Religion Sparks Reform

What was the name of the religious movement that began in the United States around 1790s?

• First Great Awakening

• Second Great Awakening

• Third Great Awakening

• Revivals

Which of the following does NOT characterize revivalists of the Second Great Awakening?

• Religious movement in which the individual was responsible for seeking salvation

• Emphasized a need for personal and social improvement

• Evangelism - (religious activism) and Revivalism

• God predetermined one's salvation or damnation

Which of the following is False regarding African Americans and the Second Great Awakening?

• African Americans hated Christianity

• The Second Great Awakening brought Christianity to enslaved African Americans on a large scale

• African American and whites worshiped together

• Slaves worshiped with slave owners

• African Americans had separate churches

What was the movement that emphasized living a simple life and celebrating the truth found in nature and in personal emotion and imagination?

• Unitarianism

• Evangelicalism

• Transcendentalism

• Utopian Communities

What is civil disobedience?

• Violently protest

• Peacefully protest

• Take your case before the courts

Which of the following is false regarding Unitarianism?

• Conversion/salvation was achieved through a gradual process

• Emphasized emotion over reason

• Emphasized reason over emotion

• Attracted wealthy and educated people

• Conversion/salvation was immediate

What were the characteristics of Utopian communities?

• Believed that religion had no place in the community

• Create a perfect place

• Followed a specific philosophy

• Common goal of self-sufficiency

Who wanted to reform asylums and prisons?

• The Shakers

• Alexis de Toqueville

• Dorothea Dix

During the Second Great Awakening, schools, prisons, and asylums underwent reform.

• True

• False