According to the nineteenth-century "science" of phrenology, what could be discerned from the shape of an individual's skull?
her life expectancy
her likelihood of succumbing to infectious diseases
her future earning potential
her chances of having children
her character and intelligence
The nineteenth-century practice of placing American Indians on reservations was partially designed to
isolate and protect Indians from white society.
help "regenerate" the Indian.
allow Indians to develop to a point where they could assimilate into white society.
isolate and protect the Indians from white society, help "regenerate" them, and allow them to develop to a point where they could assimilate into white society.
None of these answers is correct.
Which of the following nineteenth-century leaders is primarily known for her pioneering work in the American feminist movement?
"Mother" Ann Lee
Harriet Tubman
Sjourner Truth
Rachel Eaton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
The 1848 Seneca Falls, New York convention on women's rights
issued a manifesto patterned after the Declaration of Independence.
asserted that women should have a place in society distinctly different from that of men.
refused to allow men to attend.
called on the government to treat both genders and all races with equality.
shied away from demanding female suffrage, as this was too radical.
In the early nineteenth century, the American Colonization Society
was founded by white Virginians opposed to slavery.
called for an immediate end to slavery.
Opposed the idea of compensation for owners who freed their slaves.
carried out a large-scale resettlement of freed slaves.
was strongly supported by American blacks.
In the 1830s and 1840s, abolitionists were divided
by radicals and moderates within their ranks.
over whether or not to use violence.
by calls for northern and southern separation.
over the question of female equality.
All these answers are correct.
Frederick Douglass
was born free but was sold into slavery as a youth.
wrote for William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper.
spent years lecturing in England against slavery.
was an ordained minister.
argued that blacks wanted only an end to slavery, and not full social equality.