Ch 10 History Review Questions

American antislavery shifted from gradualism to immediatism during which decade?

1830s

The "Gag Rule" was designed to eliminate the voice of which group in Congress?

Abolitionists

Transcendentalism initially began among which group?

American clergymen

What best describes the status of Calvinism during the Second Great Awakening?

Americans were turning away from Calvinism during the Second Great Awakening

Which of the following social changes enabled women to take prominent roles in social reform movements?

As women moved outside the household, they were able to devote time to other causes

What was the term for a region greatly affected by the revivals of the Second Great Awakening?

Burned Over District

Which of the following descriptions most accurately describes "disinterested benevolence?"

Christianity requires that a person give up self-love in favor of loving others

What was the primary cause of the 1839 division in the American Antislavery Society?

Disagreements over the usefulness of electoral politics and the importance of women's rights

Which of the following denominations benefited the least from the Second Great Awakening?

Episcopalians

As an escaped slave, __________________ was one of the most prominent leaders in the abolitionist movement. The Narrative of his life was widely read and he travelled around the US and to England to spread the movement.

Fredrick Douglas

The founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (or Mormons) was

Joseph Smith

How did the Second Great Awakening promote "spiritual egalitarianism?"

Occasionally providing women with opportunities to openly express themselves and participate in spiritual communities Expressing equal concern for white and black people's spiritual salvation Flouting the codes of self-restraint prescribed by upper-class elites

Which of the following ideals represented an American innovation in nineteenth-century Atlantic intellectual trends?

Orientation toward the future rather than the past

Which of the following had the greatest influence on William Lloyd Garrison's move from gradualism to immediatism?

Reading fiery tracts penned by black northerners David Walker and James Forten

Which benevolent movement enjoyed the most success during the 1820s?

Temperance

What was the name given to the anti-alcohol movement during this era?

Temperance Movement

William Lloyd Garrison's paper's name was the _____________________

The Liberator

Female activists used which of the following expectations of gender to justify social activism?

Women were expected to be the moral caretakers of the home and therefore it was their duty to speak out on moral issues

One of the driving forces for many of the religious movements during this time was

the imminent return of Jesus in the Second Coming.