American Lit to the Postwar & Civil Rights Era

The Pilgrims and the Puritans came from

• America
• England
• Ireland
• a variety of countries

Both Pilgrims and Puritans came to America

• to explore
• to make money
• to practice their religion freely
• to live on land of their own

In the 1500s England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and created a new church called

• Catholicism
• the Church of England
• the Church of Jesus Christ
• Presbyterian

__________ was a particular religious movement that called for simple and very strict rules of worship, discipline, and morality.

• Enlightenment
• Revolutionary War
• Puritanism
• Self-Government

Puritans believed dancing was evil and did not permit it.

• True
• False

Pilgrims, also known as separatists, wanted to _____________ the church.

• purify
• join
• separate from
• None of the above

Puritans wanted to ____________ the church.

• purify
• join
• separate from
• None of the above

____________ was a religious revival where preachers attracted people in droves and brought about emotional reactions and mass conversions with their sermons.

• The Great Awakening
• The Great Baptism
• The Great Escape
• The Great Conversion

Which of the following statements best explains why Romanticism and Transcendentalism rejected industrialism?

• Industrialism discouraged people from organized religion and faith, while Romanticism and Transcendentalism prioritized spirituality.
• Romanticism and Transcendentalism highly valued the power of nature and industrialism was a threat to the natural world.
• Industrialism was centered on rational thought and efficiency, while Romanticism and Transcendentalism privileged emotion and leisure.
• Americans created Romanticism and Transcendentalism to directly oppose the industrial movement in England.

____________ is an economic system built on large industries rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship

• Romanticism
• Industrialism
• Transcendental Club
• Transcendentalism