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Influences on America's Founding Documents — Quiz

Question 5 • MASTER COURSE United States History

How did the Great Awakening affect people’s attitudes toward religious tolerance?

Answer
A
Religious tolerance decreased in highly democratic denominations.
B
Religious tolerance increased in highly democratic denominations.
C
Religious tolerance decreased across Christian faiths.
D
Religious tolerance increased across Christian faiths.

Explanation

The Great Awakening encouraged people to choose their own religious beliefs and emphasized personal spiritual experience over obedience to established churches. This helped make more democratic denominations, where members had a stronger voice, more accepting of differing beliefs. So religious tolerance increased in highly democratic denominations.

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