Civil War and REconstruction DA review

Transcendentalist writer who was so upset by the war that he went to jail rather than pay taxes, which he though would be used to support the Mexican War

• Henry David Thoreau

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Zachary Taylor

• Stephen Kearny

Transcendentalism had many leaders, name three.

• Dial, Rolly, and Emily

• Waldo, Ralph, and Elizabeth

• Poe, Keets, and Espree

• Emerson, Thoreau, and Fuller

Who was the founding father of Transcendentalism?

• Thoreau
• Whitman
• Emerson
• Waldo

The Hudson River School had a specific topic to their art that usually focused on...

• landscapes, rivers, countrysides

• factories, industry, machines

• shipbuilders of the northeast

• slavery in the south

Which of the following is most likely a creation from the Hudson River School?

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How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization?

• Manufacturers produced goods to export overseas.
• Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers.
• Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers.
• Industrialists invested in cotton plantations.

Which of these occurred during early U.S. industrialization?  

• Manufacturers instituted a five-day workweek.  
• Labor laws required factories to provide a safe working environment.  
• Workers were required to attend schools to develop technical skills.  
• Production of goods transitioned from homes to factories.  

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially abolished slavery?

• The 13th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• The 15th Amendment

• The 19th Amendment

What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

• A law that protected the rights of fugitive slaves

• A law that abolished slavery in the United States

• A law that allowed slaveholders to claim escaped slaves in free states

• A law that granted freedom to all African Americans

What did the Fugitive Slave Act require the federal government to do?

• Abolish slavery in the United States

• Enforce the return of escaped slaves to the South

• Grant freedom to all African Americans

• Protect the rights of fugitive slaves