US History Chapter 8 Review

The religious movement that swept the nation shortly after 1790 is known as the ____________.

• Second Great Awakening

• Unitarianism

During this movement, religious leaders such as Charles G. Finney preached about individual responsibility and salvation at mass meetings known as __________.

• Revivals

• Transcendentalism

Ralph Waldo Emerson formulated a new philosophy, known as ____________, that emphasized the value of the simple life and the truth found in nature.

• Transcendentalism

• Utopianism

__________ persuaded nine Southern states to establish public hospitals for the mentally ill.

• Dorothy Dix

• Ann Lee

Brook Farm was one of most famous efforts to establish a _______ community.

• Utopian

• Zootopian

• Dystopian

• Lunartopia

For which action is Nat Turner well known?

• leading a violent slave revolt

• fighting in the American Revolution

• publishing an antislavery newspaper

• promoting a nonviolent end to slavery

What did the abolition movement promote?

• relocating black slaves to Africa

• prohibiting the drinking of alcohol

• removing Native Americans from eastern states

• ending the institution of slavery

What belief was one important feature of the Second Great Awakening?

• a belief in the truth found in nature

• a belief in personal responsibility for salvation

• a belief in a God who decides each person's fate

• a belief in the perfection of human beings

What term refers to the 19th-century belief that married women's activities should be limited to housework and family?

• feminism

• temperance

• the cult of sentiments

• the cult of domesticity

Which of the following was not a problem faced by "mill girls" in Massachusetts?

• wage cuts

• increased workloads

• lack of safe places to stay

• unhealthy working conditions