Chapter 10

Quiz for Chapter Ten Interpretations: What Motivated Antebellum Reformers?

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Question 1

Which statement best expresses Paul Johnson’s thesis on the effects of evangelical revival and reform on workingmen during the Second Great Awakening?A. A large majority of workingmen willingly adopted the new religious ideas of personal responsibility.
B. Workingmen showed no interest in the new evangelicalism.
C. Workingmen became more rebellious against the idea of disciplined work.
D. A significant minority of workingmen willingly imposed a work ethic discipline on themselves.

Question 2

Steven Mintz points out that many Americans in this age of reform saw the acceptance of moral reform and internalized self-control as creating the possibility forA. freedom and opportunity.
B. mediocrity and stagnation.
C. power and influence.
D. tyranny and slavery.

Question 3

Paul Johnson and Steven Mintz would likely agree that religious revival, religious reform, and the Market Revolution prior to the Civil War led to aA. breakdown of personal responsibility.
B. desire to promote personal freedom.
C. greater emphasis on self-discipline and personal responsibility.
D. questioning of the new market forces in society.