Author Question: Whether secular or religious, the utopian communities of the antebellum era failed for all of the ... (Read 85 times)

ts19998 · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Antebellum Americans joined the temperance crusade, as they did other reform societies, largely to

A) avoid public suspicion of their own beliefs and behavior.
B) circumvent intrusions of the government.
C) seek relief from loneliness and uncertainty.
D) escape the pressures of middle-class values.

Question 2

During the 1840s, temperance advocates

A) argued that alcoholism reflected moral failure.
B) lobbied for passage of local option laws.
C) copied successful revival techniques.
D) rioted in the streets.

Question 3

The Mormons faced public hostility because of

A)rumors of unorthodox sexual practices.
B) prejudice against immigrants.
C) their passive religious activities.
D)All of the above. .

Question 4

Utopian leader William Miller lost credibility by his

A) indiscriminate admission of new members to his sect.
B) extramarital affairs.
C) frequent absences and financial mismanagement of his settlement.
D) failure to predict accurately the Second Coming of Christ.

Question 5

Whether secular or religious, the utopian communities of the antebellum era failed for all of the following reasons EXCEPT the

A) stress on the individualistic impulses of human nature.
B) recurring problems of unstable leadership.
C) financial bickering.
D) waning of enthusiasm after initial settlement.