History Exam Chapter 10
American antislavery shifted from gradualism to immediatism during which decade? 1860s 1780s 1810s 1830s
1830s
The "Gag Rule" was designed to eliminate the voice of which group in Congress? Proslavery advocates Slaves Abolitionists Suffragettes
Abolitionists
How did the Second Great Awakening promote "spiritual egalitarianism?" Expressing equal concern for white and black people's spiritual salvation All of the answers are correct. Flouting the codes of self-restraint prescribed by upper-class elites Occasionally providing women with opportunities to openly express themselves and participate in spiritual communities
All of the answers are correct
Which of the following statements best describes the status of Calvinism during the Second Great Awakening? Americans were turning toward Calvinism during the Second Great Awakening Calvinism had disappeared before the American Revolution, but it began to make a comeback during the revivals of the Second Great Awakening Americans were turning away from Calvinism during the Second Great Awakening The Second Great Awakening only took place among Calvinist churches
Americans were turning away from Calvinism during the Second Great Awakening
Who was the most prominent Presbyterian minister of the Second Great Awakening, leading religious revivals throughout the Northeast? He was known as the "father of modern revivalism,"
Charles G. Finney
What was the primary cause of the 1839 division in the American Antislavery Society?
Tensions between abolitionists in the Midwest and abolitionists in the Northeast
Female activists used which of the following expectations of gender to justify social activism? 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 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 Women were expected to be the moral caretakers of the home and therefore it was their duty to speak out on moral issues Women were expected to produce wages for the purpose of family stability, and slavery drove wages down
Women were expected to be the moral caretakers of the home and therefore it was their duty to speak out on moral issues