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SOCIAL REFORMS, ANTI -SLAVERY MOVEMENT, & MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Who called on his readers to strive for true individuality in the face of intense social pressures for conformity: “Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members....The virtue in most request is conformity....Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.”a. Ralph Waldo Emersonb. Henry Thoreauc. Frederick Douglassd. Dorothea Dix
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Mexican American War?a. Mexico refused to recognize Texan
independence b. United States that the annexation of
Texasc. the movement of American pioneers into
lands claimed by Mexicod. the U.S. government tried to reconquer
territory controlled by Mexico
Which runaway slave was called “Moses” because this person helped other runaway slaves to freedom?
A) Harriet TubmanB) Frederick DouglassC) Josiah Henson D) Sojourner Truth
Which of the following was the “Most influential” in addressing the views of abolitionists and suffragists?a. Harriet Tubmanb. Susan B. Anthonyc. Sojourner Truth d. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who was the first runaway slave to speak out against the practice of slavery?
A) Harriet TubmanB) Frederick DouglassC) Josiah Henson D) Sojourner Truth
Why were the stories by Solomon Northup more believable than Mammy Harriet?a. Solomon was once a free man that
was kidnapped and sold in to slaveryb. Mammy Harriet’s account was
written by a slave owner’s daughter c. Solomon work in the fields as a slaved. Mammy Harriet was a house slave
Which of the following was NOT an effect of Nat Turner’s Rebellion?a. Slaves received more severe
punishments for praying aloudb. White southerners became paranoid
about future slave rebellionsc. It failed to inspire other people to begin
future slave rebellionsd. Violence increased against slaves.
Which of the following former slaves was considered the most loyal to his master?
A) Harriet TubmanB) Frederick DouglassC) Josiah Henson D) Sojourner Truth
Which of the following was true about the slave codes?a. A slave may be a witness in any case
against a white person. b. Any person who teaches a slave to
read and write shall not be punishedc. Slaves shall always be considered real
estate, and may be mortgaged according to the rules of law.
d. A slave can own anything
True/False
An argument for opponents of the War with Mexico was that the war would benefit the Mexican people by bringing them the blessings of democracy and liberty.
True/False
The most significant result of the Mexican War was to reignite the question of slavery in the southern territories.
True/False
According to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, United States ceded to Mexico California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, and Wyoming for $15 million.
True/False
The Mexican American War was controversial because supporters of the war denounced the war as an immoral land grab by an expansionistic power against a weak neighbor that had been independent barely two decades.
True/False
The colony in West Africa established by the American Colonization Society was very successful in getting freed slaves to migrate.
True/False
Transcendentalism was a belief that each person contains infinite and godlike potentialities; an emphasis on emotion and the senses over reason and intellect.
