Module 16 Test Review

Why did many native-born citizens feel threatened by newly arrived immigrants?

• They feared having to pay higher labor costs to employ skilled immigrants.
• They feared losing their jobs to immigrants who would work for less money.
• They were concerned immigrants would take farmland in the Midwest from native-born citizens.
• They were concerned Protestant immigrants would follow their religious leaders in Europe instead of U.S. law.

Which of the following describes the conditions of major cities in the mid-1800s?

• well planned and accessible to a diverse group of people
• lacking basic sanitation and public services
• lightly populated with wide-open streets
• needing more jobs and manufacturing

Which of the following were problems in major cities in the mid-1800s? Select the three (3) correct answers.

• criminal activity
• no access to clean water
• overcrowded apartment buildings
• few jobs
• noisy public trash removal

Which of the following was a central belief of transcendentalism?

• People should live their lives with disregard for the interests of others.
• People should judge others by how much money and possessions they had.
• People should follow established rules of society instead of questioning authority.
• People should seek out their own insights instead of relying on traditional authorities.

What ideas did artists in the Romantic movement in the U.S. express?

• refining the rules of society to address new technology and innovation
• rejecting established rules and showing the beauty of nature
• incorporating religion into multiple parts of everyday life
• conquering nature for the advantage of mankind

Which of the following was an effect of the Second Great Awakening?

• A new interest in religion spread throughout New England and the South.
• Most people followed traditional forms of religion in the U.S.
• A number of people were inspired to start new businesses throughout the country.
• New laws protecting economic opportunity and civil rights were enacted.

What was the goal of the temperance movement?

• to build facilities to care for the mentally ill
• to limit the consumption of alcoholic beverages
• to enact federal laws outlawing the use of alcohol
• to persuade people to attend church more regularly

What was the goal of Horace Mann’s common-school movement?

• Children should all receive a free, private education.
• Children from all backgrounds should receive an education.
• Children from rural areas should go to school with children from urban areas.
• Children should attend school for only a few years and then work to support their family.

What was the purpose of the Underground Railroad?

• to transport freed slaves back to Africa
• to help freed slaves find jobs in Canada
• to help escaped slaves get out of the South
• to hide escaped slaves on farms in the North

Why did northern workers oppose the abolition movement?

• They hoped to earn enough money to own slaves eventually.
• They feared that freed slaves would threaten their way of life.
• They hoped to keep the price of cotton low to help cloth factories in the North.
• They feared that freed slaves would come and compete for jobs in the North.