The Continental Congress' debate over opening with prayer reveals:
A) tensions between a common cause and local identities.
B) the bigotry of Quakers.
C) a shared commitment to the Anglican church.
D) that many delegates were atheists.
Answer: A
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John Brown led the massacre at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas, in order to avenge:
A) the victory of Free Soilers in the election. B) the fact that antislavery activists had been killed in several different places throughout the territory. C) the burning down of the Free Soil town of Lawrence by proslavery advocates. D) what God told him was a great sin against the black population. E) the deaths of his son and son-in-law in the Lawrence raid.
The religious views of German members of pietistic sects were similar to those of __________.
a. Episcopalians b. Lutherans c. Quakers d. Anglicans
Coffeehouses allowed the literate urban public to meet, read __________, and exchange ideas.
a. Their fortunes in overturned coffee grounds. b. Royal proclamations encouraging their proliferation. c. Daily newspapers. d. Humanist Biblical translations.
The bubonic plague typically killed 60 to 70 percent of its human victims and had the potential to ravage a society within a few months.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)