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What did a sense of optimism and their religious beliefs encourage many Americans to do during the early nineteenth century?
a) spend more time with their families
b) accept the flaws in society
c) start missionary work overseas
d) work in social reform movements
Which leader was not a part of the abolitionist movement?
a) Frederick Douglass
b) Williams Lloyd Garrison
c) Robert Owen
d) Angelina Grimke
What was Horace Mann's goal as a reformer in the nineteenth century?
a) to establish a system of religious schools so that the Christian message would be consistent
b) to establish a system of public schools that he felt were necessary in a democracy
c) to create a system of private schools that would be affordable for most citizens
d) to allow people to choose the type of schools they wanted their children to attend
What causes did Dorothea Dix promote in the early nineteenth century?
a) prison reform and care for the mentally ill
b) welfare for the poor and child care for working mothers
c) public and private education
d) temperance and women's suffrage
What widespread beliefs hindered Emma Willard's efforts to provide schools for girls?
a) Education is harmful to girls and is unnecessary for them.
b) Schools are too far away from their homes, so girls cannot attend.
c) Educating boys and girls together is wrong.
d) Educating girls is a waste of time, because they cannot serve in the military.
What word describes Lyman Beecher's efforts to reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption?
a) rumination
b) prohibition
c) deliverance
d) temperance
What nineteenth century philosophy stressed the importance of communion with nature?
a) nonconformism
b) inspirationalism
c) transcendentalism
d) agrarianism
Why was a husband's character so important in determining a woman's life in the early nineteenth century?
a) Women had very few legal rights of their own.
b) Men had to sign all contracts that women negotiated.
c) Women usually had so many children that men had to earn a lot of money.
d) Women needed their husbands' approval in order to vote.
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union Who is most likely to have said this?
a) Susan B. Anthony
b) Ralph Waldo Emerson
c) Henry David Thoreau
d) Anglina Grimke
What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments?
a) to declare the emotional issues behind women's rights
b) to ask men to join the crusade for women's rights
c) to state the case for women's rights
d) to explain to New Yorkers why women should get the vote
Why were some women opposed to the idea of women's rights?
a) They felt they were better off having men take care of them.
b) They felt voting was something only white men should do.
c) They believed that men were the superior sex.
d) All of the above.
Which nineteenth century artist is known for his paintings of Native Americans and their culture?
a) George Caleb Bingham
b) Thomas Cole
c) George Catlin
d) John Audubon
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