1. Antebellum Culture and Society
Unit 4 Review
Antebellum Culture and Society

2. This writer was an influence to such significant historical figures as King and Gandhi.
Henry David Thoreau

3. He was the author of Last of the Mohicans.
James Fenimore Cooper

4. He was the editor of The Liberator.
William Lloyd Garrison
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5. These attached houses were the typical home of the urban family of the antebellum period.
Row Homes

6. Many a Civil War soldier wished that this medical development was available to battlefield physicians.
Anesthesia

7. So…if I fall and bump my head, does that mean I have a new personality according to this antebellum “science?”
Phrenology

8. This type of newspaper was a response to a corps of newly literate readers who wanted human interest news.
The Penny Press

9. This form of entertainment typically demeaned blacks.
Minstrel Shows

10. This style of painting focused on wild but not always realistic landscapes.
Hudson River School

11. This author of The Scarlet Letter was known for his pessimistic view of humanity.
Hawthorne

12. This transcendentalist stressed self-reliance.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

13. He invented the first steamboat suitable for river travel
He invented the first steamboat suitable for river travel. His design helped lead to better market access for interior states.
Robert Fulton

14. Antebellum middle and upper-class women were expected to stick to their traditional roles as a wife and mother. By what name was this known?
The Doctrine of Separate Spheres

15. Textile mills in these Massachusetts factory towns employed large numbers of young women.
Lowell and Waltham

16. What type of trade did Gibbons v
What type of trade did Gibbons v. Ogden affirm as a power of the national government?
Interstate Trade
Specifically, the case was about steamboat traffic on the Hudson River

17. What act of Congress led to the Trail of Tears?
The Indian Removal Act

18. This New York internal improvement linked the Hudson River and the Great Lakes.
The Erie Canal

19. Worcester v. Georgia was a Supreme Court case regarding what 1830s issue?
Indian Removal

20. The Burned Over District
Western New York earned this name after many 2nd Great Awakening revivals were held there.
The Burned Over District

21. Although the buying power of antebellum workers was greater, what was true of working class family income?
The cost of living was usually greater than the typical wage earned by a male head of the household
This often led to women and children working to supplement the income