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America Pageant Ch15
American Pageant Ed.13, Chapters 15, Quarter 2 Test
Question | Answer |
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Deism | Believed in a supreme being (God) but not original sin and Christ's divinity |
2nd Great Awakening | Spiritual awakening which led to prison and church reform, a temperance movement, education, and increased support of the abolition of slavery |
How was religion spread in the 2nd Great Awakening? | Huge "camp meetings," Eastern people traveling to West to convert indians, public stress to convert, Peter Cartwright and "curcuit riders" preachers, and revival preacher Charles Finney of NY |
How did social class affect religious views? | Wealthy, land owning, educated were Presbyterians/Unitarians. Poor uneducated and West were Methodists/Baptists |
Mormons | Religion founded by Joseph Smith, who was killed, and the religion was frowned upon due to polygamy. Followers went to Utah, where statesmanship was denied due to American dislike |
How did the 2nd Great Awakening affect education? | Free public education, mandatory primary school, 1st state supported university in NC, and libraries flourish |
How did the 2nd Great Awakening affect social views? | Reformists opposed tobacco, alcohol, profanity, imprisonment for debt, and wanted to increase women's rights |
American Temperance Society | Anti alcohol group that published pamphlets and signed pledges. Stressed temperance and law to make alcohol illegal |
Horace Mann | "Father of Public Education" - fought for better schools |
Neal Dow | "Father of Prohibition" - sponsors law in Maine prohibiting sale and production of alcohol |
Women in the 1830s | Expected to stay at home, or be teachers. Lacked education and right to vote. Supported the abolition of slavery. |
Science, arts, and literature in 1830 | ALl subjects improve. Practical sciences increase, greek revival of art and paintings of America arise, american literature appears |
Transcendentalism | Stressed individuals, self-reliance, truth came both from study and one's "inner light" |