Honors Unit 8-9 Study Guide

Who is known as the “Father of Public Education” for his work to create public schools and train teachers?

• William McGuffey

• Horace Mann

• Charles Finney

• James Polk

Which movement stressed truth through nature, reflection, and conscience?

• Nativism

• Temperance

• Transcendentalism

• Abolition

The Declaration of Sentiments was modeled after which historic document?

• Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

What did the Know-Nothing Party stand for?

• Abolition of slavery

• Expansion of women’s rights

• Opposition to immigrants and Catholics

• Creation of public schools

The “cult of domesticity” promoted what belief about women?

• Women should work in politics

• Women should remain in the home as moral guardians

• Women should join utopian communities

• Women should fight for equal pay

Who published The North Star?

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

The Second Great Awakening emphasized which key idea?

• Predestination

• Free will and personal salvation

• Strict Catholic sacraments

• Separation of church and state

Which event showed violent resistance to slavery in the South?

• Seneca Falls Convention

• Nat Turner’s Rebellion

• Underground Railroad

• Temperance Movement

Which of the following best describes Manifest Destiny?

• God gave the land to white men to convert Natives

• God destined Americans to be the greatest nation

• God wanted Americans to settle western land

• God wanted Americans to protect the environment

Mountain men played a vital role in western settlement because they:

• Protected wagon trains

• Carved out passages for wagon trains

• Supplied wagon trains with food and clothing

• Taught emigrants to drive oxen