Reform Movements

Question 1

During the early 1800s, how did religious practice change in the United States?

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People often went to revival meetings.

Question 2

Where and when did the Second Great Awakening begin?

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in New York in the 1790s

Question 3

Which occurred in the early 1800s?

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Free African Americans founded the first African American colleges.

Question 4

The work of Dorothea Dix in the 1800s was an example of the

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increased desire to reform American society.

Question 5

The roots of the Second Great Awakening were in

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Protestantism.

Question 6

Who worked to improve American education during the early 1800s?

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Horace Mann

Question 7

Who published the first dictionary of the American language?

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Noah Webster

Question 8

Members of the common school movement believed that

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all children should have to attend school.

Question 9

Which best describes an important issue in the early 1800s?

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Excessive drinking caused problems with work and family.

Question 10

During the Second Great Awakening, how did revival meetings differ from traditional church services in America?

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Revival meetings were loud and exciting, while church services tended to be formal and quiet.

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