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Quiz for The Second Great Awakening and Women’s Activism

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1. Based on Charles Grandison Finney’s sermon (Document 11.6), what can be concluded about the Second Great Awakening?

The religious movement focused the internal being.

The religious movement focused on personal spirituality as well as the spirituality of others.

The religious movement prioritized piety and prayerfulness.

The religious movement prioritized the reading of the Bible and the forgiveness of sins.

Correct: The answer is b. Finney’s sermon focuses not only on the renewal of personal faith but also on the tireless work of Christians to bring others to religious renewal.

Incorrect: The answer is b. Finney’s sermon focuses not only on the renewal of personal faith but also on the tireless work of Christians to bring others to religious renewal.

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2. In Frances Trollope’s account of the revival meeting (Document 11.7), what did Trollope infer about the actions of the preachers?

They were motivated by money.

They were against the temperance.

They were taking advantage of young women.

They were ignorant.

Correct: The answer is c. Trollope detailed instances where preachers breathed “consolations” into the ears of “beautiful young females,” which enraged her. She referred to the preachers as “tormentors.”

Incorrect: The answer is c. Trollope detailed instances where preachers breathed “consolations” into the ears of “beautiful young females,” which enraged her. She referred to the preachers as “tormentors.”

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3. In their letter to the Liberator (Document 11.8), which of the following is an argument that Elizabeth Emery and Mary P. Abbott construct to oppose slavery?

Slavery degrades the humanity of the slave owners.

Slaves are intelligent human beings who should not be possessed as chattel.

Slavery is more unfair for women than men.

Slaves could become Christians if they were liberated.

Correct: The answer is b. The open letter proclaims sisterhood across race and region to argue that slavery should be abolished because the institution “regards rational beings as goods and chattel.”

Incorrect: The answer is b. The open letter proclaims sisterhood across race and region to argue that slavery should be abolished because the institution “regards rational beings as goods and chattel.”

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4. What assumption about women forms the foundation of the Pastoral Letter to the Liberator (see Document 11.9)?

Women are ignorant.

Women are not true Christians.

Women are uneducated.

Women are dependent upon men.

Correct: The answer is d. The ministers from the Congressional Church opposed women's activism because it went against the female position in society as private and dependent. They wrote that the “power of woman is in her dependence, flowing from the consciousness of that weakness which God has given her.”

Incorrect: The answer is d. The ministers from the Congressional Church opposed women's activism because it went against the female position in society as private and dependent. They wrote that the “power of woman is in her dependence, flowing from the consciousness of that weakness which God has given her.”

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5. Examine the dispute between the Pastoral letter (Document 11.9) and Sarah Grimké’s letter (Document 11.10). Why did Grimké align the ministers who wrote the Pastoral letter with Cotton Mather?

They were all men of the cloth.

They all believed in the mental and moral weakness of women.

They placed too much faith in poorly guided traditions.

They were all threatened by the potential of female power.

Correct: The answer is c. Grimké drew the parallel between the ministers who wrote the Pastoral letter and Cotton Mather because, in her view, all of those men held fast to outmoded belief systems.

Incorrect: The answer is c. Grimké drew the parallel between the ministers who wrote the Pastoral letter and Cotton Mather because, in her view, all of those men held fast to outmoded belief systems.