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