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15 Cards in this Set
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Utopian communities were unlikely to attract much support because most Americans:
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saw property ownership as key to economic independence, but nearly all the utopian communities insisted members give up their property.
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By 1840, the temperance movement in the United States had:
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brought about a substantial decrease in the consumption of alcohol.
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Members of which one of the following groups were generally opposed to the temperance movement?
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Catholics
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What did reformers commonly believe about prisons and asylums?
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that they could rehabilitate individuals and then release them back into society
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Common schools:
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existed in every northern state by the time of the Civil War.
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William Lloyd Garrison:
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suggested that the North dissolve the Union to free itself of any connection to slavery.
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What did the Fourth of July represent to Frederick Douglass?
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the hypocrisy of a nation that proclaimed liberty but sanctioned slavery
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The gag rule:
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prevented Congress from hearing antislavery petitions.
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The death of Elijah Lovejoy in 1837:
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convinced many northerners that slavery was incompatible with white Americans’ liberties.
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The Seneca Falls Convention’s Declaration of Sentiments:
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condemned the entire structure of inequality between men and women.
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Institutions like jails, mental hospitals, and public schools were inspired by the conviction that those who passed through their doors could eventually be released to become productive, self-disciplined citizens.
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True
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Abolitionists said property rights were more important than personal liberty.
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False
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Most African-Americans enthusiastically favored the colonization idea and moving to Africa.
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False
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Abolitionists were among the first to appreciate the key role of public opinion in a mass democracy, focusing their efforts on awakening the nation to the moral evil of slavery.
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True
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The participants at Seneca Falls embraced the identification of the home as women’s “sphere.”
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False
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