History 101 - United States History to 1877 » 2019 » Chapter 12 Quiz

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Question #1
Reform movements emerged in America in the mid-nineteenth century in part because of a
A.   fear that civil war was going to engulf the nation.
B.   pessimistic assumption of the natural weakness of individuals.
C.   desire for social stability and discipline in the face of change.
D.   belief that society needed to break free from its old traditions.
E.   declining importance placed on religious piety.
Question #2
Which of the following features was NOT a characteristic of the Hudson River school?
A.   an assumption that America was a land of greater promise than Europe
B.   canvases that tended to be very large in size
C.   portraits of some of the nation’s most spectacular and undeveloped areas
D.   a belief that democracy was the best source of wisdom and spiritual fulfillment
E.   a sense of nostalgia for a kind of nature that might be disappearing
Question #3
All of the following writers helped create a distinct American literature EXCEPT
A.   Edgar Allan Poe.
B.   Herman Melville.
C.   Walt Whitman.
D.   James Fenimore Cooper.
E.   Sydney Smith.
Question #4
The transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau
A.   was more conventional in his thinking than Ralph Waldo Emerson.
B.   felt every individual should balance society’s expectations with one’s own instincts.
C.   argued that being part of society helped individuals to transcend their egotism.
D.   argued Americans had a moral right to disobey laws considered unjust.
E.   established a college for transcendentalism at Walden Pond.
Question #5
Shaker societies
A.   established most of their communities in the South.
B.   saw women exercise more power than men.
C.   were eventually forced to move to Utah.
D.   first began in the United States in the 1840s.
E.   asserted that God was female.
Question #6
Which statement about Mormonism is FALSE?
A.   Its founder was murdered.
B.   The first Mormons were generally marginally poor.
C.   It developed a very fluid, loose social structure.
D.   Early Mormons met with much persecution from their neighbors.
E.   Early Mormons practiced polygamy.
Question #7
According to the nineteenth-century “science” of phrenology, what could be discerned from the shape of an individual’s skull?
A.   likelihood of succumbing to infectious diseases
B.   life expectancy
C.   future earning potential
D.   character and intelligence
E.   chances of having children
Question #8
In the 1840s in the United States, an initial understanding of germ theory was developed by
A.   James Warren.
B.   William Morton.
C.   Edward Jenner.
D.   Ignaz Semmelweis.
E.   Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Question #9
Which of the following nineteenth-century leaders is primarily known for her pioneering work in the American feminist movement?
A.   “Mother” Ann Lee
B.   Rachel Eaton
C.   Sojourner Truth
D.   Harriet Tubman
E.   Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Question #10
The black abolitionist who called for uncompromising opposition to and a violent overthrow of slavery in his 1829 pamphlet was
A.   Elijah Lovejoy.
B.   Benjamin Lundy.
C.   Frederick Douglass.
D.   William Lloyd Garrison.
E.   David Walker.

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