Sarah Hale portrayed women as especially __________. A) suited ...

[lilldybug07]

Question 1

What led to the Panic of 1819? Why were western farmers particularly hard hit by the depression that followed?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Why was the question of Missouris admission to the Union controversial? How was the controversy resolved?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

In the opinion of Sarah Hale, what was the source of womens influence on American life?
 
  A) their role as nurturers and caretakers
  B) their capacity for hard work
  C) their desire for the same rights as men
  D) their sexuality

Question 4

Which of the following was a core value of the American Victorians?
 
  A) the absolute equality of men and women
  B) disdain for manual labor
  C) the importance of social classes
  D) belief in the significance of the individual

Question 5

Who wrote Rip Van Winkle?
 
  A) Sarah Hale
  B) William Cullen Bryant
  C) James Fenimore Cooper
  D) Washington Irving

Question 6

Sarah Hale portrayed women as especially __________.
 
  A) suited to public life
  B) devout
  C) intelligent
  D) suited to hard labor

[amy.lauersdorf90]

Answer 1

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  The Second Bank of the United States played a major role in triggering the Panic of 1819.
  


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  The Second Bank sought to regulate the national economy through loans to state and local banks.
  


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  In 1819, the Second Bank clamped down on local wildcat banks that had extended credit to many people who could not repay their loans.
  


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  Many western farmers relied on credit from banks and local private lenders.
  


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  As a result, the banks crackdown on wildcat banks had a devastating impact on western households.
  


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  Ruined by the Panic of 1819, many western farmers developed an abiding hatred of the Bank of the United States and a deep resentment of eastern financiers.
  

Answer 2

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  When Missouri applied for admission to the Union, the status of slavery in the territory became the focus of debate in Congress.
  


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  Congressmen on both sides of the debate offered competing amendments to the Missouri statehood bill.
  


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  Some legislators argued that Congress had the authority to set laws governing slavery, while others claimed that authority belonged to the states.
  


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  A compromise was reached in which Maine would enter the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
  


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  The compromise resolved the crisis temporarily, but did not end the debate over slavery.
  

Answer 3

Answer: A

Answer 4

Answer: D

Answer 5

Answer: D

Answer 6

Answer: B

[lilldybug07]

Gracias!

[nathang24]

Great answer, keep it coming