AP US History Ch. 12
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The reform movements of the first half of the nineteenth century reflected which of the following impulses? | both an optimistic faith in human nature, and a desire for control and order |
| The most important and popular American painters of the early nineteenth century | considered untamed nature the best source of spiritual inspiration. |
| The first great American novelist was | James Fenimore Cooper |
| Transcendentalists believed that | "reason" was more important than "understanding." |
| In his essay "Resistance to Civil Government," Henry David Thoreau claimed an individual should | refuse to obey unjust laws |
| American utopians | attracted thousands of followers during the antebellum period. |
| The Oneida Community | believed it liberated women from the demands of male "lust" and from traditional bonds of family. |
| Like other experiments in social organization of this era, Mormonism reflected | a belief in human perfectibility. |
| Evangelical Protestantism added major strength to which of the following reforms? | temperance |
| Each of the following was an example of new ideas about health in this era EXCEPT | reforms promulgated by city health boards to cure epidemics. |
| The emphasis on educational reform was consistent with the spirit of the age because it | focused on teaching children the values of order and discipline. |
| The creation of asylums | attempted to rehabilitate "unfit" people into useful citizens. |
| As women in various reform movements confronted the problems they faced in a male- dominated society, they responded by | setting in motion the first important feminist movement. |
| Which of the following groups was most involved in the feminist movement? | Quakers |
| Educational reformers intended public schools to perform all of the following roles EXCEPT | to raise questions and criticisms of authority. |
| After 1830, which of the following reform movements began to overshadow the others? | antislavery |
| The most noted black abolitionist of the day was | Frederick Douglass |
| Opponents of abolitionism in the North believed | A) abolitionists were dangerous radicals. B) the movement would lead to a war between the North and South. C) the movement would lead to a great influx of free blacks into the North. ***D) All these answers are correct. |
| Immediate abolition gradually accomplished was the slogan of | moderate antislavery forces |
| Personal liberty laws | forbade state officials to assist in the capture and return of runaways. |
| The movement that advocated keeping slavery out of the territories was known as the | free-soil movement. |
| Throughout the North, black Americans | defended their freedom and responded eagerly to the cause of abolitionism. |
| The creation of "asylums" for social deviants was an effort to: | reform and rehabilitate the inmates. |
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