U.S. History - A Changing Culture Ch. 6 L2 Quiz

Where did almost 2 million Irish immigrants settle in the U.S. between 1815 and 1860?

• Western frontier

• Northeastern cities

• Southern plantations

• Midwestern cities

What was the main reason for the arrival of immigrants in the U.S. during this period?

• Seeking adventure and new opportunities

• Escaping natural disasters

• Exploring new trade routes

• Fleeing violence and political turmoil

Which religious group emerged during the Second Great Awakening?

• Buddhists

• Unitarians

• Hindus

• Catholics

What did the Shakers, a utopian religious group, believe in?

• Economic inequality

• Social and spiritual equality

• Economic equality

• Social and spiritual inequality

What did the romanticism movement advocate for?

• Supremacy of feeling, spirituality, and nature

• Supremacy of technology and industry

• Supremacy of reason and logic

• Supremacy of government and authority

What did transcendentalism urge people to do?

• Embrace societal corruption

• Transcend the limits of their minds

• Reject the beauty of the universe

• Embrace the limits of their minds

Which literary figure was associated with the Second Great Awakening?

• Hawthorne

• Poe

• Whitman

• Melville

What did the Know-Nothing Party form in response to?

• Religious tolerance

• Nativism and anti-Catholicism

• Cultural diversity

• Immigrant integration

Where did over 1 million Germans settle in the United States by 1860?

• Southern states

• Midwest

• Mid-Atlantic region

• New England

What did the Second Great Awakening aim to revive?

• Americans' commitment to industrialization

• Americans' commitment to education

• Americans' commitment to isolationism

• Americans' commitment to religion