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The Deist faith embraced all of the following except

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the concept of original sin

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Deists like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin endorsed the concept of

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a supreme being who created the universe

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By 1850, organized religion in america

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had lost some of its austere Calvinist rigor

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All of the following are true of the second great awakening except that it

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was not as large as the first great awakening

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Unitarians endorsed the concept of

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salvation through good works

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An early-nineteenth-century religious rationalist sect devoted to the rule of reason and free will was the

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unitarians

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Religious revivals of the Second Great Awakening resulted in

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a strong religious influence in many areas of American life

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As a revivalist preacher, Charles Grandison Finney advocated

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all of the above (opposition to slavery, a perfect Christian kingdom on earth, opposition to alcohol, public prayer by women)

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The greatest of the revival preachers of the second great awakening was

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Charles g. finney

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the second great awakening tended to

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promote religious diversity

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the Mormon religion originated in

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the burned-over district of new york

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the religious sects that gained most from the revivalism of the second great awakening were the

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Methodists and baptists

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The 2nd great awakening tended to

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widen the lines between classes and regions

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the original prophet of the mormon religion was

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joseph smith

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which one of the following is least related to the other four?

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William miller

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one characteristic of the Mormons that angered many non-Mormons was their

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emphasis on cooperative or group effort

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many of the denominational liberal arts colleges founded as a result of the second great awakening

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lacked much intellectual vitality

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tax supported public edication

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was deemed essential for social stability and democracy

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in the first half of the nineteenth century, tax-supported schools were

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chiefly available to educate the children of the poor

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noah Webster's dictionary

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helped to standardize the American language

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one strong prejudice inhibiting women from obtaining higher education in the early nineteenth century was the belief that

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too much learning would injure womens brains and ruin their health

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Women became especially active in the social reforms stimulated by the Second Great Awakening because

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evangelical religion emphasized their spiritual dignity and religious social reform legitimized their activity outside the home

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two areas where women in the 19th century were widely thought to be superior to men were

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moral sensibility and artistic refinement

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new England reformer dorothea dix is most notable for her efforts on behalf of

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prison and asylum reform

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the excessive consumption of alcohol by americans in the 1800s

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stemmed from the hard and monotonous life of many

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sexual differences were strongly emphasized in 19th century America because

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the market economy increasingly separated men and women into distinct economic roles

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one sign that women in America were treated better than women in Europe was

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that rape was more severely punished in the US

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neal dow sponsored the maine law of 1851 which called for

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a ban on the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquor

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by the 1850s, the crusade for womens rights was eclipsed by

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abolitionism

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according to john Humphrey noyes, the key to happiness is

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the suppression of selfishness

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the beliefs advocated by john Humphrey noyes included all of the following except

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strictly monogamous marriages

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the key to oneida's financial success was

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the manufacture of steel animal traps and silverware

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the Oneida colony declined due to

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widespread criticism of its sexual practices

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the American medical profession by 1860 was noted for

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its still primitive standards

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most of the utopian communities in pre-1860s America held ________ as one of their founding ideals.

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cooperative social and economic practices

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of the following, the most successful of the early nineteenth century communitarian experiments was at

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Oneida, new york

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when it came to scientific achievements, America in the 1800s was

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more interested in practical matters

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match each individual below with the correct description. (louis Agassiz, gilbert stuart, john j, Audubon)

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D. a-4, b-2, c-1 Louis Agassiz-Harvard biologist Gilbert Stuart- portrait artist John J. Audobon-author of birds of america

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Americas artistic achievements in the first half of the nineteenth century

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were least notable in architecture

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the Hudson river school excelled in the art of painting

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landscapes

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a genuinely American literature received a strong boost from the

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wave of nationalism that followed the war of 1812

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match each writer below with his work.

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B. a-3, b-2, c-4 Washington irving-the sketch book with rip van winkle james fenimore cooper-leatherstocking tales ralph waldo emerson-the American scholar

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transcendentalists believed that all knowledge came through

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an inner light

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all of the following influenced transcendental thought except

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catholic belief

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civil disobedience, an essay that later influenced both Mahatma Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr, was written by the transcendentalist

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henry david thoreau

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the post laureate of democracy whose emotional and explicit writings expressed a deep love of the masses and enthusiasn for an expanding America, was

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walt whitman

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the most noteworthy southern novelist before the civil war was

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William Gilmore simms

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one American writer who did not believe in human goodness and social progress was

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edgar allan poe

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match each of the writers below with his work.

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e. a-3, c-1, d-2 henry wadsworth Longfellow-Hiawatha Nathaniel hawthorne-the scarlett letter herman Melville-moby dick

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Virtually all the distinguished historians of early-nineteenth-century America came from

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new england

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