Religion
True or false: From the 1850s-1860s, the Shakers established themselves as one of the fastest growing utopian communities in the United States.
F (explain)
Explain the outcome of the Election of 1844.
Birney, Polk, Clay, 3rd party
Compare and contrast Douglass’s and Garrison’s approaches toward abolitionism.
Degree of extremism (explain verbally)
Explain the Auburn system. How did attitudes toward it change throughout the 19th century?
System advocating for hard labor, enforced silence, solitary confinement, etc.
Dorothea Dix & prison reform -- mental illnesses should be treated, not sequestered within prisons
In the first half of the 1800s, most immigrants were ___. (bonus points for explanation)
Northwest European (Irish—potato famine, German—political unrest)
Explain the significance of the Burned Over District.
Region in New York where religious revival and the formation of new religious movements occurred during the 2nd great awakening. Mormons. Shakers.
Describe the platform of the Free Soil party. How did it influence the outcome of the Election of 1848?
Anti-slavery, NOT abolitionist
Van Buren ran in 1848 as the Free Soil Party candidate, was not necessarily anti-slavery but just against the expansion of slavery into western territory. Spoiled the election, stole enough votes so that Zachary Taylor won.
What were personal liberty laws? What did they illustrate about sectional tensions? How would an Irreconcilable view them?
Laws passed in northern states granting rights to freed black people and protection for fugitive slaves.
compromise --> failure
Explain Horace Mann’s contributions to education.
you're at UHS
By 1850, ___ was the primary form of transportation. (foot, animal, water, rail, automobile, aerial)
Rails
What Christian society, known for group marriage and perfectionist beliefs, settled in Central New York?
Oneida
Describe Whig attitudes toward the gag rule. What did these reveal about sectional tensions?
explain verbally
Explain the concept of popular sovereignty.
State is neither a free nor a slave state, it is up to the state to decide whether it will allow slavery within its borders. people choose
What famous novel, which depicted the struggles of US slaves and was famously (apocryphally) described by Abraham Lincoln as having sparked the Civil War?
Bonus: name the class of literature that emerged in response and featured benevolent, familial master-slave relationships
Uncle Tom's Cabin (explain)
William Harrison Slogan in election of 1840 and meaning
“Tippecanoe and Tyler too!”
Harrison, a renowned “Indian fighter,” earned the nickname “Old Tippecanoe” after victory in the Battle of Tippecanoe. Tyler is vice president
Name the Father of Old Revivalism. How did his beliefs support or limit women’s participation in the public sphere?
Finney – religion and volunteerism provided avenues for women to become involved outside the home; utilized women heavily in revival movements.
Candidates and parties in the Election of 1848
“Reintroduction” of slavery into politics, question of whether newly acquired territory should allow slavery.
Zack Taylor (Whig) vs Lewis Cass (Dem) vs Van Buren (free soil)
Taylor wins
Explain Transcendentalist perspectives on slavery (Thoreau, Emerson).
Thoreau w/Mexican-American War, Emerson supported abolition
What immigrant group arguably faced the greatest hostility due to the temperance movement?
Irish
What group, founded by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan, succeeded the American Colonization Society?
AAnSS
Name and describe three examples of utopian societies.
Brook Farms, Mormonism, Shakers, etc. – multiple possible answers
Explain the primary provisions of the Omnibus bill.
Compromise of 1850
1. California admitted as a free state
2. Addition of Utah and New Mexico (neither free nor slave state, popular sovereignty)
3. Fugitive Slave Act: return runaway slaves
4. Slave trade banned specifically in the Capitol
5. Texas surrendered claims to New Mexico, in exchange its debt was federally assumed
Sojourner Truth famous speech and significance.
Isabella Baumfree
Prominent figure in the women’s right movement and abolition movement, attempted to bridge the two separate movements.
Employed religious rhetoric to justify the rights of women and black people.
Famous speech “Ain’t I a woman.”
Explain Denmark Vesey’s Rebellion (who, what, where, why, significance)
Vesey, Charleston 1822, quashed, stoked abolitionist fears
Place in chronological order: Democracy in America, Brook Farm established, first Shaker community, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The North Star debut
Shakers, Democracy, Brook, Star, Tom