Chapter 10-American Hist

The "Gag Rule" was designed to eliminate the voice of which group in Congress? a. Proslavery advocates b. Abolitionists c. Suffragettes d. Slaves

b. Abolitionists

Which of the following statements best describes the status of Calvinism during the Second Great Awakening? a. Americans were turning toward Calvinism during the Second Great Awakening b. Americans were turning away from Calvinism during the Second Great Awakening c. Calvinism had disappeared before the American Revolution, but it began to make a comeback during the revivals of the Second Great Awakening d. The Second Great Awakening only took place among Calvinist churches

b. Americans were turning away from Calvinism during the Second Great Awakening

What was the term for the region most affected by the revivals of the Second Great Awakening? a. Bible Belt b. Burned Over District c. Zion d. Promised Land

b. Burned Over District

Transcendentalism initially began among which group? a. German theologians b. English poets c. American clergymen d. Irish reformers

c. American clergymen

How did the Second Great Awakening promote "spiritual egalitarianism?" a. Occasionally providing women with opportunities to openly express themselves and participate in spiritual communities b. Expressing equal concern for white and black people's spiritual salvation c. Flouting the codes of self-restraint prescribed by upper-class elites d. All of the above

d. All of the above

Which of the following denominations benefitted the least from the Second Great Awakening? a. Methodists b. Baptists c. Presbyterians d. Episcopalians

d. Episcopalians

How many members did the American Temperance Society have by 1836? a. 30,000 b. 150,000 c. 500,000 d. One million

d. One million

The Seneca Falls Convention produced the "Declaration of Sentiments." This document opened by using the language from _________ a. The Bible b. William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator c. Frederick Douglass's slave narrative d. The Declaration of Independence

d. The Declaration of Independence

Which of the following best describes the themes of Ralph Waldo Emerson's "The American Scholar?" a. Americans should no longer defer to European intellectual traditions, but instead create new American ideas b. Americans should avoid the problems of industrial capitalism by developing cooperative principles c. Simple living and communion with nature would yield spiritual enlightenment d. All of the above

a. Americans should no longer defer to European intellectual traditions, but instead create new American ideas

Which of the following descriptions best describes the tactic of moral suasion? a. Attempting to convince slaveholders to voluntarily release their slaves by appealing to the their sense of Christian conscience b. Supporting slave resistance and rebellions c. Creating a new political movement in hopes of passing antislavery legislation d. Funding the American Colonization Society to create a place for freed slaves far away from the white populations in the United States

a. Attempting to convince slaveholders to voluntarily release their slaves by appealing to the their sense of Christian conscience

Which benevolent movement enjoyed the most success during the 1820s? a. Temperance b. Antislavery c. Women's Rights d. Prison Reform

a. Temperance

How did the American Revolution contribute to the Second Great Awakening? a. The disestablishment of religion created opportunities for new religious movements b. The founding fathers were some of the most influential leaders of the Second Great Awakening c. Public funds contributed to the success of the Great Awakening revivals d. All of the above

a. The disestablishment of religion created opportunities for new religious movements

Which of the following descriptions most accurately describes "disinterested benevolence?" a. Truly redeemed Christians should be motivated to live free of sin and reflect the perfection of God himself b. Christianity requires that a person give up self-love in favor of loving others c. It was the duty of converted Christians to improve the world around them in order to pave the way for Christ's redeeming return d. The Celebration of individual artistic inspiration, personal spiritual experience, and aspects of human existence not easily explained by reason or logic

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

Which of the following ideals represented an American innovation in nineteenth century Atlantic intellectual trends? a. Artistic appreciation b. Orientation toward the future rather than the past c. Spiritual experience d. Aspects of human existence not easily explained by reason or logic

b. Orientation toward the future rather than the past

Which of the following came first? a. Women organized petition writing campaigns b. Women began forming antislavery societies c. Questions over the role of women activists divided the World Antislavery Convention d. Women held the Seneca Falls Convention

b. Women began forming antislavery societies

Which of the following social changes enabled women to take prominent roles in social reform movements? a. Women participated in reform, but they did not hold positions of prominence until after the Civil War b. The return of Calvinism led to a loosening of gender roles c. As labor shifted out of the household and into factories, middle-class women, in particular, were freed from household labor, giving them time to devote to other causes d. The growth of racism elevated white women as necessary bulwarks against the dangers of black communities

c. As labor shifted out of the household and into factories, middle-class women, in particular, were freed from household labor, giving them time to devote to other causes

What was the primary cause of the 1839 division in the American Antislavery Society? a. Theological disputes b. Personal rivalries c. Disagreements over the usefulness of electoral politics and the importance of women's rights d. Tensions between abolitionists in the Midwest and abolitionists in the Northeast

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

Which denomination used circuit riders most extensively? a. Baptists b. Presbyterians c. Methodists d. Congregationalists

c. Methodists

Which of the following had the greatest influence on William Lloyd Garrison's move from gradualism to immediatism? a. A religious conversion at a revival led by Charles Gradison Finney b. His first meeting with Frederick Douglass c. Reading fiery tracts penned by black northerners David Walker and James Forten d. His marriage to a radical abolitionist

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

Female activists used which of the following expectations of gender to justify social activism? a. Women were expected to produce wages for the purpose of family stability, and slavery drove wages down b. Women were some of the most vocal supporters of manifest destiny and many feared that slave holders were consuming too much land in the West c. Women were expected to be the moral caretakers of the home and therefore it was their duty to speak out on moral issues d. Most teachers were women; therefore women were understood to be more educated than men. Because of this education, women spoke with authority on social issues

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