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Chapter 12

Chapter Review

Chapter Review

This activity contains 15 questions.

	The railroads   were the most important force behind inter-regional trade in the late 1840s. were largely complete by 1830. were less efficient than river traffic. ran primarily from the Northern states to the Southern states.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. Possession of an excellent harbor and proximity to a navigable river made the city of the largest in the United States by 1850.

	In the first half of the nineteenth century   the average immigrant quickly joined the middle class. immigration peaked around 1825. most immigrants were either Irish or German. most immigrants went to the South or West.

	What was the American System of manufacturing?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The movement stressed the prohibition of alcoholic beverages.

	The cult of domesticity emphasized that   women’s role was to preserve religion and the morals of a family. Christians had to be reborn before they could understand God. industrial production was not as suitable as household industries. members of the elite were enemies of true religion.

	Most members of the middle class believed their status was   inherited. willed by God. not high enough. the result of hard work.

	What was the role of women in the reform movement?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is also called the Church.

	Horace Mann believed that public education   would never work in New England. should be provided only for the professional class. should promote the virtues of the Roman Catholic Church. would be a great equalizer in American society.

	Reformers believed that the poor could best be helped through government welfare.    True  False

	The philosophical and literary movement centered on an idealistic belief in the divinity of individuals and nature is known as   Communism. Socialism. Transcendentalism. New Harmony.

	What tactics did the abolitionists use to mobilize public opinion?   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Within the question text below, there is one text entry field where you can enter your answer. The Convention called for full equality for women in the Declaration of Sentiments.

	All of the following statements about Frederick Douglass are true except   he was a consistent ally of Garrison’s Christian pacifism. he was a spellbinding public speaker. he had been a slave before becoming an influential abolitionist. he believed that political struggle was needed to end slavery.

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