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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.

Author
frenchhorn

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
300,351

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
719

Last 3 plays: samak (3/10), emmal2000uk (1/10), Guest 24 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What did the Deism NOT embrace? Hint

The reliance on reason

Denial of the divinity of Jesus

Belief in a Supreme Being

The concept of original sin

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Question 2 of 10

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

It strengthened democratic denominations like the Baptist and Methodist

It resulted in the conversion of countless souls

It was as large as the First Great Awakening

It encouraged a variety of humanitarian reforms

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which concept did the Unitarians endorse? Hint

Predestination

The deity of Christ

Salvation through good works

Original Sin

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Question 4 of 10

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

Little increase in church membership

All of these

Greater attention to church history and doctrine

A strong religious influence in many areas of American life

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Question 5 of 10

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

Reduce social class differences

Weaken women's social position

Discourage church membership

Promote religious diversity

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Question 6 of 10

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

Joseph Smith

Brigham Young

Charles G. Finney

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Question 7 of 10

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

Highly individualistic life-styles

Unwillingness to vote

Refusal to take up arms and defend themselves

Emphasis on cooperative or group effort

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Question 8 of 10

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

Observation

The writings of John Locke

An inner light

The senses

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Question 9 of 10

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

Land continued to remain in the hands of the small farmers

It stimulated racism among poor whites

It created an aristocratic political elite

It relied on a single-crop economy

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Question 10 of 10

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

They opposed slavery

They could not afford the purchase price

Their urban location did not require them

They feared the possibility of slave revolts

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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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