Week 13 U.S. History: Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses 1820-1860

 

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U.S. History Week 13

Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820-1860

I designed a quiz related to chapter 13 at the bottom of this article.

Directions for the quiz:

1. Scroll down & click on the first thumbnail to enlarge to full screen.
2. Choose an answer for each question.
3. Click on the graphic to advance to the next screen.
4. The correct answer is on the screen following the question.
5. Compare your answers with those provided.
6. If you cannot easily see the correct answer, check the captions.

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Review the following Chapter 13 pages:

• Introduction
• An Awakening of Religion and Individualism
• Antebellum Communal Experiments
• Reforms to Human Health
• Addressing Slavery
• Women’s Rights
• Key Terms
• Summary

Practice learning Chapter 13 Key Terms on Quizlet.

Week 13 Videos

• History Brief: The Temperance Movement (5:08)
• The History of Latter-Day Saints (5:50)
• Biography: William Loyd Garrison (2:52)
• Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Psychology of Self-Reliance (5:51)
• Crash Course: Women in the 19th Century (13:10)
• Walking in Nature: Henry David Thoreau (6:25)

Review the following information featuring the U.S.:

• Maryland (7:36)
• Massachusetts (8:20)
• Ulysses S. Grant: The Locket Story
• Julia Grant’s Bad Hat Story
• Rutherford Birchard Hayes: The Jackson-Hayes-Clinton Connection
• Lucy Webb Hayes and the WCTU Portrait

Additional Resources:

• Chapter 13 Review Questions
• Chapter 13 Critical Thinking Questions
• Chapter 13 Partial Answer Key

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U.S. History Week 13 Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses 1820-1860 

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____ emphasized self-knowledge and individualism.
Answer choices include: Predestination,
Theism, Transcendentalism, Colloquium

The correct answer is Transcendentalism.

The ___ Great Awakening focused on renouncing one’s
sinful past and living a Christ-centered life.
Answer choices include: First, Second, Third, Eternal

The correct answer is Second.

Ministers of the Antebellum Period who did
not have fixed congregations were called ____.
Answer choices include: circus performers,
circuit riders, Presbyterians, Catholics

The correct answer is circuit riders.

Who founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church?
Answer choices include: Charles Grandison Finney,
Robert Fox, Booker T. Washington, Richard Allen

The correct answer is Richard Allen.

Who wrote Civil Disobedience and lived
two years in a small cabin by Walden Pond?
Answer choices include: Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Margaret Fuller, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman

The correct answer is Henry David Thoreau.

___ communities believed men & women were equal,
didn’t own private items,
danced expressively, & strove for self-reliance.
Answer choices include: Shaker,
Ephrata Cluster, Rappite, Oneida

The correct answer is Shaker.

In 1830, ___ claimed he was visited by an angel,
wrote down his revelations, & founded
a religious utopian group, the ___.
Answer choices include: Quakers,
Mennonites, Mormons, Owenites

The correct answer is Mormons.

Lyman Beecher and others encouraged
temperance, limiting the use of ____.
Answer choices include:
drugs, slavery, alcohol, smoking

The correct answer is alcohol.

___, or associating specific areas of the brain with certain attributes,
was popular in the 1820-1840s.  Answer choices include:
Phrenology, Psychiatry, Acupuncture, Reflexology

The correct answer is Phrenology.

Jefferson and others advocated for ___, or displacing
free African Americans out of the country.
Answer choices include:
concentration camps, colonization, genocide, extermination

The correct answer is colonization.

David Walker promoted the first
African American newspaper called ___.
Answer choices include:
Freedom's Journal, The Liberator,
Pennsylvania Gazette, Boston Herald

The correct answer is Freedom's Journal.

The leader of the abolitionist movement,
___ utilized moral suasion to reject slavery.
Answer choices include: Thomas Jefferson,
William Loyd Garrison, Nat Turner, Elijah Lovejoy

The correct answer is William Loyd Garrison.

In 1840, who was the Liberty Party’s candidate for President?
Answer choices include: William Henry Harrison,
Henry Clay, Martin Van Buren, James G. Birney

The correct answer is James G. Birney.

After escaping slavery, ___ wrote an autobiography
that resulted in fleeing the United States.
Answer choices include: Frederick Douglass,
Lydia Marie Child, Lyman Beecher, Sylvester Graham

The correct answer is Frederick Douglass.

The AASS forbade free Black men and any
woman from holding a leadership position.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is true.

Sarah and Angelina Grimké stepped out
of traditional women’s roles by ___.
Answer choices include: becoming medical doctors,
lecturing to men, seeking abortions, working in construction

The correct answer is lecturing to men.

Who of the following was NOT a feminist in the 1840s?
Answer choices include: Susan B. Anthony,
Lucy Stone, Abigail Adams, Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The correct answer is Abigail Adams.

Catharine Beecher advocated for women’s roles as ___.
Answer choices include: educators, nurses, mothers, farmers

The correct answer is educators.

Who became the first Black woman to
win a lawsuit against a White person?
Answer choices include: Harriet Tubman,
Henrietta Purvis, Sojourner Truth, Maria W. Stewart

The correct answer is Sojourner Truth.

In the 1840s, most feminists pushed for focusing on the
rights of Black women before those of White women.
Answer choices include: true, false

The correct answer is false.

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