Which of the following can be described as a standardized public activity, participated in by blacks and whites, males and females, which brought emotional release, sociability, and moral order to the frontier after 1800?
A. the camp meeting
B. the slave auction
C. the political "electioneering" rally
D. the barn raising
Answer: A
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A. Rallies in major northern cities B. Gatherings in the private homes of urban residents C. Itinerant preachers D. Mass production and distribution of newspapers and pamphlets
One unsuspected consequence of China's one-child family rule is
A. the mystery of a half million "missing" girls every year. B. the loophole that allows the Chinese to adopt as many children as they want. C. repeated anti-governmental uprisings in the countryside. D. the need to "import" women of a marriageable age. E. a precipitous drop in the Chinese population.
The federal government response to labor militancy was to
a. pass laws that made it harder for workers to unionize. b. pass laws that made it easier for workers to unionize. c. use army troops to attack striking workers. d. encourage employers to improve workers' pay and working conditions but not passing any laws requiring them to do so.
Which of the following individuals was a leading Transcendentalist?
A) Henry David Thoreau B) Edgar Allan Poe C) Herman Melville D) Nathaniel Hawthorne