Exam 10: Toward an American Culture

The Second Great Awakening was different from the First Great Awakening in that it

The "Burned-Over District" referred to

For the most part, the domesticity novels written by women during the mid-nineteenth century were

_____________wore blackface in the first minstrel show in 1831.

By the 1830s, most of the responsibility for child-rearing in northern homes rested with

Which of the following is true of early boxing matches?

Describe the significance of newspapers in the early nineteenth century.

Methodists renounced the need for a(n)_____________ clergy.

Minstrel shows dealt broadly with the content of American culture.

In 1835, there were_____________ times as many newspapers in America than in Britain.

By 1830, American society was essentially republican, capitalist, and Protestant.

The best selling novel printed in the years before the Civil War was_____________.

Most southern clergy endorsed relationships based on dominance and submission.

The most revered biblical figure to southerners was Moses.

The plain folk of the North were culturally conservative.

The growth of evangelicalism was greatest when the south committed to_____________.

By 1840, only_____________ maintained a propertied electorate.

Northern plain folk believed that all events were willed or allowed by God.

Explore the value and belief structures of the Northern middle class.

In the early nineteenth century, sentimental novels outsold