Question 1

Sylvester Graham encouraged people to eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Nearly a quarter of the population of New Orleans died in 1833 as a result of a cholera outbreak.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Edgar Allan Poe's writings focused on the bleak nature of the human spirit and emotions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The nineteenth-century reformer Horace Mann believed that education should promote

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A)   capitalism.
B)   democracy.
C)   Christianity.
D)   economic equality.
E)   racial equality.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

The American Colonization Society called for the gradual freeing of slaves and monetary compensation to slaves' former owners.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Prior to 1860,prison reform in the United States

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A)   focused on punishment, not on rehabilitation.
B)   included the practice of solitary confinement.
C)   led to widespread calls to end capital punishment.
D)   began largely in the West and spread to the East.
E)   decried the racial bias of the judicial system.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

Exam 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform Key

Nearly a quarter of the population of New Orleans died in 1833 as a result of a cholera outbreak.

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Edgar Allan Poe's writings focused on the bleak nature of the human spirit and emotions.

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Sylvester Graham encouraged people to eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat.

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The nineteenth-century reformer Horace Mann believed that education should promote

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The American Colonization Society called for the gradual freeing of slaves and monetary compensation to slaves' former owners.

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Prior to 1860,prison reform in the United States

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Exam 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform Key

Nearly a quarter of the population of New Orleans died in 1833 as a result of a cholera outbreak.

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Edgar Allan Poe's writings focused on the bleak nature of the human spirit and emotions.

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Sylvester Graham encouraged people to eat more fruits and vegetables and less meat.

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The nineteenth-century reformer Horace Mann believed that education should promote

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The American Colonization Society called for the gradual freeing of slaves and monetary compensation to slaves' former owners.

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Prior to 1860,prison reform in the United States

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