History Test 5

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founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church

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Richard Allen

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"Father of American Missions"

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Adoniram Judson

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started New York City's first Sunday school

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Catherine Ferguson

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improved the treatment of the mentally ill

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Dorothea L. Dix

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founded New York City's first settlement house

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Phoebe Palmer

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opened Japan to trade

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Matthew Perry

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discovered the Hawaiian Islands in 1778

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James Cook

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became the first Baptist missionary to Japan

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Jonathan Goble

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accompanied Lott Carey to Liberia

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Colin Teague

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united all but two of the Hawaiian Islands under his rule

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Kamehameha I

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"Father of Western African Missions"

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Lott Carey

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opened Japan to missionaries

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Townshend Harris

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Who was the leading evangelist of the Second Great Awakening?

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Charles Finney

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What great Methodist circuit rider preached the gospel in Kentucky and Tennessee for 20 years?

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Peter Cartwright

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Who pioneered the camp meeting revival?

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James McGready

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What did the Transcendentalists worship?

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nature

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Which was the first state to outlaw the use of liquor?

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Maine

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What society was organized in 1816 to distribute Bibles to frontier families?

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American Bible Society

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What did the American Temperance Union work to stop?

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the consumption and sale of alcohol

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What Indian tribe experienced hardship and suffering on the "Trail of Tears"?

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Cherokee

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What was the name of the socialist community founded by Robert Owen?

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New Harmony

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What did Horace Mann work to achieve?

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tax-supported public schools

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What is William McGuffey best remembered for?

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his reading textbooks

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Edgar Allan Poe

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"The Tell-Tale Heart"

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

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"Old Ironsides"

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John Greenleaf Whittier

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"Snowbound"

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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"The Song of Hiawatha"

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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"The Scarlet Letter"

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Herman Melville

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"Moby Dick"

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Washington Irving

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"Rip Van Winkle"

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James Fenimore Cooper

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"The Last of the Mohicans"

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T/F:

HORACE MANN is famous for his dictionaries and the "Blue-Backed Speller"

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False

Noah Webster

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T/F:

Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau wrote WALDEN.

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True

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T/F:

One of the most popular learning techniques in the town schools was the QUILTING BEE.

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False

spelling bee

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T/F:

"THE DEERSLAYER" is a good example of one of James Fenimore Cooper's "Hudson River" Tales.

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False

Leatherstocking

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T/F:

LOWELL MASON wrote over two hundred songs, including "Swanee River," "My Old Kentucky Home," and "Oh! Susanna."

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False

Stephen Foster

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What is the name for counterfeit church groups which teach salvation by works rather than salvation by grace through faith?

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cults

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What was the name of the Cherokee Indian who invented a written language for his people?

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Sequoya

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What was America's greatest contribution to the field of music?

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the spiritual

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What was the name for evangelists who rode regular routes on horseback, conducting church services on the frontier?

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circuit riders

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What was the term for the group of American poets who emphasized family values and patriotism in their works?

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Schoolroom Poets (or Fireside Poets)

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Name the Methodist evangelist that John Wesley sent to America in 1771 to establish churches and Bible studies on the frontier.

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Francis Asbury