Social Changes in the Jackson Era - Quiz Quiz

Question 1

Which statement best describes the idea of true womanhood that dictated the role of women in the 1800s?

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B: Married women obeyed their husbands and stayed at home to raise their children.

Question 2

The roots of the Second Great Awakening were in

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B: Protestantism.

Question 3

The formation of some utopian communities in the 1800s was an example of

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A: an interest in creating an ideal or perfect society.

Question 4

In the 1800s, Dorothea Dix worked to improve conditions in

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B: prisons and hospitals.

Question 5

In the 1800s, most states had laws that prevented women from

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C: serving on a jury.

Question 6

Which movement worked to curtail the drinking of alcohol in the 1800s?

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C: the temperance movement

Question 7

In the 1800s, unmarried women in America had

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A: more rights than married women.

Question 8

Who started the common school movement?

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B: Horace Mann

Question 9

During the Second Great Awakening, how did revival meetings differ from traditional church services in America?

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B: Revival meetings were loud and exciting, while church services tended to be formal and quiet.

Social Changes in the Jackson Era - Quiz Quiz Answers