US History | The American Yawp | Chapter 10 Study Quiz
American anti-slavery shifted from gradualism to immediatism during which decade?
1830s
The "Gag Rule" was designed to eliminate the voice of which group in Congress?
Abolitionists
Which of the following statements best describes the status of Calvinism during the Second Great Awakening?
Americans were turning away from Calvinism during the Second Great Awakening
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 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
Transcendentalism initially began among which group?
German theologians
Which of the following ideals represented in 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
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