History 011 - US History to 1877 » Spring 2022 » Quiz 13

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Question #1
What term refers to the 19th-century belief that married women's activities should be limited to housework and family?
A.   temperance
B.   feminism
C.   the cult of sentiments
D.   the cult of domesticity
Question #2
The Second Great Awakeninq centered on the belief that a person's salvation depended on
A.   the help of a minister.
B.   his or her attendance at revival meetings.
C.   the determination of God.
D.   his or her own efforts.
Question #3
In the 1820s, it was not true that urban slaves
A.   spent more time on their own than rural slaves.
B.   were better clothed and fed than rural slaves.
C.   kept half of the money they earned.
D.   were often hired out to factory owners.
Question #4
In 1826, Protestant ministers and Others concerned with the high rate of alcohol consumption and the effects of such excessive drinking, founded this society.
A.   Responsible Alcoholism Society
B.   Alcohol Temperance Society
C.   American Temperance Society
Question #5
Unlike revivalism, Unitarianism emphasized
A.   fear of God's wrath.
B.   reason and conscience.
C.   emotional preaching and prayer.
D.   love of nature.
Question #6
What belief was one important feature of the Second Great Awakening?
A.   a belief in a God who decides each person's fate
B.   a belief in the truth found in nature
C.   a belief in the perfection of human beings
D.   a belief in personal responsibility for salvation
Question #7
The excessive consumption of alcohol by Americans in the 1800s
A.   had little impact on the efficiency of labor.
B.   stemmed from the hard and monotonous life of many.
C.   did not involve women.
D.   was not recognized as a social problem.
E.   held little threat for the family because everyone drank.
Question #8
Early efforts to reform education encountered Opposition over the use of private donations to fund public schools.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #9
The "cult of domesticity" that governed the lives of married women in the early 1800s was based on
A.   federal laws.
B.   prevailing customs.
C.   religious laws.
D.   feminist reforms.
Question #10
All of the following influenced transcendental thought except
A.   individualism.
B.   love of nature.
C.   Oriental religions.
D.   Catholic belief.
E.   German philosophers.

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