1. Nineteenth-century America is marked by the rise of United States-based multinational and international corporations, the expansion of cotton production, and a “revival of slavery” in the North.
FALSE
2. There was a direct relationship between cotton production and the slave population in the 19th century American South
TRUE
3. The early 19th century is marked by government building of roads and canals to benefit private business and manufacturing enterprises. An example of this is the building of the Erie Canal in New York State.
TRUE
4. The Second Great Awakening was a religious counter-offensive led by women challenging the “cult of true womanhood”
FALSE
5. One of the most striking aspects of 19th century social reform in the United States was the emphasis reformers placed on establishing special institutions for dealing with social problems
TRUE
6. All important 19th century abolitionists were Northern whites associated with the New York Anti-Slavery Society located in Utica, New York
FALSE
7. Ralph Waldo Emerson is most closely associated with the notion of self-reliance and Henry David Thoreau is most closely associated with the idea of civil disobedience
TRUE
8. Emerson and Thoreau, while intellectuals, had no impact whatsoever on the thinking of 19th century Americans.
FALSE
9. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s work is most closely associated with the society and culture of New England; a society and culture steeped in a deep desire to create an authentic American national culture.
TRUE
10. Herman Melville’s work is most closely associated with the problems of good and evil---problems increasingly part of the 19th century American narrative. As such, Melville is understood as writing work that is, basically, counters to the Romantic nationalism and naturalism of the Transcendental Movement.
TRUE
11. The essential “Texas Question” was one of the expansion of slavery into new territories and states.
TRUE
12. The election of James K. Polk was a marker of the fact that many Americans embraced manifest destiny and expansionism
TRUE
13. The Mexican War resulted in the loss of Texas and California to Mexico.
FALSE
14. The Gold Rush of 1849 occurred in Arizona
FALSE
15. California was admitted to the Union as a free state.
TRUE
16. In a formal essay of 350-500 words: Discuss the goals/objectives AND successes/failures of five (5) mid-19th century American reform movements AND discuss the goals/objectives AND successes/failures of the Transcendental Movement. Support your points with specific information from the historical record and from your textbook and/or relevant video lectures and other course content materials. Be sure to properly cite ALL referenced materials.
In the mid 19th century there were many American movements from the 1849 gold rush in California, the Mexican war, the elected 11th president of the united states James Polk, government expansion of building roads and canal, and the increase of new private enterprises. in 1849 the gold rush in California more than two hundred thousand people coming from all directions seeking gold and hopes for finical freedom was the ultimate goal some causes can have negative effects men that made fortunes in a day turned around and gambled them away in an hour some just stolen in a instant. A need for government surely need the president declaring California a fee state, by October of 1849 slavery was abolished and
