Ch. 14 and 15 AP US

1.

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The term Burned-Over District refers to

) disillusionment in certain parts of the Northeast when Christ’s second coming did not occur as predicted.

parts of western New York that were inundated with sermoners preaching hellfire and damnatio

regions of New England that were overcrowded, overgrown, and increasingly run-down

sections of the frontier that were overwhelmed with multiple revivals

factory districts in New England that were ravaged by fires in the early 1800s

2.

1 point

Who founded the Mormon religion (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)?

Charles Finney

Peter Cartwright

William Miller

Brigham Young

Joseph Smith

3.

1 point

German immigrants to America differed from the Irish in all of the following ways EXCEPT that

Germans settled in the MidWest rather than eastern cities

Germans became outspoken opponents of slavery

many Germans left their homeland for political reasons.

German immigrants tended to be poorer.

only a minority of Germans were Roman Catholic.

4.

1 point

The invention of the cotton gin in 1793 contributed to the Civil War nearly seventy years later because

tobacco became a secondary cash crop

King Cotton eventually made up 60 percent of U.S. imports.

) it indirectly spurred industrialization in New England

British mills bought the majority of cotton pro- duced in the South.

it renewed the demand for slaves in the South

5.

1 point

What is the significance of Seneca Falls in 1848?

The rise of the universal suffrage movement

The start of a dress reform crusade

The advent of the women’s rights movement

The beginning of the abolition movement

The birth of the industrial revolution

6.

1 point

The nineteenth century cult of domesticity is best defined as the

idea that women should determine family size

celebration of women’s roles within the home

belief that women should only work as household help, maids, and cooks.

new innovations that simplified housework and freed up women’s time.

notion that upon marriage, women should leave their paid jobs

7.

1 point

The sixth president of the United States

Andrew Jackson

Thomas Jefferson

John Qunicy Adams

James Monroe

Martin Van Buren

8.

1 point

The inventor of the cotton gin

Samuel Slater

Isaac Singer

Horace Greenwell

Frances Cabot

Eli Whitney

9.

1 point

Robert Fulton’s development of the steamboat was significant for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that it

helped fuel further development of the West.

facilitated trade with interior and southern regions

relied on making the best use of currents

shortened travel time and lowered costs

transformed streams into two-way transportation arteries

10.

1 point

New England was well suited to becoming an industrial center for all of the reasons below EXCEPT that

its land was too rocky and difficult to farm.

its seaports made importing raw materials and exporting finished goods easier. (D) its fast-flowing rivers provided the perfect power source for factory cogs.

t was hardest hit by the lack of imported goods during the War of 1812.

its dense population provided a ready labor force and customer base for factory-produced goods.

its seaports made importing raw materials and exporting finished goods easier.

11.

1 point

Clinton's Big Ditch was the canal from

Great Lakes to New York

Philadelphia to New York

Hudson Bay to Hudson River

Virginia to Washington

12.

1 point

Who is considered the father of the American factory system?

Isaac Singer

Eli Whitney

Samuel Slater

Francis Cabot

Moses Brown

13.

1 point

Which of these was NOT a cause for the antiforeign or nativist movement that emerged in the 1840s and 1850s?

Fear that foreigners would outnumber native-born Americans

Fear that immigrants would drive wages down and compete for jobs

Rampant anti-Catholicism

Concern that increased immigration would drive up land price

Concern that immigrants would outvote native- born Americans

14.

1 point

Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the Second Great Awakening?

It had its greatest appeal to men, who constituted the majority of new religious adherent

It drew new converts from massive camp or revival meetings.

It inspired several reform movements

It was a religious movement that led to the reorganization of many existing churches and the founding of new sects.

It widened existing class and regional divisions

15.

1 point

The transcendentalist movement of the 1830s

embraced the communal influences of the church and other institutions

put the greater good ahead of the individual’s needs

celebrated the power of the individual spirit

argued that laws and government were the key to social order.

believed that human beings attain knowledge through the five senses.

16.

1 point

All of the following contributed to an increased influx of new immigrants to America in the nineteenth century EXCEPT that

Europe was running out of room for its rapidly expanding population.

new technologies made transatlantic travel faster and cheaper.

letters from American loved ones beckoned family to join them.

companies seeking workers offered lucrative incentives

America was perceived as the land of opportunity

17.

1 point

The reformer Dorothea Dix is best known for

educational reform

championing the mentally ill.

labor reform

abolition

temperance.

18.

1 point

Which of the following was NOT among the many Utopian communities that sprang up in the early to mid-nineteenth century?

Brook Farm

Oneida

Quakers

New Harmony

Shakers

19.

1 point

A major difference between the Great Awakening and Second Great Awakening was that

the population targeted by the Second Great Awakening was less diverse than during colonial times

the Great Awakening was unsuccessful at reviving religious fervor

the Great Awakening was much larger in scope than the Second Great Awakening

the Second Great Awakening encompassed a return to Catholic and Jewish ideals

the Second Great Awakening manifested in reform movements that attempted to dramatically change American society.

20.

1 point

As embraced by many of the Founding Fathers, Deism

was rooted in strict adherence to the Bible

stressed that God created the world but trusted the moral capacity of human beings to run i

celebrated God’s hand in the daily workings of the world

embraced Original Sin and Christ’s divinity

emphasized that a person’s fate was predestined and known only by God