Critical Reading Exercises

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The Second Great Awakening (pp. 514–523)

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Enter Notes: for this section of the exercise, simply note important points.
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Summarize the passage in your own words.
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Answer the following questions related to the reading:
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How did John Wesley’s Methodist beliefs differ from the Anglicanism he and his followers broke away from?
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In what ways were "Frontiers Revivals" important to people living on the frontier?
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Antebellum Reform (pp. 536–543)

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Enter Notes: for this section of the exercise, simply note important points.
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Summarize the passage in your own words.
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Answer the following questions related to the reading:
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What accounts for the American zeal to perfect or reform itself, especially during the Early Republic and Antebellum periods?
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What were the various arguments in favor of Temperance legislation?
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Education (pp. 532–536)

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Enter Notes: for this section of the exercise, simply note important points.
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Summarize the passage in your own words.
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Answer the following questions related to the reading:
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Why did Horace Mann believe that state-sponsored elementary education was so important to the Republic?
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During the first half of the nineteenth century, the South did not create state-supported education. Why is that?

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