Chapter 14/15 Flashcards
1
Q
Why was the Burned-Over District called what it was called?
A
It was filled with preachers preaching hellfire and damnation
2
Q
What was the main spark of American forms of literature?
A
Nationalism after War of 1812
3
Q
What did the transcendentalist movement do?
A
Celebrate power of the individual spirit
4
Q
Who is considered that father of American history?
A
George Bancroft
5
Q
What is deism?
A
Reason rather than revelation
6
Q
What prompted the second great awakening?
A
Christians wanted to take back their faith from other versions
7
Q
Charles Grandison Finner
A
Greatest revival preacher
8
Q
Peter Cartwright
A
Traveling preacher
