Multiple Choice Quiz


1	The tactic of "visiting" accomplished the following:
		A)	It enabled members of benevolent societies to socialize with one another.
		B)	It encouraged poor women and well-off women to form cross-class friendships.
		C)	It took members of benevolent societies into the homes of the poor.
		D)	It enabled ministers to participate in meetings of female benevolent societies.
		E)	It permitted members of benevolent societies to hold meetings in churches.


2	All of the following statements described female voluntary benevolence in the early nineteenth century EXCEPT:
		A)	Women's benevolent societies raised funds for charitable causes.
		B)	Women's benevolent societies ran institutions such as orphan asylums, shelters, and refuges.
		C)	Some women's benevolent societies provided employment for poor women.
		D)	Members of maternal societies shared methods of raising pious children.
		E)	Only married women could serve as treasurers of women's benevolent societies.


3	Which of the following statements accurately describes the moral reform movement?
		A)	Although limited to New York City, moral reform involved large numbers of enthusiastic women.
		B)	Moral reformers sought to end prostitution, punish seducers, and impose a single standard of sexual morality on men and women.
		C)	The women's moral reform movement was an auxiliary of a larger moral reform organization run by men.
		D)	Moral reform was a movement of urban women to curtail migration from the countryside.
		E)	The moral reform movement was an ally of the abolitionist movement.


4	All of the following statements accurately describe the institution of slavery in the early nineteenth century EXCEPT:
		A)	Expansion of cotton production decreased the value of slaves.
		B)	Establishment of new states like Mississippi and Alabama increased demand for slave labor.
		C)	Growing fear of rebellion and outside interference made slavery a more oppressive institution.
		D)	Slave codes became more restrictive and stringent.
		E)	Emancipation of slaves became more difficult.


5	The "abroad marriage" among slaves refers most specifically to
		A)	a union between slaves who lived on different plantations.
		B)	a union between slaves that was not recognized by owners.
		C)	a union between slaves who lived in different states.
		D)	a slave union that had been terminated by divorce.
		E)	a union between a house servant and a field worker.


6	All of the following statements describe aspects of family life among enslaved people in the early nineteenth century EXCEPT:
		A)	Slave codes provided that offspring of slaves belonged to the mother's owner.
		B)	Marriages between slaves were legal contracts.
		C)	Many marital unions between slaves were terminated by involuntary separation.
		D)	An "outside" child refers to a slave child born before or outside of marriage.
		E)	Slaves typically relied on broad kinship networks that involved a variety of relatives.


7	Harriet Jacobs' book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861) can be most accurately described as
		A)	a protest against sexual exploitation under slavery.
		B)	an antislavery tract written by a northern white abolitionist.
		C)	a proslavery tract written by a white southerner.
		D)	a best-selling novel of the Civil War era.
		E)	a history of women in slavery.


8	All of the following statements accurately describe female antislavery societies EXCEPT:
		A)	In the 1830s, over 100 female antislavery societies were formed.
		B)	Some women in antislavery societies served as antislavery agents, or lecturers.
		C)	Women in antislavery societies engaged in petition campaigns and fundraising.
		D)	Female antislavery societies arose only in New England.
		E)	Members of female antislavery societies expressed sympathy and compassion for enslaved women.


9	All of the following phrases describes the Grimké sisters EXCEPT:
		A)	fugitives from slavery who became prominent abolitionists
		B)	daughters of a prominent South Carolina family
		C)	members of a Philadelphia female antislavery society
		D)	antislavery lecturers in the 1830s
		E)	evoked criticism and controversy in their roles as antislavery agents


10	The "woman question" in the antislavery movement can be most accurately described as a controversy over whether
		A)	African-American women and white women could join the same antislavery societies.
		B)	African-American women could form separate antislavery societies.
		C)	antislavery women could initiate petition campaigns.
		D)	women and men could belong to the same antislavery societies.
		E)	women could assume roles as antislavery lecturers.


11	Margaret Fuller's work Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1845) can be most accurately described as
		A)	a book urging independence from male domination.
		B)	a history of women in the United States.
		C)	an argument for woman suffrage.
		D)	a tract urging abolition of marriage and private property.
		E)	a compilation of writings by New England women authors.


12	Which of the following utopian communities maintained a tradition of celibacy?
		A)	the Oneida community
		B)	Mormon communities
		C)	Fourierist communities
		D)	transcendental communities
		E)	Shaker communities


13	Married women's property rights laws in antebellum decades might accomplish any of the following EXCEPT:
		A)	gave women control over their real and personal property
		B)	gave women rights to their own earnings
		C)	protected property from a husband's creditors
		D)	enabled a third party to control a wife's estate
		E)	ended some disabilities of feme covert status


14	The Seneca Falls Declaration of 1848 included all of the following EXCEPT:
		A)	a denunciation of male tyranny.
		B)	a critique of psychological domination.
		C)	a protest against unequal legal rights.
		D)	a demand for enfranchisement of women.
		E)	an affirmation of religious commitment


15	The women's rights movement of the 1850s is most accurately described as follows:
		A)	exercised the right of suffrage
		B)	evoked widespread support
		C)	won clerical approval
		D)	depended on formal organization
		E)	ran conventions in varied locations

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