Match the Term with the Definition

question 68

Multiple Choice

Match the term with the definition.
-Organization founded in 1826 by Lyman Beecher that linked drinking with poverty, idleness, ill-health, and violence. Its lecturers traveled the country gaining converts to the cause. The movement had considerable success, contributing to a sharp drop in American alcohol consumption.

• A)American Temperance Society
• B)Democrats
• C)Erie Canal
• D)Indian Removal Act of 1830
• E)Lowell mills
• F)New York Female Moral Reform Society
• G)nullification
• H)second Bank of the United States
• I)Second Great Awakening
• J)Trail of Tears
• K)Whigs

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Definitions:

Sedimentary

Relating to rocks formed by the accumulation and consolidation of mineral and organic particles deposited by water, air, or ice.

Clastic

A material consisting of pieces (clasts) derived from preexisting rocks; usually formed on Earth’s surface in low-temperature environments; syn. detrital.

Clast Density

The measure of the density of the fragments or grains that make up a sedimentary rock.

Clast Size

The dimensions of the fragments or grains that make up sedimentary rocks, indicating the energy of the environment in which they were deposited.