Politics and Reform review
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- Q1What change allowed more people to vote in America in the 1830’s?Men who didn’t own property were allowed to vote.Non citizens were allowed to vote.Women were allowed to voteAfrican Americans were allowed to vote30sEditDelete
- Q2What change broadened democratic rights in Presidential elections in the 1830’s?Most States allowed people to pick the electors for Presidential votes.We got rid of the electoral college.Senators picked the electors for Presidential votes.All people could vote30sEditDelete
- Q3How did the process for choosing presidential candidates change in the 1800's?The Supreme Court choseA caucus system where the Senate chose.The old president chose the candidates.Nominating conventions in the states chose30sEditDelete
- Q4What was the Second Great Awakening?A Protestant religious revival in the early 1800sAn African American cultural revolutionA group of women suffragettesA type of Native American religious dance30sEditDelete
- Q5What changes did Horace Mann work towards in the education system?Tax funded public schoolsMore training for teachersNon-religious based educationAll of the above30sEditDelete
- Q6How did prisons change in the 1800s?They became more focused on rehabilitation and less focused on punishment.They made punishment so severe that crime disappeared.They became more brutal because people didn’t value the lives of criminalsThey did away with traditional prisons and shipped all the criminals to Australia.30sEditDelete
- Q7What rights did the Native Americans have in the 1800's?They were able to own whatever property they wanted.They could practice their religions as they saw fit without government interference.They were able to vote in local and national electionsNone of these30sEditDelete
- Q8How did Dorethea Dix help reform mental institutions?Solitary confinement and better conditionsTreatment and better conditionsClosing mental Asylums and placing in group homesAdding nurses and doctors30sEditDelete
- Q9What was the spoils system?Appointing loyal political supporters to government positionsGiving jobs to the most qualified peopleFighting your enemiesUsing mudslinging to campaign30sEditDelete
- Q10What early political party was formed because of slavery?DemocratWhigRepublicanDemocratic-Republican30sEditDelete
- Q11What modern political party generally believes ithe federal government should take and active part in peoples lives?DemocratsRepublicansDemocratic-RepublicansFederalists30sEditDelete