Multiple Choice Chapter 12 Self-Quiz 2

. Charles Grandison Finney impacted American society in the 1830s by

writing much of the minstrel music.

developing southern pro-slavery arguments.

beginning the Second Great Awakening in Rochester.

funding, along with his brother, much of the reform activity of the era.

. The Baptists created a

decentralized hierarchy.

national organization to abolish slavery.

radically different doctrine than the Methodists.

network across the North to assist runaway slaves.

. What did the evangelical pursuit of perfection create within American life?

a strong response predicated on honor and violence

a host of reform movements

a counter-movement to restrict access to civic space

a turn away from politics and social issues toward religious salvation

. The American Temperance Society was formed by a group of

women who had participated in the abolitionist movement.

new evangelical converts in Rochester, New York.

evangelical ministers.

immigrant wives.

. The temperance movement rarely gained support from

the Democratic Party.

Baptists.

southern evangelicals.

wage laborers.

. What caused the growth of the northern abolitionist movement in the 1850s?

the Second Great Awakening

support from French and English abolitionists

the popularity of phrenology

debates over the Kansas-Nebraska Act

. The confidence of the women's movement derived from supporters'

faith in the innate differences between women and men.

participation in other reform movements.

religious beliefs.

trust in the democratic system.

. Temperance made good business sense because

evangelicals supported businesses that advocated temperance.

businesses made enormous sums printing and selling tracts advocating temperance.

illegal distillers made it difficult for corporations to control the alcohol market.

prohibition would end the tradition of morning beer breaks.

. What was the cause of the conservative nature of southern society?

slaveholders' demands for absolute obedience from their slaves

the deeply held religious beliefs of the population

the traditional opposition to federal power in the region

the popularity of Andrew Jackson across the region

. The central evangelical reform in the South was

the temperance movement.

the development of pro-slavery arguments.

the mission to the slaves.

the transformation of southern notions of honor.

. 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

unconverted slaves had to labor on the Sabbath

slaveholders routinely whipped slaves until they converted

some slaves had practiced Islam before they arrived in North America

. Minstrel shows succeeded by

transgressed boundaries by imitating, celebrating, and lampooning blacks all at the same time.

dramatizing human interest stories of murder and rape.

providing entertainment that appealed to both men and women.

offering entertainment while preaching evangelical beliefs.

. The American Renaissance was

the development and spread of the philosophical ideas that constituted transcendentalism.

a flowering of American literature that represented the maturation of American culture.

the popularization of European Enlightenment ideas.

a turn from the rationalism of the Enlightenment toward religious ideas in the culture.

. One of the shortcomings of workers' and abolitionist political parties was that they

were too willing to merge with established parties.

rarely influenced policy.

reflected the dynamism of the era.

were too tied to evangelical religion to enjoy wide popularity.

. One of the things that characterized the Whig Party was

their endorsement of abolitionism.

their opposition to internal improvements.

the way they appealed to immigrant communities.

the support they gained from reformers.

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