APUSH 4.9 & 4.10

“Build, therefore, your own world. As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold its great proportions. A correspondent revolution in things will attend the influx of the spirit.”

The 1836 passage above exemplifies which of the following intellectual trends?

• Evangelicalism

• Transcendentalism

• Abolitionism

• Mormon theology

A distinguishing feature of American society in the early nineteenth century was the

• increasing readership of newspapers

• lack of enthusiasm for religious reform

• embrace of an aristocratic hierarchy

• creation of original forms of art and architecture

Members of the Hudson River School were best known for their paintings of

• portraits

• battle scenes

• landscapes

• still lifes

Perfectionism in the mid-nineteenth century is best defined as

• belief in the inevitability of economic progress

• allegiance to the political tenets of Jacksonian Democracy

• the rewards of church membership and regular attendance at Sunday services

• faith in human capacity to achieve a better life on earth through conscious acts of will

Which of the following was a core belief of the transcendentalists of the early nineteenth century?

• Only highly centralized and conformist religious institutions can guarantee an orderly society.

• Individual conduct should be guided by truths found in the individual conscience.

• Unjust laws must be obeyed until they can be changed through legislative action.

• American Indian practices of meditation are the key to attaining valuable spiritual insights.

During the first half of the nineteenth century, the central and western areas of New York were known as the “burned-over district” because

• of intense religious zeal created during the Second Great Awakening

• terrible fires had followed the clear-cut logging by pioneers in that part of the state

• American Indian settlements had been completely destroyed as settlers moved in and took over the land

• the region’s economy had never revived after the hardships that followed the Whiskey Rebellion

Which of the following most likely contributed to the emergence of the Second Great Awakening?

• The rise of the Whig Party

• The election of President Andrew Jackson

• The cultural responses to the Enlightenment

• The emergence of a women’s rights movement

Which of the following political changes most likely influenced the Second Great Awakening?

• The president called for the removal of American Indians from the southeastern states.

• Southern politicians threatened to nullify the authority of the federal government.

• A participatory democracy expanded belief in the importance of the individual.

• A series of judicial rulings supported the development of infrastructure projects.

The Second Great Awakening did which of the following?

• It resulted in a sharp decline in church membership.

• It increased Protestant toleration for Catholics and Jews.

• It encouraged conversion to evangelical Christianity.

• It emphasized reason and logic over emotionalism in religious matters

The development of the Second Great Awakening can best be linked to which of the following historical situations?

• The market revolution led to a larger number of Americans working for wages.

• Increased geographical mobility aided travel to new regions and the sharing of ideas.

• Ideals of Romanticism caused more people to question the principles of the nation's founders.

• The growing abolitionist movement was predominately influenced by northern Protestant Christians.