The Great Awakening

1) George Whitefield

    A) was a British customs agent.

    B) led the witch hunt in Salem.

    C) was a major figure in mid eighteenth century revivals.

    D) founded the Philadelphia Academy in 1754.

2) A good example of the Great Awakening in America was John Bartram's study of American plant life. True False

3) The "new light" preachers of the Great Awakening

    A) delivered intensely emotional sermons.

    B) rarely addressed themselves to the matter of individual salvation.

    C) reinforced the established churches.

    D) were ultimately unsuccessful in arousing the religious enthusiasm of colonial Americans.

4) The Great Awakening

    A) undermined the prestige of the learned clergy in the colonies.

    B) split colonial churches into several competing denominations.

    C) led to the founding of Princeton, Dartmouth, and Rutgers colleges.

    D) all of the above.

5) In 1775, __________ churches were the only established (tax-supported) churches in colonial America.

    A) Methodist and Anglican

    B) Presbyterian and Congregational

    C) Congregational and Anglican

    D) Quaker and Catholic