Review Questions

1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the Second Great Awakening?
greater emphasis on nature
greater emphasis on religious education of children
greater church attendance
belief in the possibility of a better world

2. Transcendentalists were most concerned with ________.
the afterlife
predestination
the individual
democracy

3. What do the Second Great Awakening and transcendentalism have in common?

4. Which religious community focused on the power of patriarchy?
Shakers
Mormons
Owenites
Rappites

5. Which community or movement is associated with transcendentalism?
the Oneida Community
the Ephrata Cloister
Brook Farm
Fourierism

6. How were the reform communities of the antebellum era treated by the general population?

7. The first temperance laws were enacted by ________.
state governments
local governments
the federal government
temperance organizations

8. Sylvester Graham’s reformers targeted ________.
the human body
nutrition
sexuality
all of the above

9. Whom did temperance reformers target?

10. In the context of the antebellum era, what does colonization refer to?
Great Britain’s colonization of North America
the relocation of African Americans to Africa
American colonization of the Caribbean
American colonization of Africa

11. Which of the following did William Lloyd Garrison not employ in his abolitionist efforts?
moral suasion
immediatism
political involvement
pamphleteering

12. Why did William Lloyd Garrison’s endorsement of the Grimké sisters divide the abolitionist movement?
They advocated equal rights for women.
They supported colonization.
They attended the Seneca Falls Convention.
They lectured to co-ed audiences.

13. Which female reformer focused on women’s roles as the educators of children?
Lydia Maria Child
Sarah Grimké
Catherine Beecher
Susan B. Anthony

14. How did the abolitionist movement impact the women’s movement?