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Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -gag rule


A) made abolition a political movement
B) group of reformed drinkers
C) Seneca Falls Convention
D) New England transcendentalists
E) advocated blacks returning to Africa
F) tax-supported public schools
G) a vision for a perfect society
H) area of intensive revivals in New York and Ohio
I) preventing antislavery petitions to be heard in Congress
J) feminist style of dress
K) first U.S.black newspaper
L) movement against alcohol

M) C) and D)
N) F) and I)

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The American Tract Society was focused on:


A) slavery.
B) drinking.
C) feminism.
D) suffrage.
E) religion.

F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

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The Declaration of Sentiments stated,"He has created a false public sentiment,by giving to the world a different code of morals for men and women,by which moral delinquencies which exclude women from society,are not only tolerated but deemed of little account in man." Which of the following is an example of this sentiment?


A) A woman could not work as a lawyer while a man could.
B) Women were not allowed to vote while many men could.
C) A woman who committed adultery was ostracized more than a man who did this same act.
D) It was frowned upon for a woman to be in the leadership role of an abolitionist society.
E) Women were denied admission to Harvard University.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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Explain how the religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening popularized the outlook known as perfectionism,which held that both individuals and society at large were capable of indefinite improvement.How did this idea of perfectionism relate to the various reform movements that arose in the antebellum period?

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The abolitionist movement split in two in part because Abby Kelley had been appointed to an office within the American Anti-Slavery Society,which angered some men who believed it was wrong for a woman to occupy such a prominent position.

A) True
B) False

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English writer Harriet Martineau criticized the idea of sending ex-slaves to another country or kingdom.

A) True
B) False

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Abolitionists consciously identified their movement with the heritage of the American Revolution.

A) True
B) False

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MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Theodore Weld


A) equated slavery with sin
B) The Liberator
C) Uncle Tom's Cabin
D) accepted men as "the superior"
E) organized the Seneca Falls Convention
F) advocate for the mentally ill
G) leading educational reformer
H) An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
I) editor and martyr of the abolitionist movement
J) Letters on the Equality of the Sexes
K) New Harmony
L) Woman in the Nineteenth Century

M) C) and K)
N) E) and G)

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MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Elijah Lovejoy


A) equated slavery with sin
B) The Liberator
C) Uncle Tom's Cabin
D) accepted men as "the superior"
E) organized the Seneca Falls Convention
F) advocate for the mentally ill
G) leading educational reformer
H) An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
I) editor and martyr of the abolitionist movement
J) Letters on the Equality of the Sexes
K) New Harmony
L) Woman in the Nineteenth Century

M) A) and B)
N) C) and K)

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Analyze the Grimké-Beecher debate over the role of women in the abolitionist movement.How did each see women's place in society? With examples,explain whose views are more realized in today's world.

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By 1840,the temperance movement in the United States had:


A) united Americans of all classes and religions in a "war" against alcohol.
B) virtually disappeared.
C) convinced Congress to pass a national prohibition law.
D) made no measurable impact on Americans' drinking habits.
E) encouraged a substantial decrease in the consumption of alcohol.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Horace Mann


A) equated slavery with sin
B) The Liberator
C) Uncle Tom's Cabin
D) accepted men as "the superior"
E) organized the Seneca Falls Convention
F) advocate for the mentally ill
G) leading educational reformer
H) An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
I) editor and martyr of the abolitionist movement
J) Letters on the Equality of the Sexes
K) New Harmony
L) Woman in the Nineteenth Century

M) A) and C)
N) F) and K)

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Abolitionists agreed with the labor movement's argument that workers were subjugated to "wage slavery."

A) True
B) False

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The demand that women should enjoy the rights to regulate their own sexual activity and procreation and to be protected by the state against violence at the hands of their husbands challenged the notion that claims for justice,freedom,and individual rights should stop at the household's door.

A) True
B) False

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The antislavery poet John Greenleaf Whittier compared reformer Abby Kelley to:


A) Helen of Troy,who sowed the seeds of male destruction.
B) an Amazon,a mighty female warrior of Greek mythology.
C) Queen Elizabeth,who had ruled the British empire with such skill.
D) Molly Pitcher,the patriotic heroine of the American Revolution.
E) Joan of Arc,who led the armies of France into battle.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

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As women began to take an active role in abolition,public speaking for women became socially acceptable to most Americans.

A) True
B) False

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The Seneca Falls Convention's Declaration of Sentiments was modeled after:


A) The Declaration of Independence.
B) The U.S.Constitution.
C) Woman of the Nineteenth Century.
D) A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
E) Letters on the Equality of the Sexes.

F) All of the above
G) None of the above

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How did reformers reconcile their desire to create moral order with their quest to enhance personal freedom?


A) They did not even try,because they had no intention of enhancing personal freedom.
B) They claimed that genuine liberty meant allowing others to eliminate those problems that might threaten that liberty.
C) They argued that too many people were "slaves" to various sins and that freeing them from this enslavement would enable them to compete economically.
D) They contended that self-discipline was so rare that someone had to step in and make sure that Americans could enjoy the fruits of their labor.
E) They felt that eliminating temptations would lead to the natural liberty that Protestants had long considered crucial to maintaining a good society.

F) C) and D)
G) None of the above

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MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Sarah Grimké


A) equated slavery with sin
B) The Liberator
C) Uncle Tom's Cabin
D) accepted men as "the superior"
E) organized the Seneca Falls Convention
F) advocate for the mentally ill
G) leading educational reformer
H) An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
I) editor and martyr of the abolitionist movement
J) Letters on the Equality of the Sexes
K) New Harmony
L) Woman in the Nineteenth Century

M) None of the above
N) A) and D)

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MATCHING Match the person or term with the with the correct description. -Robert Owen


A) equated slavery with sin
B) The Liberator
C) Uncle Tom's Cabin
D) accepted men as "the superior"
E) organized the Seneca Falls Convention
F) advocate for the mentally ill
G) leading educational reformer
H) An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World
I) editor and martyr of the abolitionist movement
J) Letters on the Equality of the Sexes
K) New Harmony
L) Woman in the Nineteenth Century

M) C) and D)
N) C) and E)

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