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.   the cult of sentiments
B.   temperance
C.   the cult of domesticity
D.   feminism
Question #2
The Second Great Awakeninq centered on the belief that a person's salvation depended on
A.   the determination of God.
B.   his or her own efforts.
C.   his or her attendance at revival meetings.
D.   the help of a minister.
Question #3
In the 1820s, it was not true that urban slaves
A.   kept half of the money they earned.
B.   were better clothed and fed than rural slaves.
C.   were often hired out to factory owners.
D.   spent more time on their own than rural slaves.
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.   Alcohol Temperance Society
B.   Responsible Alcoholism Society
C.   American Temperance Society
Question #5
Unlike revivalism, Unitarianism emphasized
A.   reason and conscience.
B.   love of nature.
C.   fear of God's wrath.
D.   emotional preaching and prayer.
Question #6
What belief was one important feature of the Second Great Awakening?
A.   a belief in the perfection of human beings
B.   a belief in personal responsibility for salvation
C.   a belief in a God who decides each person's fate
D.   a belief in the truth found in nature
Question #7
The excessive consumption of alcohol by Americans in the 1800s
A.   was not recognized as a social problem.
B.   did not involve women.
C.   had little impact on the efficiency of labor.
D.   stemmed from the hard and monotonous life of many.
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.   prevailing customs.
B.   religious laws.
C.   federal laws.
D.   feminist reforms.
Question #10
All of the following influenced transcendental thought except
A.   Catholic belief.
B.   Oriental religions.
C.   individualism.
D.   German philosophers.
E.   love of nature.

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