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Quiz about The Second Great Awakening
Quiz about The Second Great Awakening

The Second Great Awakening Trivia Quiz


This is my first history quiz and deals with aspects of the second Great Awakening, including the effects culture, reform, and slavery.

A multiple-choice quiz by frenchhorn. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
frenchhorn
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
300,351
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
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Question 1 of 10
1. What did the Deism NOT embrace? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which of the following is NOT true of the Second Great Awakening? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which concept did the Unitarians endorse? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What did the religious revivials of the Second Great Awakening result in? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What did the second Great Awakening tend to do? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who was the original prophet of the Mormon religion? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Non-Mormons were angered by which Mormon characteristic? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What did transcendentalist believe that all knowledge came from? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which of the following was NOT a weakness of the slave plantation system? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. What was the reason most southern whites owned no slaves? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What did the Deism NOT embrace?

Answer: The concept of original sin

Deism is the belief in the existence of a supreme being, one who does not intervene in the universe.
2. Which of the following is NOT true of the Second Great Awakening?

Answer: It was as large as the First Great Awakening

The Second Great Awakening was a second religious revival that took place in the United States from 1790 to the 1840s.
3. Which concept did the Unitarians endorse?

Answer: Salvation through good works

Unitarians are those who assert the unity of God and rejects the doctrine of the Trinity.
4. What did the religious revivials of the Second Great Awakening result in?

Answer: A strong religious influence in many areas of American life

The Second Great Awakening also resulted in the changed of prison reform, temperance, women's suffrage, and the crusade to abolish slavery.
5. What did the second Great Awakening tend to do?

Answer: Promote religious diversity

Religious diversity would often inspire social activism in New England.
6. Who was the original prophet of the Mormon religion?

Answer: Joseph Smith

In 1827 Smith announced that an angel gave him a set of golden plates that meant that Jesus had visited the indigenous people of America. He later published it as the Book of Mormon.
7. Non-Mormons were angered by which Mormon characteristic?

Answer: Emphasis on cooperative or group effort

The term "Mormon" is often used to refer to fundamentalist groups who practice polygamy. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints abandoned the practice of polygamy in 1890.
8. What did transcendentalist believe that all knowledge came from?

Answer: An inner light

Transcendentalism began as a protest against the general state of culture and society.
9. Which of the following was NOT a weakness of the slave plantation system?

Answer: Land continued to remain in the hands of the small farmers

Slaves of the plantation system had to work on crops such as cotton, tobacco, and sugar cane.
10. What was the reason most southern whites owned no slaves?

Answer: They could not afford the purchase price

Black slaves were owned by a small minority of whites.
Source: Author frenchhorn

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