By 1850, all of the following were true about developments in organized religion in America except
a. organized religion had lost a fair portion of the theological rigor and austerity of the colonial era.
b. the influence of Calvinism had been reduced significantly from the colonial era.
c. the liberal doctrines of Deism had been embraced by certain Protestant denominations such as Unitarians.
d. organized religion had generally grown more theologically conservative than during the colonial eras.
e. a significant counterreaction against theological liberalism of the 1790s and early 1800s developed in the form of the Second Great Awakening.
d
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A) to save their families from economic collapse B) to escape unhappy marriages C) to escape farm life and earn wages D) to find husbands
Despite the success of the middle class in _________, almost three quarters of the population still lived in villages with poor or no water, electricity, and roads at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
a. China. b. Vietnam. c. India. d. Brazil.
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a. true b. false
Whose Discourse on Method espoused the deductive method?
A. Bacon B. Newton C. Descartes D. Rousseau E. Pope