Jacksonian Era Study Guide

How did the idea of True Womanhood affect the role of women in society in the 1800s?

• It gave women increased freedom to get involved in politics.

• It created educational and career barriers for women.

• It enabled women to get an education and compete for jobs.

• It opened up employment opportunities for women.

One long-term effect of the Seneca Falls Convention was that it

• established Lucretia Mott as an activist.

• made it easier to fight for women’s rights.

• showed that women could protest effectively.

• helped married women gain special privileges.

In the 1840s, why did so many German people move to the United States?

• There was a famine in Germany due to the failure of the potato crop.

• War drove many German refugees from their homes.

• Several religious groups suffered persecution in Germany.

• Political unrest in Germany led to the desire for more freedom.

In contrast with earlier waves of immigration, many immigrants in the first half of the 1800s came from

• France

• Spain

• Africa

• Ireland

Enslaved people who were house workers often

• cleared the land.

• took care of children.

• repaired buildings.

• worked as mechanics.

One demand of the abolition movement, which grew out of the Second Great Awakening, was

• a restoration of the African slave trade.

• an increase in the African slave trade.

• the immediate freeing of all enslaved people.

• the gradual freeing of some enslaved people.

What was one effect of the Second Great Awakening on religion in the United States?

• African Americans converted to Catholicism.

• The Baptist and Methodist churches were founded.

• Most people joined utopian communities to improve society.

• Church attendance greatly increased across the country.

In the 1800s, American women could not vote because

• state constitutions did not allow it.

• state governors did not extend that right.

• they were not taxpaying citizens.

• they did not own land or property.

What is the main reason southerners might have supported Henry Clay’s American System?

• The American System promised to help their industries obtain raw materials.

• The American System promised to help transport crops to northern markets.

• The American System promised to benefit the southern economy the most.

• The American System promised to improve overseas trade with Europe.

In the 1700s, James Watt caused a revolution in transportation by improving

• the spinning mill.

• railroad cars.

• road construction.

• the steam engine.