Chapter 14 Pretest

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1.

What led to the flood of Irish immigrants entering the United States in the mid-1840s?
- A.
  
  Potato blight (famine)
- B.
  
  Unsafe working conditions
- C.
  
  Religious persecution
- D.
  
  A violent revolution
Correct Answer
A. Potato blight (famine)
2.

Which of the following is true about women's rights in the 1800s?
- A.
  
  Large cities allowed women to vote in local elections
- B.
  
  Women could not vote or serve on juries
- C.
  
  Women asking for equality were punished by law
- D.
  
  Only married women could manage their own property
Correct Answer
B. Women could not vote or serve on juries
3.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, and Emily Dickinson were
- A.
  
  Founders of the common-school movement
- B.
  
  Writers during the Romantic period
- C.
  
  Creators of transcendentalism
- D.
  
  Leaders of the Second Great Awakening
Correct Answer
B. Writers during the Romantic period
4.

Why were many African American schools established in Philadelphia in the mid-1800s?
- A.
  
  Philadelphia had the largest African American population
- B.
  
  As a center of Quaker influence, Philadelphia strongly supported the education of African American children
- C.
  
  Laws in other northern states barred freed African Americans from receiving an education
- D.
  
  Philadelphia's citizens believed that establishing African American schools would help the abolitionist cause
Correct Answer
B. As a center of Quaker influence, Philadelphia strongly supported the education of African American children
5.

What effect did Nat Turner's Rebellion of 1831 have on southern society?
- A.
  
  Many slaveholders freed their slaves
- B.
  
  People stopped discussing slavery openly
- C.
  
  Mob violence over the slavery issue increased dramatically
- D.
  
  More whites began hiding fugitive slaves
Correct Answer
B. People stopped discussing slavery openly
6.

The majority of German immigrants who entered the U.S. in the late 1840s were attracted by
- A.
  
  The supply of high paying skilled jobs
- B.
  
  Political refuge and support for revolutionaries at home
- C.
  
  Protection of freedom of religion
- D.
  
  Economic opportunity and freedom from government control
Correct Answer
D. Economic opportunity and freedom from government control
7.

Which of these ideas did religious leader Charles Grandison Finney express?
- A.
  
  Doing good deeds is not proof of faith
- B.
  
  Salvation is in the hands of the individual
- C.
  
  Religious leaders alone can be free from sin
- D.
  
  Men are closer to God than women
Correct Answer
B. Salvation is in the hands of the individual
8.

One of the benefits of women's reform work was that
- A.
  
  Women began controlling their fathers' property
- B.
  
  Most people began raising money for the women's movement
- C.
  
  Some men became involved in the women's movement
- D.
  
  More women began educating their children at home
Correct Answer
C. Some men became involved in the women's movement
9.

Which of the following was commonly found in American cities in the mid-1800s?
- A.
  
  Crowded subways
- B.
  
  Public fire departments
- C.
  
  Sanitation services
- D.
  
  Criminal activity
Correct Answer
D. Criminal activity
10.

The growth of industry and cities in the U.S.led to the development of a new social class called the (middle class/working class)

Correct Answer
middle class
11.

The (Great Awakening / Second Great Awakening) was a movement of Christian renewal that swept through the U.S. during the 1790s and early 1800s

Correct Answer
Second Great Awakening
12.

The (Declaration of Sentiments/Declaration of the Rights of Women) was a document written by women's rights activists that described their beliefs about social injustice towards women.

Correct Answer
Declaration of Sentiments
13.

Reformer (Dorothea Dix/Margaret Fuller) spoke to the state legislature about the fact that the mentally ill were housed with criminals in the prison system.

Correct Answer
Dorothea Dix
14.

The (American Anti-Slavery Society/Know-Nothing Party) fought for the emancipation of slaves and for racial equality for African Americans living in the U.S.

Correct Answer
American Anti-Slavery Society
15.

"The man over here says that women need to be helped into carriages and lifted over ditches and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages or over mud puddles or gives me any best place...Look at me! I have ploughed and planted and... no man could head (outwork) me. And ain't I a woman?"-Sojourner Truth, quoted in A History of Women Which one of these statements best expresses the main idea of Sojourner Truth's speech given at a women's rights convention in 1851?
- A.
  
  African American rights should be addressed by the government before women's rights
- B.
  
  Women should not be thought of as weaker than men and they deserve equality
- C.
  
  African American women and white women should be considered equals
- D.
  
  Women should use any means necessary to obtain equal rights
Correct Answer
B. Women should not be thought of as weaker than men and they deserve equality

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Chapter 14 Pretest

What led to the flood of Irish immigrants entering the United States in the mid-1840s?

Which of the following is true about women's rights in the 1800s?

Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, and Emily Dickinson were

Why were many African American schools established in Philadelphia in the mid-1800s?

What effect did Nat Turner's Rebellion of 1831 have on southern society?

The majority of German immigrants who entered the U.S. in the late 1840s were attracted by

Which of these ideas did religious leader Charles Grandison Finney express?

One of the benefits of women's reform work was that

Which of the following was commonly found in American cities in the mid-1800s?

The growth of industry and cities in the U.S.led to the development of a new social class called the (middle class/working class)

The (Great Awakening / Second Great Awakening) was a movement of Christian renewal that swept through the U.S. during the 1790s and early 1800s

The (Declaration of Sentiments/Declaration of the Rights of Women) was a document written by women's rights activists that described their beliefs about social injustice towards women.

Reformer (Dorothea Dix/Margaret Fuller) spoke to the state legislature about the fact that the mentally ill were housed with criminals in the prison system.

The (American Anti-Slavery Society/Know-Nothing Party) fought for the emancipation of slaves and for racial equality for African Americans living in the U.S.