AMSCO APUSH 2026 CORE EXAM TIP QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔asylum movement - ✔✔In the 1820s and 1830s, this movement sought to improve
the conditions for criminals, emotionally disturbed people, and paupers. They proposed
setting up state-supported prisons, mental hospitals, and poorhouses. (p. 212)
✔✔Dorothea Dix - ✔✔A reformer who was responsible for improving conditions in jails,
poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the U.S. and Canada. She succeeded in
persuading many states to assume responsibility for the care of the mentally ill. (p. 212)
✔✔Thomas Gallaudet - ✔✔He started a school for the deaf. (p. 213)
✔✔Samuel Gridley Howe - ✔✔He started a school for the blind. (p. 213)
✔✔penitentiaries - ✔✔These institutions took the place of crude jails. They believed that
structure and discipline would bring about moral reform. (p. 213)
✔✔Auburn system - ✔✔A prison system in New York which enforced rigid rules of
discipline, while also providing moral instruction and work programs. (p. 213)
✔✔public school movement - ✔✔In the 1840s, this movement to provide free education
for all children spread rapidly throughout the nation. (p. 213)
✔✔McGuffey readers - ✔✔Elementary school textbooks that encouraged hard work,
punctuality, and sobriety. (p. 213)
✔✔American Peace Society - ✔✔Founded in 1828, this society want to abolish war. (p.
216)
✔✔American Colonization Society - ✔✔Founded in 1817, this organization transported
free black people to an African colony. This appealed to moderates, racists, and
politicians. However, only 12,000 people were actually settled in Africa. (p. 215)
✔✔American Antislavery Society - ✔✔The organization was founded in 1833 by William
Lloyd Garrison and others. They advocated the immediate abolition of all slavery in
every state. (p. 215)
✔✔abolitionism William Lloyd Garrison; The Liberator - ✔✔In 1831, he started the
radical abolitionist movement with the "The Liberator" newspaper. He advocated the
immediate abolition of all slavery in every state. (p. 215)
, ✔✔Liberty party - ✔✔In 1840, this political party was formed in reaction to the radical
abolitionists. They pledged to bring an end to slavery by political and legal means. (p.
215)
✔✔Frederick Douglass; The North Star - ✔✔In 1847, this former slave started the
antislavery journal, "The North Star". (p. 215)
✔✔Harriet Tubman - ✔✔Famous abolitionist, born a slave, she assisted fugitive slaves
to escape to free territory. (p. 215)
✔✔David Ruggles - ✔✔An African American leader who assisted fugitive slaves to
escape to free territory. (p. 215)
✔✔Sojourner Truth - ✔✔A United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from
slavery and became a leading advocate for the abolition of slavery and the rights of
women. (p. 215)
✔✔William Still - ✔✔An African American leader, who assisted fugitive slaves to escape
to free territory. (p. 215)
✔✔David Walker - ✔✔An African American who advocated the most radical solution to
the slavery question. He argued, that slaves should take action themselves by rising up
in revolt against their owners. (p. 215)
✔✔Henry Highland Garnet - ✔✔An African American, who advocated the most radical
solution to the slavery question. He argued that slaves should take action themselves
by rising up in revolt against their owners. (p. 215)
✔✔Nat Turner - ✔✔In 1831, he led the largest slave rebellion in which 55 whites were
killed. (p. 215)
✔✔antebellum period - ✔✔The period before the Civil War started in 1861. (p. 207)
✔✔romantic movement - ✔✔In early 19th century Europe, art and literature emphasized
intuition and feelings, individual acts of heroism, and the study of nature. In America,
similar themes were expressed by the transcendentalists. (p. 209)
✔✔transcendentalists - ✔✔They questioned the doctrines of established churches and
business practices of the merchant class. They encouraged a mystical and intuitive way
of thinking to discover the inner self and look for essence of God in nature. Artistic
expression was more important than pursuit of wealth. They valued individualism and
supported the antislavery movement. (p. 209)
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔asylum movement - ✔✔In the 1820s and 1830s, this movement sought to improve
the conditions for criminals, emotionally disturbed people, and paupers. They proposed
setting up state-supported prisons, mental hospitals, and poorhouses. (p. 212)
✔✔Dorothea Dix - ✔✔A reformer who was responsible for improving conditions in jails,
poorhouses and insane asylums throughout the U.S. and Canada. She succeeded in
persuading many states to assume responsibility for the care of the mentally ill. (p. 212)
✔✔Thomas Gallaudet - ✔✔He started a school for the deaf. (p. 213)
✔✔Samuel Gridley Howe - ✔✔He started a school for the blind. (p. 213)
✔✔penitentiaries - ✔✔These institutions took the place of crude jails. They believed that
structure and discipline would bring about moral reform. (p. 213)
✔✔Auburn system - ✔✔A prison system in New York which enforced rigid rules of
discipline, while also providing moral instruction and work programs. (p. 213)
✔✔public school movement - ✔✔In the 1840s, this movement to provide free education
for all children spread rapidly throughout the nation. (p. 213)
✔✔McGuffey readers - ✔✔Elementary school textbooks that encouraged hard work,
punctuality, and sobriety. (p. 213)
✔✔American Peace Society - ✔✔Founded in 1828, this society want to abolish war. (p.
216)
✔✔American Colonization Society - ✔✔Founded in 1817, this organization transported
free black people to an African colony. This appealed to moderates, racists, and
politicians. However, only 12,000 people were actually settled in Africa. (p. 215)
✔✔American Antislavery Society - ✔✔The organization was founded in 1833 by William
Lloyd Garrison and others. They advocated the immediate abolition of all slavery in
every state. (p. 215)
✔✔abolitionism William Lloyd Garrison; The Liberator - ✔✔In 1831, he started the
radical abolitionist movement with the "The Liberator" newspaper. He advocated the
immediate abolition of all slavery in every state. (p. 215)
, ✔✔Liberty party - ✔✔In 1840, this political party was formed in reaction to the radical
abolitionists. They pledged to bring an end to slavery by political and legal means. (p.
215)
✔✔Frederick Douglass; The North Star - ✔✔In 1847, this former slave started the
antislavery journal, "The North Star". (p. 215)
✔✔Harriet Tubman - ✔✔Famous abolitionist, born a slave, she assisted fugitive slaves
to escape to free territory. (p. 215)
✔✔David Ruggles - ✔✔An African American leader who assisted fugitive slaves to
escape to free territory. (p. 215)
✔✔Sojourner Truth - ✔✔A United States abolitionist and feminist who was freed from
slavery and became a leading advocate for the abolition of slavery and the rights of
women. (p. 215)
✔✔William Still - ✔✔An African American leader, who assisted fugitive slaves to escape
to free territory. (p. 215)
✔✔David Walker - ✔✔An African American who advocated the most radical solution to
the slavery question. He argued, that slaves should take action themselves by rising up
in revolt against their owners. (p. 215)
✔✔Henry Highland Garnet - ✔✔An African American, who advocated the most radical
solution to the slavery question. He argued that slaves should take action themselves
by rising up in revolt against their owners. (p. 215)
✔✔Nat Turner - ✔✔In 1831, he led the largest slave rebellion in which 55 whites were
killed. (p. 215)
✔✔antebellum period - ✔✔The period before the Civil War started in 1861. (p. 207)
✔✔romantic movement - ✔✔In early 19th century Europe, art and literature emphasized
intuition and feelings, individual acts of heroism, and the study of nature. In America,
similar themes were expressed by the transcendentalists. (p. 209)
✔✔transcendentalists - ✔✔They questioned the doctrines of established churches and
business practices of the merchant class. They encouraged a mystical and intuitive way
of thinking to discover the inner self and look for essence of God in nature. Artistic
expression was more important than pursuit of wealth. They valued individualism and
supported the antislavery movement. (p. 209)
