CWC Unit #3 Dec. 5 Quiz Flashcards
Sojourner Truth - Who
Born into slavery, espcaped, became a methodist
Sojourner Truth - When
1797-1883
Sojourner Truth - Where
New York
Sojourner Truth - Significance
Escaped slavery in 1826; became a methodist in 1843; wrote “The Narrative of Sojourner Truth” in 1850; changed her name for religious, symbolic meaning; women’s rights activist
Frederick Douglass - Who
a slave who then became a writer
Frederick Douglass - When
1818-1895
Frederick Douglass - Where
Maryland
Frederick Douglass - Significance
Wrote “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” (1833); “What to the slave is the 4th of July” (1852); After the Civil War, he continues to work on women’s rights
Industrial Revolution - What
new tech in manufacturing and applications of scientific knowledge
Industrial Revolution - When
1700/1800s
Industrial Revolution - Where
Europe and the US
Industrial Revolution - Significance
fuels economies; expands the gap between rich and poor; exploits workers and children
Modernism - What
the result of the enlightenment; refers to a time period (1750s - 1950s); a statement of the superiority of this time vs the past
Modernism - When
1750s - 1950s
Modernism - Where
Europe and US
Modernism - Significance
Need to change our views on: Knowledge of God, Possibility of Miracles, Presumption of History, Reliability of Scripture, Cause of Religious Belief; many diets became activists; rise of liberal theology; push back on orthodox theologians
Fundamentalism - What
defended the fundamentals of faith
Fundamentalism - When
1910 - 1925
Fundamentalism - Where
Europe and the US
Fundamentalism - Significance
produced “The Fundamentals” 1910-1918
Scopes Trial - What
Trial on a teacher in TN
Scopes Trial - When
1925
Scopes Trial - Where
Tennessee
Scopes Trial - Significance
John Scopes taught evolution; Baltimore reporter made the trial public; bad look for Fundamentalists
World War I - What
a war between England, France, Russia, & the US vs. Germany, Austria, and Turkey
World War I - When
1914-1918
World War I - Where
Europe
World War I - Significance
driving force was nationalism; 12-15 million deaths; first use of weapons of mass destruction; weakened empires in Europe; 1st Marxist Revolution (Russia, 1917); churches deemed it a just war; “holy war”
World War II - What
world war between England, Soviet Union, and the US vs. Germany, Italy, and Japan
World War II - When
1939-1945
World War II - Where
Europe
World War II - Significance
caused by unresolved WWI issues; 60-80 million deaths; >50% of deaths were citizens; nuclear weapons; accelerated decolonization in Africa and Asia
Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Who
German Lutheran Pastor
Dietrich Bonhoeffer - When
1906-1945
Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Where
Born in Poland, but lived in Germany
Dietrich Bonhoeffer - Significance
wanted the confessing church to defend the Jews; pacifist, but joined the resistance against the Nazis; arrested and put into camp in 1943; killed in 1945 by Nazis
Abolition Movement
1700/1800s in Europe
use of enlightenment principles of reason, justice, and equality to fight slavery
Slavery abolished in Britain in 1833
Slavery unconstitutional in US in 1865
Civil War (1861-1865)
Emancipation Proclamation declares freedom for slaves in 1863
13th Amendment abolished in 1865
1880s - 1960s - Jim Crow Era
Seneca Falls Convention
NY, 1848
1st Women’s Rights convention
rejects doctrine of separate spheres
inspired womens rights activism
“Declaration of Sentiments”
Inerrancy
Whatever scripture affirms is true
“German Christians”
saw Hitler as a national messiah; rejected OT and Jewishness of Jesus; embraced anti-semetic actions
Adolf Hitler
a fascist dictator; 1889-1945; chancellor and leader of Germany (1933-1945); caused WWII; gained power with promises of revenge and anti-semitism; started the Nazi party
Suffrage Movement
a decades-long fight for women’s right to vote, which culminated in the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920
Salvation Army
William and Catherine Booth
evangelism paired with social action
manifesto: Darkest England and the Way Out (1890)
Feed, educate, train - empower
Inspiration
scripture is from God, it’s God’s message to humans
Conscientious Objectors
anabaptist and christian pacifists who objected war, yet got drafted
“hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering,”
Frederick Douglass - “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”
“no intermediary more powerful than religion”
“Church is the interpreter an guardian”
Pope Leo XIII - “Rerum Novarum”
“Bible claimed from one end to the other to be the authoritative Word of God to man”
“Bible to be the inspired Word of God”
“The Fundamentals”
“the human race is divided”
H.L. Mencken - “Homo Neanderthalis”
