Historians have seen the reform movements of the 1830s and 1840s as both conservative and radical. Give at least two specific examples of how aspects of the movement were conservative (how they upheld institutions and values). Then suggest at least two examples of how other aspects were radical (how they overturned institutions and values). On balance, was reform a greater force for change or for preservation?
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a) slave-based plantation system b) ethnically homogeneous population c) strong Puritan communities d) high degree of economic equality
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A) praising them as results of the free market. B) joining socialists in their demands for government ownership of basic industries. C) fearing monopolistic power, yet being greedy for all the new goods and services. D) doing nothing, since most Americans were unaware of the vast changes in the economy.
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A) bonanza farms. B) open-range ranching. C) refrigerated railroad cars. D) sharecropping.
Which of the following statements is most consistent with the concept of representative government held by colonial Americans in 1763? a. An assembly is not representative unless all people twenty-one years of age and over have the right to vote. b. A person elected to a colonial assembly represents only the people from the region in which eligible votershad a chance to vote for him directly
c. A person elected to a colonial assembly represents the whole colony, not just the people from his district. d. The population must be approximately equal in each district from which an assembly's representatives arechosen.