in nature.
_______________ Early efforts to reform education encountered opposition over the use of private donations to fund
4.
public schools.
_______________ Brook Farm was one of most famous efforts to establish a utopian community.
5.
Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each description. Note: Some letters may not be used at
all. Some may be used more than once.
A.
B.
C.
D.
gag rule
abolition
Nat Turner
antebellum
E.
F.
G.
H.
emancipation
David Walker
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
_____ 6. This term means "a setting free." It's an antonym for restraint or enslavement.
_____ 7. In general, this term means "a complete doing away with," which is how it came to be the name of the
movement to outlaw slavery.
_____ 8. This term combines a root that means "before" with one that means "war" but is usually used specifically to
mean "before the American Civil War."
_____ 9. This prevented congressional discussion of antislavery petitions between 1836 and 1844.
_____ 10. As the publisher of The Liberator, this man was one of the first white Americans to demand the immediate
freeing of slaves.
_____ 11. Born into slavery, this great writer and speaker escaped to the North, where he worked to achieve the
freedom of slaves through nonviolent means.
_____ 12. This man was captured, tried, convicted, and hanged for his part in a slave rebellion.
_____ 13. This free African American took the extreme position of encouraging slaves to fight for freedom rather than to
wait for God or slave owners to end slavery.
_____ 14. Although this man at first joined forces with William Lloyd Garrison, he later broke with Garrison over the issue
of violence and started his own antislavery newspaper, The North Star.
_____ 15. This escaped slave remained in the South because he felt that he was called by God to organize his fellow
slaves in a fight for freedom.
Choose the letter of the best answer.
_____ 16. For which action is Nat Turner well known?
A. leading a violent slave revolt
B. fighting in the American Revolution
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C. publishing an antislavery newspaper
D. promoting a nonviolent end to slavery
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_____ 17. What did the abolition movement promote?
A. relocating black slaves to Africa
B. prohibiting the drinking of alcohol
C. removing Native Americans from eastern states
D. ending the institution of slavery
_____ 18. The Second Great Awakening centered on the belief that a person's salvation depended on
A. the help of a minister.
C. the determination of God.
B. his or her own efforts.
D. his or her attendance at revival meetings.
_____ 19. Unlike revivalism, Unitarianism emphasized
A. love of nature.
B. fear of God's wrath.
_____ 20. One result of Nat Turner's rebellion was
A. the launching of the abolitionist movement.
B. the founding of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church.
_____ 21. As an abolitionist, Frederick Douglass favored
A. political action to end slavery.
B. violent rebellion by blacks.
C. reason and conscience.
D. emotional preaching and prayer.
C. the tightening of laws controlling African-American
slaves.
D. the liberation of hundreds of slaves.
C. resettlement of blacks in Africa.
D. a spiritual promise of freedom.
_____ 22. The "cult of domesticity" that governed the lives of married women in the early 1800s was based on
A. federal laws.
C. feminist reforms.
B. religious laws.
D. prevailing customs.
_____ 23. At the Seneca Falls Convention, a resolution that women should receive the right to vote was
A. voted down.
C. only narrowly approved.
B. not even presented.
D. approved unanimously.
_____ 24. Most of the workers in textile factories in the 1820s were
A. skilled journeymen.
C. boys and girls.
B. young single women.
D. free African Americans.
_____ 25. The temperance movement recognized
A. the equality of men and women.
C. the destructive effects of drunkenness on family
life.
B. the importance of the church as a political voice for D. the truth found in nature and the imagination.
blacks.
Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best matches each description. Note: Some letters may not be used at
all. Some may be used more than once.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Commonwealth v. Hunt
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Frederick Douglass
Charles Grandison Finney
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dorothea Dix
G.
H.
I.
J.
K.
L.
William Lloyd Garrison
David Walker
gag rule
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
National Trades' Union
_____ 26. This person helped launch the Second Great Awakening.
_____ 27. This established the right of workers to strike.
_____ 28. This became a political, cultural, and social center for its members.
_____ 29. This person represented a philosophical movement that emphasized self-reliance, truth in nature, and personal
imagination.
_____ 30. This reformer focused on the mentally ill.
_____ 31. This prevented Congress from hearing abolitionist petitions to end slavery.
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_____ 32. This former slave, who changed her name, spoke for abolition and women's rights.
_____ 33. This free black person advised African Americans to fight for freedom rather than wait for slave owners to end
slavery.
_____ 34. This former slave published The North Star and worked to end slavery through political means.
_____ 35. This person, along with Lucretia Mott, organized the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York.
Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
_____ 36. What was the predominant industry in Illinois?
A. timber
B. Flour
C. coal
D. textiles
_____ 37. How many canals led into Lake Michigan?
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. four
_____ 38. Which industry was found near the Ohio River in numerous locations?
A. textiles
C. timber
B. clothing
D. coal
_____ 39. Which of the following inferences can you make from information on the map?
A. The West was more populated than the East
C. Railroads were more important than canals for
between 1830 and 1850.
transporting goods at this time.
B. Most clothing was made in the Northeast between D. During this period, all of the nation's iron and
1830 and 1850.
copper ore came from Michigan.
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_____ 40. In 1840, what would have been the best way to transport goods from Newark to Baltimore?
A. railroad
C. road
B. canal
D. ocean
_____ 41. Which industries were found west of the Mississippi River?
A. coal, clothing, and weaponry
C. timber, textiles, and machinery
B. coal, flour, and timber
D. iron, timber, and clothing
_____ 42. Which industries were common in New England?
A. textiles and clothing
B. coal and timber
C. iron and weaponry
D. clothing and flour
Choose the letter of the best answer.
_____ 43. What role did women play in church communities in the early 1800s?
A. Women often assumed leadership roles with the
C. Most denominations did not allow women to
church
actively participate in the church community.
B. Women formed clubs and societies both to help
D. Women took turns drafting and preaching weekly
and convert others
sermons.
_____ 44. The evangelical movement that occurred in the early 1800s
A. was highly democratic.
C. excluded the lower class and non-white groups.
B. promoted good works and rituals as the way to
D. appealed most to successful businessmen.
salvation.
_____ 45. In the early 1800s, northern factory owners and southern slaveholders were alike in that they
A. had little concern for their workers' welfare.
C. provided their workers with housing and medical
care.
B. often developed personal relationships with their
D. were absentee owners.
workers.
_____ 46. Where did the Second Great Awakening begin?
A. Massachusetts and Rhode Island
B. New York and Massachusetts
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C. South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee
D. Kentucky and Tennessee
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