Unit 1 Post Test – Flashcards
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Old Lights and New Lights preachers both followed Protestantism. How did the two differ?
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Old Lights preachers believed religion should be practiced in a rational way while New Lights preachers propagated emotion in religion.
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How did the American preacher Jonathan Edwards's preaching style compare with the British preacher George Whitefield's?
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Whitefield had a powerful, passionate style, while Edwards spoke to his parishioners calmly and quietly.
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The Great Awakening's religious resurgence served to revive evangelicalism. How can salvation be attained according to evangelicals?
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through personal conversion and a complete faith in gospel
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What was integral to the spread of Enlightenment from Europe to America?
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the high literacy rates in New England colonies that enabled the settlers to read books and newspapers
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Why was America's victory at Yorktown among the most significant battles of the American Revolution?
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It made the British realize they were fighting a lost cause and soon after, they conceded the war.
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During the American Revolution, why did many African-American slaves fight for the British and against the colonists?
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The British guaranteed African-American slaves that they would be liberated if they fought on the side of the British during the Revolution.
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Why did Parliament believe the colonists would accept the Tea Act of 1773?
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This act substantially lowered the price of tea sold in the colonies.
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What was the first act that the Parliament passed in an attempt to raise revenue by taxing the American colonists?
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The Sugar Act: increased the duties on sugar imported from the West Indies
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Which statement best describes the situation in the United States after the Holocaust?
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The United States provided some refuge, but discrimination guided the laws and prevented thousands of Jews from immigrating.
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Washington Gladden's ideas would most closely be tied to which period in US history?
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Progressive Movement
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The Ku Klux Klan resurfaced in the 1920s with a deep hatred for which group?
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Catholics
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Who formed the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and faced discrimination as a result?
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Joseph Smith
