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Chapter 14 Review
#1 What led to the flood of Irish immigrants
entering the United States in the mid-1840s?
a. a potato blight in Ireland that led to
starvation and disease
b. the unsafe working conditions in Irish
factories
c. the Irish government’s ban on the
practice of Catholicism
d. a revolution in Ireland that had turned
violent and dangerous
a.
a potato blight in Ireland that led to
starvation and disease
#2 How was the development of the Know-Nothing
Party in 1849 a reflection of the attitude of most
Americans towards the wave of immigration?
a.
Americans believed that immigrants should live
in the country for one year before being granted
citizenship.
b.
Most Americans thought that immigrants had a
positive effect on the economy and industry in
America.
c.
Most Americans feared the effect of
immigration on the jobs and culture of native-born
Americans.
d.
Americans felt that immigrants were not
educated enough to be involved in the political
process.
c. Most Americans feared the effect of
immigration on the jobs and culture of nativeborn Americans.
#3 In 1848, the German people staged a revolution
against their government. How did this revolution
affect German immigration to the U.S. in the late
1840s?
a.
Germans came to the U.S. to try to gain
support for the revolution taking place in their
country.
b.
Many Germans came to the U.S. because the
revolution left them starving.
c.
Germans came to the U.S. because their
revolution did not bring about any changes to the
government.
d.
Many Germans came to the U.S. to escape
punishment for rising up against the government.
d. Many Germans came to the U.S. to
escape punishment for rising up against the
government.
#4 The trend of immigrants residing in cities
led to the growth of urban areas in the U.S. in
the mid-1800s. What other trend contributed to
the growth of American cities?
a. the growth of recreational activities in the
U.S.
b. the growth of the transportation revolution
in the U.S.
c. the decline in the quality of life in suburbs
in the U.S.
d. the decline of farming in the U.S.
b.
the growth of the transportation
revolution in the U.S.
#5 All of the following were
problems faced by cities in the U.S.
in the mid-1800s due to their rapid
growth EXCEPT?
a. the lack of safe, quality housing
b. the lack of public health
regulations
c. high crime rates
d. inadequate phone service
d. inadequate phone service
#6 Why did the populations of cities in the
northeastern and mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S.
grow most rapidly during the mid-1800s?
a.
Citizens in these regions tended to be more
accepting of immigrants.
b.
More than half of the country’s manufacturing
jobs were located in these regions.
c.
Immigrants entering the country had easy
access to these regions.
d.
These regions had the most fertile land for
farming and growing cash crops.
b. More than half of the country’s
manufacturing jobs were located in these
regions
#7 Which of these best describes the conditions of
American cities in the mid-1800s?
a.
American cities were the safest places to live in
the U.S. with professional police forces to help fight
crime
b.
American cities were bright, clean, with wide
roads and advanced architecture
c.
American cities were well organized and
provided various public services for its citizens.
d.
American cities were often noisy, overcrowded
and lacked space for travel and markets to be set up
d. American cities were often noisy,
overcrowded and lacked space for travel and
markets to be set up
#8 Many transcendentalists began to form
“utopian communities” in the 19th century.
Utopian communities were communities
a.
b.
c.
d.
that tried to form perfect societies.
based on the principles of individualism.
that were male dominated.
based on the principles of religious
control.
a.
that tried to form perfect societies
#9 In the mid-1800s, transcendentalism emerged in
American society. Transcendentalist thinkers
believed that people
a.
could rise above material things in life and
should depend on themselves rather than outside
authority.
b.
were controlled by an unknown deity and
should put their faith in an established religion.
c.
should put their whole trust and faith in the
leaders of their governments.
d.
had no right to rise to a higher economic class
than the one they were born into.
a. could rise above material things in life
and should depend on themselves rather than
outside authority.
#10 What social class came about during
the mid-1800s in the United States as new
merchants, manufacturers, professionals,
and master craftspeople grew?
a.
Upper class
c.
Lower class
b.
Middle class
d.
Nobility
b. Middle class
#11 “If a man does not keep pace with his companions,
perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let
him step to the music which he hears, however measured
or far away.”
--Henry David Thoreau, from Walden, published in 1854
How does this quotation by Henry David Thoreau reflect
the beliefs held by transcendentalists?
a.
It suggests that people who stray from the norms
created by society should be criticized by others.
b.
It suggests that people who follow their own
judgments often do not succeed in life.
c.
It suggests that people should try to match their
abilities and accomplishments to their peers.
d.
It suggests that people should follow their own
beliefs and not the beliefs of others.
d. It suggests that people
should follow their own beliefs
and not the beliefs of others.
#12 How did the American Romantic
movement affect art in the U.S.?
a. Artists began to include traditional
European landscapes and ideas.
b. Artists began to show their appreciation
for the beauty and wonder of nature.
c. Artists began to express contempt for
corruption in the American government.
d. Artists began to portray the effects of
urbanization on the American landscape.
b. Artists began to show their
appreciation for the beauty and wonder
of nature.
#13 Transcendentalists and American
Romantics would agree with which of
these statements?
a. People should keep their emotions
separate from the creative process.
b. People should consider the beliefs
of others when making decisions.
c. People should respect and admire
the beauty of nature.
d. People should depend only on
themselves for their survival.
c. People should respect and admire
the beauty of nature.
#14 In 1851, American Romantic author
Herman Melville explored the theme of the
individual’s struggle against nature in his novel
about a sea captain’s battle with a giant whale.
What was the name of this novel?
a.
b.
Leaves of Grass
The Scarlet Letter
c.
d.
Billy Budd
Moby Dick
d. Moby Dick
#15 In late 18th century America, the
Second Great Awakening was a period of
a. rebirth that led to the development of a
new culture centered around education.
b. Christian renewal and revival that
began in the northeastern U.S.
c. reform that focused on improving the
quality of life for the poor.
d. revival of traditions that existed in
America before the Revolutionary War.
b. Christian renewal and revival that
began in the northeastern U.S.
#17 Which of these ideas did religious
leader Charles Grandison Finney express?
a.
Doing good deeds is not proof of faith.
b. Religious leaders alone can be free
from sin.
c. Men are closer to God than women
are.
d. Salvation is in the hands of the
individual.
d. Salvation is in the hands of the
individual.
#18 In the early 1800s, why did some social
reformers want to limit the consumption of alcohol
in America?
a.
They felt that alcohol abuse led to social
problems, such as crime and poverty.
b.
They felt that the increased production of
alcohol was putting a strain on America’s
economy.
c.
They felt that alcohol was a dangerous
substance with unknown side effects.
d.
They felt that the increased consumption of
alcohol led to a decrease in religious faith among
Americans.
a. They felt that alcohol abuse led to
social problems, such as crime and
poverty.
#19 The temperance movement was a
reform movement that set out to
a. improve the quality of life in urban
tenements.
b. limit the consumption of alcohol in
America.
c. increase membership in religious
organizations.
d. end the violence and crime that existed
in America.
b. limit the consumption of alcohol
in America.
#20 All of the following reforms were made
to American prisons during the 1800s,
EXCEPT?
a. Correctional facilities were created to
educate prisoners.
b. Runaways and young offenders were
moved to reform schools.
c. Separate facilities were built for the
mentally ill.
d. Prison laborers were employed for
public works projects.
d. Prison laborers were employed for
public works projects.
#21 How did reformer Dorothea Dix contribute to
the prison reform movement in the early 1800s?
a.
She spoke of the horrid conditions of prisons
and inspired the building of separate facilities for
the mentally ill.
b.
She founded an organization of women that
worked together to provide education for criminals
in prisons.
c.
She organized many protests in hopes of
motivating the government to build separate
facilities for child offenders.
d.
She brought America’s attention to the need
for prison reform by writing novels detailing the
condition of prisons.
a. She spoke of the horrid conditions
of prisons and inspired the building of
separate facilities for the mentally ill.
#22 What did the members of the commonschool movement believe?
a. All children should be taught in the
same place regardless of their background.
b. Children all over the U.S. should be
taught using the same books and materials.
c. All children should be taught a trade in
school instead of learning useless subjects.
d. Children all over the U.S. should attend
school for the same number of hours a day.
a. All children should be taught in
the same place regardless of their
background.
#23 Who was the leader of the commonschool movement?
a. Dorothea Dix c. Catherine Beecher
b. Horace Mann d. Thomas Gallaudet
b. Horace Mann
#24 Which of these contributions did
Horace Mann make to the education reform
movement in the 19th century?
a. He developed new ways of instructing
students with handicaps.
b. He fought for improvements to the
education of women.
c. He extended the length of the school
year.
d. He was responsible for the integration
of public schools.
c. He extended the length of the school
year.
#25 All of the following were problems with
public education in the U.S. in the 1800’s
EXCEPT?
a. Teachers received little training to
complete their jobs.
b. Schoolhouses were small and all grades
usually worked in one room.
c. The availability of education in some
regions was low.
d. There were no materials developed for
schools to use to instruct students.
d. There were no materials developed for
schools to use to instruct students.
#26 What contribution did Thomas Gallaudet
make to education in the mid-1800s?
a. He established the first free American
school for the deaf and those with hearingimpairments.
b. He improved materials used for the
instruction of visually impaired Americans.
c. He developed educational textbooks for
children with different levels of ability.
d. He founded the first public school that
had the same quality of education as a
private school.
a. He established the first free American
school for the deaf and those with hearingimpairments.
#27 Which of these summarizes the contributions
made by Catherine Beecher to the education
reform movement in the U.S. in the mid-1800s?
a. She founded an all-female academy and wrote
many essays stressing the importance women’s
education.
b. She fought for improvements in the training of
teachers and the quality of educational materials in
the U.S.
c. She lobbied Congress to increase the budget of
public schools and to lengthen the school year for
students.
d. She opened the first university in the U.S.
focused on the education and enlightenment of
women.
a. She founded an all-female academy and wrote
many essays stressing the importance women’s
education.
#28 Why were many African American
schools established in Philadelphia in the mid1800s?
a. Philadelphia had the largest population
of African Americans of all the northern U.S.
cities.
b. Philadelphia’s citizens strongly supported
the education of African American children.
c. Philadelphia was the only city that would
allow schools for African American children.
d. Philadelphia’s citizens believed that
establishing schools in their city would gain
support for abolition.
b. Philadelphia’s citizens strongly
supported the education of African American
children.
#29 How did William Lloyd Garrison spread the
abolitionist message throughout the U.S. in the mid1800s?
a.
He founded and ran an antislavery newspaper
called The Liberator.
b.
He wrote many novels and essays about the
injustices of slavery.
c.
He traveled around the country giving lectures
about the evils of slavery.
d.
He started the American Colonization Society
to help slaves obtain freedom.
a. He founded and ran an
antislavery newspaper called
The Liberator.
#30 Who founded the American
Colonization Society in 1817?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Harriet Jacobs
William Lloyd Garrison
Robert Finley
Angelina Grimké
c. Robert Finley
What were Americans
called during the mid-1800s that
opposed immigration to the
Americas for multiple reasons?
#31
a. Jayhawks
b. Naturalists
c. Nativists
d. Naive
c.
Nativists
#32 What was the goal of the American
Anti-Slavery Society?
a. to provide economic assistance for free
African Americans
b. to move all southern slaves to free land
in the North
c. to force slaveholders to treat their slaves
in a humane manner
d. to free slaves immediately and obtain
racial equality
d. to free slaves immediately and
obtain racial equality
#33 What contribution did Harriet Tubman make
to the antislavery movement?
a. She was a conductor on the Underground
Railroad who led many fugitive slaves to freedom.
b. She lectured members of the American AntiSlavery Society about the evils of slavery.
c. She wrote many essays persuading southern
slaveholders to join the abolition movement.
d. She founded an antislavery group in the South
that staged many peaceful protests boycotting
slavery.
a. She was a conductor on the
Underground Railroad who led many
fugitive slaves to freedom.
#34 Who is considered to be the most
famous and daring conductor of the
Underground Railroad?
a. Nat Turner
c. Frederick Douglass
b. Harriet Tubman
d. Sojourner Truth
b. Harriet Tubman
#35 How did Angelina and Sarah Grimké
participate in the abolitionist movement?
a. They helped found the colony of Liberia and led
many slaves to safety in this free territory.
b. They founded the American Anti-Slavery Society
and recruited many northern whites to join.
c. They provided jobs and financial support to many
fugitive slaves living in the North.
d. They wrote essays and made passionate
appeals to other southern white women to join the
movement.
d. They wrote essays and made passionate
appeals to other southern white women to join the
movement.
#36 Which of these expresses the main idea of
Sojourner Truth’s speech given at a women’s
rights convention in 1851?
a. Women should not be thought of as the weaker
gender and they deserve equality.
b. African American women and white women
have no differences other than complexion.
c. Women should use any means necessary to
obtain equal rights in America.
d. African American rights should be addressed
by the government before women’s rights.
a. Women should not be thought of as the weaker
gender and they deserve equality.
#37 What was the significance of the
Seneca Falls Convention in 1848?
a. It forced the government to recognize
women’s rights in the U.S.
b. It began the organized women’s rights
movement in the U.S.
c. It granted women the right to participate
in the voting process in the U.S.
d. It revealed the need for social and
educational reforms in the U.S.
b. It began the organized women’s rights
movement in the U.S.
#38 What did the Declaration of Sentiments
written at the Seneca Falls Convention
accomplish?
a. It described to Congress the reasons why the
women’s rights movement should be declared
unconstitutional.
b. It publicized for the first time the importance of
equality for all citizens living in the U.S.
c. It detailed beliefs about the social injustices
toward women pointing out 18 charges against
men and pushed for the federal government to
recognize the rights and independence of women
living in the U.S.
d. It persuaded many Americans to become
supporters of the women’s rights movement.
c. It detailed beliefs about the social injustices
toward women pointing out 18 charges against
men and pushed for the federal government to
recognize the rights and independence of women
living in the U.S.
#39 Which two women organized the Seneca
Falls Convention?
a. Lucy Stone and Susan B. Anthony
b. Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony
c. Lucy Stone and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d. Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d. Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady
Stanton
#40 What did Susan B. Anthony accomplish
for women’s rights in New York in 1860?
a. She won the right for married women to
control their own wages and property.
b. She won the right for all women to
participate in the voting and election
process.
c. She won the right for married women to
own and operate their own businesses.
d. She won the right for all women to have
the opportunity to hold public office.
a. She won the right for married women to
control their own wages and property.
#41 Which reform movement in the U.S. in
the mid-1800s inspired the women’s rights
movement?
a.
the temperance movement
b.
the abolitionist movement
c.
the education reform movement
d.
the prison reform movement
b. the abolitionist movement
#42 How did Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “SelfReliance” represent the transcendentalist point of
view?
a.
It stated that people should focus on their
own needs and not be concerned about the needs
of others.
b.
It stated that people should begin to follow
their own beliefs and use their own judgment.
c.
It stated that people should rely more on the
institutions and traditions of their societies.
d.
It stated that people should take the time to
consider how their actions affect other people.
b.
It stated that people should begin to follow
their own beliefs and use their own judgment.
#43 What very organized advocate for
women’s rights turned the fight for women’s
rights into a political movement arguing that
men and women should receive equal pay for
equal work?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Harriet Tubman
Lucy Stone
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
d. Susan B. Anthony
#44 Who founded the radical National
Woman Suffrage Association, because they
did not believe that abolition was not a more
important issue than women’s rights?
a. Sojourner Truth
b. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c. Hillary Clinton
d. Sarah Grimke
b. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
#45 All of the following are considered
PUSH FACTORS EXCEPT?
a. A disease that was killing off large
portions of the population
b. An economic depression with many
people out of work
c. The inability for people to participate in
the government by voting and helping make
laws
d. The inability to attend to any college you
wanted to attend, because you didn’t have
very good grades
d. The inability to attend to any college you
wanted to attend, because you didn’t have
very good grades
#46 All of the following are considered
PULL FACTORS EXCEPT?
a. Lot of available land to start a business
or a farm
b. Many companies hiring people and
paying high wages
c. Fleeing a famine
d. The ability to vote for people in
government and to help influence laws
c. Fleeing a famine
#47 What was the Abolitionists Movement?
a. The movement to end slavery
b. The movement to end the drinking of
alcohol
c. The movement to stop immigration to the
Americas
d. The movement to stop African Americans
and women from voting
a. The movement to end slavery
#48 What was the purpose of the Underground
Railroad?
a.
To help slaves escape from the South to the
North using hidden stations
b.
To help people get the supplies and animals
across the Ohio River
c.
To help the poor people be able to cross the
picket lines to get to jobs they ordinarily wouldn’t
have been able to get to
d.
To help the railroad be able to travel
underground and reduce air conditioning costs by
avoiding the sun and the heat
a.
To help slaves escape from the South to the
North using hidden stations
49 Which of the following describes
tenements?
a. Official change, correction or addition
to the law or constitution
b. Poorly built, overcrowded housing
where many immigrants lived.
c. Citizens who opposed immigration
d. A large farm that usually specialized
in growing one kind of crop.
b. Poorly built, overcrowded
housing where many
immigrants lived
Which former slave used his/her pubic speaking skills
impressed the Anti-Slavery Society and gave regular lectures.
He/She was quoted on July 4th “The blessing in which you,
this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common...This Fourth of
July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.”
a.
Sojourner Truth
c.
William Lloyd Garrison
b.
Frederick Douglass d.
Harriet Tubman
b. Frederick Douglass
#50 The federal government obstructed abolitionists
between 1836 and 1844 from talking about the issue of
slavery on U.S. House of Representatives floor. This rule
was called what?
a. the silent treatment
b. hear no evil speak no evil
c. gag rule
d. vow of silence
c. gag rule
#51 What rebellion in 1831 made it dangerous
to voice antislavery sentiments in southern
states?
a. Nat Turner’s Rebellion
b. Whiskey Rebellion
c. Shays’ Rebellion
d. Bacon’s Rebellion
a. Nat Turner’s Rebellion
#52. What former slave was one of the most
famous conductors on the Underground
Railroad? He/She made 19 trips back into the
south to free more than 300 slaves and had a
$40,000 price on his/her head.
a. Nat Turner
b.Fredrick Douglass
c. Sojourner Truth
d.Harriet Tubman
d. Harriet Tubman