Age of Reform STAAR TEKS

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The Second Great Awakening was a movement that promoted...

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Spiritual revival and the need for social reform.

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Which group was among the first to call for an end to slavery? Options: American Indians, Quakers, British loyalists, Puritans.

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Quakers, because slavery contradicted religious beliefs.

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The primary goal of the American Temperance Society was to...

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Decrease the consumption of alcohol.

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A tourist would most likely go to the location shown on the map to visit...

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the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House in Women's Rights National Historical Park

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Which of the following was an argument made against slavery prior to the Age of Reform? Manufacturers argues that slavery discouraged the development of industry., Farmers argues that using slave labor was expensive and inefficient., Slavery was a sin, Puritans argues that the slave trade encouraged materialism.

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Slavery was a sin

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What was one major effect of the Second Great Awakening?

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People were inspired to join reform movements to address social problems.

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Which movement did Emerson lead? *Popular essayist and lecturer
*Promote individualism and self-reliance
*Works included "Nature" and "The American Scholar"

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Transcendentalism

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Eli Whitney's invention that made mass production possible for numerous goods to be sold was known as..

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Interchangeable parts

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What did textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts do to help with the difficulty of finding workers for their mills?

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Hired young farm women and housed them in company dormitories.

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Which phrase does NOT describe the role of women during the Market Revolution of 1820s and 1830s? Options: Women seeking employment in a city were usually limited to two choices: domestic service or teaching., The overwhelming majority of working women were single., In both urban and rural settings, women were gaining relatively more control over their lives., Women who married continued to work at their current place of employment.

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Women who married continued to work at their current place of employment.