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Middle-class life in the early nineteenth century was characterized by all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | rising income and living standards. |
| | B) | the ability to buy consumer goods. |
| | C) | involvement of family members in voluntary associations. |
| | D) | all family members being engaged in productive labor in the home. |
| | E) | home being seen as a private enclave and retreat from commercial life. |
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According to the doctrine of woman's sphere, or separate spheres, married women did all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | share distinctive values and character traits. |
| | B) | assume prime responsibility for child-rearing. |
| | C) | take charge of moral and religious life. |
| | D) | exert influence over other family members. |
| | E) | exercise power in public affairs. |
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Which of the following statements most accurately describes the connection between gender and religion in the early nineteenth century? |
| | A) | Female converts outnumbered male converts in the Second Great Awakening. |
| | B) | Males constituted the bulk of congregations in the decades following the Second Great Awakening. |
| | C) | Ministers proclaimed that men surpassed women in spiritual strength and moral influence. |
| | D) | Church membership connoted downward mobility for women and men. |
| | E) | Churches barred women from participation in voluntary benevolent societies and charitable ventures. |
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Which of the following statements most accurately describes a facet of health care and/or reproductive life in the early nineteenth century? |
| | A) | The incidence of premarital pregnancy declined. |
| | B) | The fertility rates of white women steadily rose. |
| | C) | Marriage manuals recommended use of contraception. |
| | D) | Physicians assumed decreasing roles in childbirth. |
| | E) | The medical profession embraced women, who constituted 50% of all doctors. |
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All of the following statements accurately describe aspects of women's education in the early nineteenth century EXCEPT: |
| | A) | Emma Willard's plea to New York legislators in 1819 stressed idealistic goals over utilitarian considerations. |
| | B) | By 1850, at least half the nation's women could read and write. |
| | C) | In its early years, Mount Holyoke Seminary trained hundreds of missionaries and teachers. |
| | D) | Expansion of common schools created many jobs for women teachers. |
| | E) | Low pay made women desirable to school boards as teachers. |
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Educator Catherine Beecher is known for |
| | A) | founding a female academy in Troy, New York. |
| | B) | recruiting teachers to send west to staff common schools. |
| | C) | promoting female education and woman suffrage. |
| | D) | urging acceptance of women in professional schools of law, medicine, and divinity. |
| | E) | founding the nation's first accredited women's college. |
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Prominent women authors of the early nineteenth century included all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | Lydia Maria Child. |
| | B) | Lydia Sigourney. |
| | C) | Mary Lyon. |
| | D) | Harriet Beecher Stowe. |
| | E) | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. |
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Women employed in industry in the early nineteenth century included all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | piece workers who labored at home in various trades. |
| | B) | shoe workers in New England factories. |
| | C) | textile workers in New England mills. |
| | D) | textile workers in southern mills. |
| | E) | urban seamstresses who stitched men's clothing. |
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All of the following statements about the Lowell mills in the 1830s and 1840s are true EXCEPT: |
| | A) | The female work force was large, made up of primarily migrants from rural New England. |
| | B) | Most of the work force lived in company-run boarding houses. |
| | C) | The labor force was equally divided between men and women. |
| | D) | Labor protests arose against long hours, wage cuts, and speedups. |
| | E) | A company-sponsored publication, the Lowell Offering, contained the writings of mill workers. |
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Which of the following statements most accurately describes population movement in the years 1800 to 1860? |
| | A) | New England textile workers were the only migrants from rural to urban areas. |
| | B) | City life attracted primarily the wealthy and propertied. |
| | C) | Immigrants from England, Ireland, and Germany settled first in rural areas. |
| | D) | The number of urban places multiplied ten times over. |
| | E) | As cities grew, westward migration declined. |
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All of the following statements reflect the experience of westward migration for women EXCEPT: |
| | A) | Westward moves often involved separation from familiar routines, personal possessions, and female companionship. |
| | B) | Hardships and hazards included storms, insects, and disease. |
| | C) | Women strove to establish familiar institutions such as homes, schools, and churches. |
| | D) | In the Far West, male migrants vastly outnumbered women. |
| | E) | Most women who moved west returned to the East. |
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The following statement most accurately describes the lives of Hispanic women on the Mexican borderland: |
| | A) | Men outnumbered women in communities on the Mexican borderland such as Santa Fe and San Antonio. |
| | B) | Barred by law from trades and crafts, Hispanic women had few means of self-support. |
| | C) | United States penetration of the Mexican borderland increased the independence of Hispanic women. |
| | D) | Rigid forms of sexual subjugation distinguished life for women on the Mexican frontier. |
| | E) | Hispanic women on the Mexican frontier held legal rights that Anglo-American women lacked. |
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The impact of westward expansion on Native American women is described in all of the following statements EXCEPT: |
| | A) | It probably reinforced traditions of male dominance among western Native Americans. |
| | B) | It often meant partial assimilation to white culture among western Native Americans. |
| | C) | It eliminated or diminished Native American economies of western Native Americans. |
| | D) | It enhanced female autonomy among Native Americans who remained in the East. |
| | E) | It ended tribal autonomy and linked power to contact with outsiders. |
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All of the following affected the experience of antebellum southern white women EXCEPT: |
| | A) | The South rejected changes that might challenge patriarchy. |
| | B) | Many women left family farms to take paid employment. |
| | C) | Wives of planters often assumed supervisory roles on plantations. |
| | D) | Wives of farmers continued roles in household production. |
| | E) | The rural environment limited social life and opportunity for association. |
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When assessing the connection between gender and slavery, historians generally agree that |
| | A) | most southern white women wished an immediate end to slavery as an institution. |
| | B) | for white women, divisions of color and class were more significant than divisions of gender. |
| | C) | slavery had no impact on gender roles among white people. |
| | D) | only southern men benefited from the institution of slavery. |
| | E) | white women's diaries ignored any mention of slavery. |
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