Question 1

The chapter introduction tells the story of Lyman Beecher and his offspring to make the point that

Accepted Answer

A)  nineteenth-century preachers often stressed the wickedness of American society. 
B) while the Beecher family stood for older values and tried to halt the rapid changes in American society,
other Americans sought to harness change to bring about a more perfect society. 
C)  zealous evangelical Protestants sought to hasten the coming of Christ's kingdom on earth through
 diverse strategies for reforming society. 
D)  Transcendentalist Beecher represented the more secular, Romantic side of a quest for an improved
society that characterized America in the 1820s and 1830s. 
A)  nineteenth-century preachers often stressed the wickedness of American society. 
B) while the Beecher family stood for older values and tried to halt the rapid changes in American society,
other Americans sought to harness change to bring about a more perfect society. 
C)  zealous evangelical Protestants sought to hasten the coming of Christ's kingdom on earth through
 diverse strategies for reforming society. 
D)  Transcendentalist Beecher represented the more secular, Romantic side of a quest for an improved
society that characterized America in the 1820s and 1830s.

Question 2

What were Charles Finney's new measures? How did they strengthen revivalism?

Accepted Answer

Charles Finney's "new measures" were a s

The chapter introduction tells the story of Lyman Beecher and his offspring to make the point that

What were Charles Finney's new measures? How did they strengthen revivalism?

The First Civilizations of North America

Old Worlds, New Worlds

Colonization and Conflict in the South

Colonization and Conflict in the North

Colonization and Conflict in the North

Imperial Triumph, Imperial Crisis

The American People and the American Revolution

Crisis and Constitution

The Early Republic

The Opening of America

The Rise of Democracy

The Old South

Western Expansion and the Rise of the Slaveryissue

The Union Broken

Total War and the Republic

Reconstructing the Union

The New South and the Trans-Mississippi West

The New Industrial Order

The Rise of an Urban Order

The Political System Under Strain at Home and Abroad

The Progressive Era

The United States and the Collapse of the Old World Order

The New Era

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Americas Rise to Globalism

Cold War America

The Suburban Era

Civil Rights Uncivil Liberties

The Vietnam Era

The Conservative Challenge

The United States in a Global Community

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Exam 12: Afire With Faith

The chapter introduction tells the story of Lyman Beecher and his offspring to make the point that

What were Charles Finney's new measures? How did they strengthen revivalism?

The First Civilizations of North America

Old Worlds, New Worlds

Colonization and Conflict in the South

Colonization and Conflict in the North

Colonization and Conflict in the North

Imperial Triumph, Imperial Crisis

The American People and the American Revolution

Crisis and Constitution

The Early Republic

The Opening of America

The Rise of Democracy

The Old South

Western Expansion and the Rise of the Slaveryissue

The Union Broken

Total War and the Republic

Reconstructing the Union

The New South and the Trans-Mississippi West

The New Industrial Order

The Rise of an Urban Order

The Political System Under Strain at Home and Abroad

The Progressive Era

The United States and the Collapse of the Old World Order

The New Era

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Americas Rise to Globalism

Cold War America

The Suburban Era

Civil Rights Uncivil Liberties

The Vietnam Era

The Conservative Challenge

The United States in a Global Community

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