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Multiple Choice Chapter 12 Self-Quiz 2
Schaller, 3e_MC 12.2
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Charles Grandison Finney impacted American society in the 1830s by
writing much of the minstrel music.
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developing southern pro-slavery arguments.
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beginning the Second Great Awakening in Rochester.
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funding, along with his brother, much of the reform activity of the era.
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The Baptists created a
decentralized hierarchy.
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national organization to abolish slavery.
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radically different doctrine than the Methodists.
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network across the North to assist runaway slaves.
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What did the evangelical pursuit of perfection create within American life?
a strong response predicated on honor and violence
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a host of reform movements
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a counter-movement to restrict access to civic space
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a turn away from politics and social issues toward religious salvation
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The American Temperance Society was formed by a group of
women who had participated in the abolitionist movement.
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new evangelical converts in Rochester, New York.
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evangelical ministers.
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immigrant wives.
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The temperance movement rarely gained support from
the Democratic Party.
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Baptists.
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southern evangelicals.
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wage laborers.
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What caused the growth of the northern abolitionist movement in the 1850s?
the Second Great Awakening
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support from French and English abolitionists
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the popularity of phrenology
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debates over the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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The confidence of the women's movement derived from supporters'
faith in the innate differences between women and men.
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participation in other reform movements.
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religious beliefs.
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trust in the democratic system.
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Temperance made good business sense because
evangelicals supported businesses that advocated temperance.
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businesses made enormous sums printing and selling tracts advocating temperance.
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illegal distillers made it difficult for corporations to control the alcohol market.
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prohibition would end the tradition of morning beer breaks.
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What was the cause of the conservative nature of southern society?
slaveholders' demands for absolute obedience from their slaves
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the deeply held religious beliefs of the population
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the traditional opposition to federal power in the region
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the popularity of Andrew Jackson across the region
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The central evangelical reform in the South was
the temperance movement.
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the development of pro-slavery arguments.
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the mission to the slaves.
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the transformation of southern notions of honor.
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What was one thing that aided the conversion of slaves to Christianity?
new laws requiring Christian slaves to be freed after 15 years of service
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unconverted slaves had to labor on the Sabbath
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slaveholders routinely whipped slaves until they converted
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some slaves had practiced Islam before they arrived in North America
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Minstrel shows succeeded by
transgressed boundaries by imitating, celebrating, and lampooning blacks all at the same time.
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dramatizing human interest stories of murder and rape.
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providing entertainment that appealed to both men and women.
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offering entertainment while preaching evangelical beliefs.
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The American Renaissance was
the development and spread of the philosophical ideas that constituted transcendentalism.
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a flowering of American literature that represented the maturation of American culture.
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the popularization of European Enlightenment ideas.
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a turn from the rationalism of the Enlightenment toward religious ideas in the culture.
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One of the shortcomings of workers' and abolitionist political parties was that they
were too willing to merge with established parties.
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rarely influenced policy.
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reflected the dynamism of the era.
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were too tied to evangelical religion to enjoy wide popularity.
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One of the things that characterized the Whig Party was
their endorsement of abolitionism.
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their opposition to internal improvements.
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the way they appealed to immigrant communities.
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the support they gained from reformers.
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