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WorksheetsELA 5-6 Quiz #3
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 22mins
From the 1790s to the 1830s, a religious movement called the Second Great Awakening influenced American society. Baptists, Methodists, and Quakers were among the leading religious groups of this movement. Its message emphasized the idea of equality, which appealed to ordinary people and challenged elites. It also expressed a belief that people had the ability to make choices and act in ways that would improve themselves.
Which statement BEST explains how the Second Great Awakening influenced change in American society?
It inspired the growth of social reform movements
It encouraged Southerners to assert their rights by seceding.
It brought about a closer relationship between church and state.
It led to industrialization by encouraging people to become wealthy.
What was the name of the large gatherings where preachers shared ideas
Sunday Service or Mass
Church
Revival or Camps
Baptism or Salvation
Which of the following represents the best definition of The Second Great Awakening?
Salvation can only be achieved through a personal belief in Jesus Christ in some cases.
People demonstrate true faith by leading a transformed life and by performing good deeds.
Religion is the only way to solve the world's problems.
The idea of including all people in the religious experience, not just rich people.
This was a time of renewed vigor for religious feelings.
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Second Great Awakening
Revival Movement
When did the Second Great Awakening start?
1600's
1800's
1700's
1900's
Which statement best explains how the Second Great Awakening influenced change in American society?
It encouraged Southerners to assert their rights by seceding.
It inspired the growth of social reform movements.
It led to the industrialization of northern cities
It encouraged Southerners to assert their rights by seceding.
What are the TWO factors that led to growth of abolition movement in North in 1820s and 1830s.
The Second Great Awakening (starts 1801) inspired a reform spirit in the North
Agitation of black abolitionists and signs of black unrest in the South inspired white abolitionists
Southern postmasters refused to deliver antislavery literature
In 1835 President Andrew Jackson unsuccessfully petitioned Congress to ban the mailing of abolitionist pamphlets
A person who wanted to end slavery was known as a(n)______
abolitionist
conductor
suffragist
overseer
Douglass' book, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass helped play a role in what movement?
the environmental movement
the peace movement
the labor movement
the abolitionist movement
One of the major inspirations for the social reform movements of the 1840s and 1850s America came from ___
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Second Great Awakening
The Lowell System
Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle
William Lloyd Garrison and his newspaper, The Liberator, are associated with which of these movements?
Education Reform
Abolition
Suffrage
Temperance
It has often been argued that the United States is a "melting pot" of cultures. Which is the best explanation of what this means?
Cultures with undesirable traits have those aspects “melted” out of them.
While there is a distinctive basic set of cultures, component groups are distinguishable from one another.
People and cultures combine to a degree in which a homogenous culture is created from many.
European cultures are allowed to take precedence over other cultures.
What impact did The Second Great Awakening have on enslaved people in Southern states?
Enslaved people turned away from religions that could advocate slavery.
Enslaved people were included in religion for than ever.
It led to numerous slave revolts and uprisings.
It resulted in passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Why probably didn't Mistress Hugh want Douglass to read?
Her husband would beat her if he found out
He would be an equal and it would be hard to make him work for free
He would be a better reader than she was
Why was it dangerous for slaves to read?
They might read books that told them their human rights were being violated and they would be upset
There weren't enough teachers
They would read all day and not work
They would be better readers than the whites and then become more educated and take over
In the “Second Inaugural Address,” the “peculiar and powerful interest” that Lincoln says was “somehow the cause of the war” was
soldiers and their uniforms
slavery and those who owned slaves
horses and carriages
mothers and children
According to Lincoln in his “Second Inaugural Address,” the thing that “still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation” is
the lunch menu
the stars and moon
the first inaugural address
the civil war
In “Second Inaugural Address,” Lincoln says he wants
another chance to give his speech
a continued civil war
an end to slavery everywhere in the country and lasting peace
a new hat and beard
In “Second Inaugural Address,” Lincoln says the evidence that suggests that the Civil War was not originally fought to free the slaves is because
the public wanted places to pray to their God
the government only wished to keep slavery from spreading
the cities were bigger than they should have been
the farms needed more crops
Even though Lincoln sided with the Union, his attitude toward the Confederacy is that he
does not wish them any harm for their choices.
wishes them any harm for their choices.
does not really care about their choices.
Overall, Lincoln’s view of the Civil War is that he hopes the final result will eventually
be up to someone else.
be to start the whole thing over.
tear the country apart.
be peace and healing.
