US History

U.S. History Study Guide

11.13 Chapter Eleven Practice Exam 1. The temperance movement advocated: a. Reforms of U.S. prisons. b. Equal rights for women. c. Fair treatment for Native Americans. d. Abstention from drinking alcohol. e. Reforms in education. 2. All of the following were significant authors of the mid 1800s except: a. Frederick Douglass b. Ralph Waldo Emerson c. Henry David Thoreau d. Walt Whitman e. Thomas Paine 3. Some characteristics of the Second Great Awakening include all of the following except: a. Acceptance of African-Americans. b. Personal salvation. c. Women played a large role. d. Nationalistic. e. Started in the North. 4. During the Antebellum Period, the Auburn System was designed to: a. Create better conditions in mental facilities. b. Teach discipline in grade schools. c. Reform criminals. d. Educate freed blacks. e. Help men stay away from alcohol. 5. The Great Famine of Ireland in the 1840’s affected the United States in which of the following ways? a. A massive wave of Irish immigrants came to the United States. b. Led to an American shortage on potatoes. c. Led to a decline in the United States economy. d. Only a few Irish tried to come to the United States. e. American scientists discovered what went wrong with the potatoes and helped them get back on their feet.

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