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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A The reform movement that attempted to create government support and education of prisoners in jail, patients in mental institutions, and establish orphanages. Another major shift advocated by this reform movement was the abolishment of work houses and double sponsors
B The reform movement that pushed for the limiting or elimination of the use of intoxicants (opioids, alcohol, tobacco)
C The extension of higher levels of education to the general public and including women (post secondary education like the Troy Seminary or Mount Holyoke)
D The reform movement that pushed for an elimination of prostitution. Participants argued women’s nature prevented them from having sexual desire, so prostitution was the result of women being forced into these positions by poverty and nale corruption.
Question #2
A The reform movement that challenged traditional understandings of gender roles, pushed for more open sexuality, challenged responsibilities of who raised and worked for childcare roles, and challenged traditional patriarchal structures.
B The reform movement that pushed for an elimination of prostitution. Participants argued women’s nature prevented them from having sexual desire, so prostitution was the result of women being forced into these positions by poverty and nale corruption.
C The reform movement that attempted to create government support and education of prisoners in jail, patients in mental institutions, and establish orphanages. Another major shift advocated by this reform movement was the abolishment of work houses and double sponsors
D The reform movement that sought to end slavery
Question #3
A The reform movement that sought to end slavery
B A religious revival that promoted the morality of women, encouraged women’s organizing within the church, and sanctioned emotionality within the church
C The reform movement that attempted to create government support and education of prisoners in jail, patients in mental institutions, and establish orphanages. Another major shift advocated by this reform movement was the abolishment of work houses and double sponsors
D The extension of higher levels of education to the general public and including women (post secondary education like the Troy Seminary or Mount Holyoke)
Question #4
A The reform movement that attempted to create government support and education of prisoners in jail, patients in mental institutions, and establish orphanages. Another major shift advocated by this reform movement was the abolishment of work houses and double sponsors
B The reform movement that sought to end slavery
C A religious revival that promoted the morality of women, encouraged women’s organizing within the church, and sanctioned emotionality within the church
D The reform movement that challenged traditional understandings of gender roles, pushed for more open sexuality, challenged responsibilities of who raised and worked for childcare roles, and challenged traditional patriarchal structures.
Question #5
A The reform movement that challenged traditional understandings of gender roles, pushed for more open sexuality, challenged responsibilities of who raised and worked for childcare roles, and challenged traditional patriarchal structures.
B The reform movement that sought to end slavery
C The reform movement that pushed for an elimination of prostitution. Participants argued women’s nature prevented them from having sexual desire, so prostitution was the result of women being forced into these positions by poverty and nale corruption.
D A religious revival that promoted the morality of women, encouraged women’s organizing within the church, and sanctioned emotionality within the church
Question #6
A The reform movement that pushed for the limiting or elimination of the use of intoxicants (opioids, alcohol, tobacco)
B The reform movement that challenged traditional understandings of gender roles, pushed for more open sexuality, challenged responsibilities of who raised and worked for childcare roles, and challenged traditional patriarchal structures.
C The reform movement that pushed for an elimination of prostitution. Participants argued women’s nature prevented them from having sexual desire, so prostitution was the result of women being forced into these positions by poverty and nale corruption.
D A religious revival that promoted the morality of women, encouraged women’s organizing within the church, and sanctioned emotionality within the church
Question #7
A The extension of higher levels of education to the general public and including women (post secondary education like the Troy Seminary or Mount Holyoke)
B The reform movement that pushed for the limiting or elimination of the use of intoxicants (opioids, alcohol, tobacco)
C The reform movement that pushed for an elimination of prostitution. Participants argued women’s nature prevented them from having sexual desire, so prostitution was the result of women being forced into these positions by poverty and nale corruption.
D The reform movement that challenged traditional understandings of gender roles, pushed for more open sexuality, challenged responsibilities of who raised and worked for childcare roles, and challenged traditional patriarchal structures.
Question #8
A Work and life-activities that take place outside of the home such as factory work, engagement in politics, or participation in public gatherings
B The reform movement that pushed for the limiting or elimination of the use of intoxicants (opioids, alcohol, tobacco)
C Work and life-activities that take place within the home such as domestic work, child-rearing, or education of etiquette and morality
D The extension of higher levels of education to the general public and including women (post secondary education like the Troy Seminary or Mount Holyoke)
Question #9
A The reform movement that pushed for the limiting or elimination of the use of intoxicants (opioids, alcohol, tobacco)
B Work and life-activities that take place within the home such as domestic work, child-rearing, or education of etiquette and morality
C Work and life-activities that take place outside of the home such as factory work, engagement in politics, or participation in public gatherings
D The extension of higher levels of education to the general public and including women (post secondary education like the Troy Seminary or Mount Holyoke)
Question #10
A True
B False
Question #11
A True
B False
Question #12
Godey’s Lady’s Book not only addressed fashion, the magazine included recipes, embroidery patterns, sheet music for the piano, suggestions of hairstyles, lessons in drawing, suggestions for interior decorating, and original American literature, including pieces by Hawthorne, Holmes, and Irving.
A False
B True
Question #13
A False
B True
Question #14
A True
B False
Question #15
A True
B False
Question #16
A True
B False
Question #17
A False
B True
Question #18
A True
B False
Question #19
A True
B False
Question #20
A False
B True
Question #21
A True
B False
Question #22
A False
B True
Question #23
A False
B True
Question #24
A False
B True
Question #25
A True
B False
Question #26
A True
B False
Question #27
A False
B True