2.00 Reform Movements

What was an ideal of the Second Great Awakening?

• God is vengeful and enjoys punishment.

• Improving the world through good works might result in salvation.

• Religion should be people's focus in life.

• The best way to get into heaven is to attend revivals.

Which idea was part of the Second Great Awakening?

Responses

• It is unnecessary to make society better.

• Prayer is more important than actions taken in the world.

• Religion should be people's focus in life.

• The best way to get into heaven is to do good works on earth.

Who was a key leader of the Second Great Awakening and founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Say Saints?

• Joseph Smith

• Horace Mann

• Lynn Beecher

• Charles Finney

How did religion influence reform movements during the antebellum period?

• It stressed that inequality was part of life, and people should avoid changing it.

• It encouraged people to improve the conditions of the world around them.

• It convinced people that only the wealthy should better society.

• It convinced immigrants that prayer would bring them wealth.

What was religion's role in starting reform movements during the antebellum period?

• It encouraged people to attend church more often and pray for a better life.

• It focused on equality of people, whether they were rich or poor.

• It made people do fewer good works because they spent more time with prayer.

• It convinced immigrants that prayer would bring them wealth.

What was the role of preachers like Charles Finney in starting reform movements during the antebellum period?

• He convinced immigrants that prayer would bring them wealth, making them feel more welcome in society.

• He made people fear God, encouraging them to do more good works.

• He preached a religion with democratic ideals, making people want democratic changes in society.

• He believed that attending revivals was the key to going to heaven, causing people to change their daily routine.

How did the American education system begin?

• Public schools were funded with tax money, keeping parents from having to pay tuition.

• Public schools were paid for by wealthy donors in each state, making them free for most children.

• Public schools were paid for only by the people that attended them, so many people were left out of the education system.

• Public schools were free, so children of all backgrounds and races attended them.

Which characteristic did the first American public school system have?

• It set up free schools, so children of all backgrounds and races attended.

• It served only the people that attended the schools, so those people were the only ones that paid for education.

• It had schools that were paid for by wealthy donors, making education free for most children.

• It contained schools that were funded with tax money, keeping parents from having to pay tuition.

Which principle was the main guide for the creation of the first American public schools?

• A good education should be paid for by parents.

• An education should only be given to those in the upper class.

• A representative democracy needs educated citizens.

• A truly equal society needs people of all races and backgrounds to attend school.

How did Dorothea Dix influence change in the nineteenth century?

• She improved conditions for people with mental illness.

• She published an anti-slavery newspaper.

• She made education reforms by creating publicly funded schools.

• She made speeches to argue against the use of alcohol.