Evangelical reformers of the Second Great Awakening were most critical of
A) the idea that each individual was personally responsible for sin and moral evil.
B) separating the functions of church and state.
C) individual selfishness and materialistic excess.
D) the egoistic belief that Americans were God's "chosen people."
C
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European nations did not offer much help to the Confederacy for all the following reasons EXCEPT
A) Europeans were dependent on Northern grain exports. B) the Confederacy made no serious diplomatic efforts to seek aid. C) England had moral qualms about recognizing a slave power. D) England found alternative sources of cotton.
Describe the impact of social reform movements on American law and criminal justice in the early nineteenth century
What will be an ideal response?
Why did architects such as Andrew Jackson Downing and Alexander Jackson Davis reject the Greek Revival style?
A) They believed it was too sophisticated for most Americans. B) They believed that architecture should reflect social status. C) They believed it did not properly represent the values of Jacksonian democracy. D) They believed that architects should look to the American landscape for inspiration, not Europe. E) They believed it was unsightly and preferred plainer styles.
In the weeks and months after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Americans ____ encroachments on their civil liberties were crucial to capturing terrorists
a. mostly agreed that b. firmly disagreed that c. trusted the president's stance on whether d. were indifferent on whether e. were divided on the issue of whether