Which of the Following Helped to Increase the Visibility and Power

question 124

Multiple Choice

Which of the following helped to increase the visibility and power of the Catholic Church in America in the mid-nineteenth century?

• A) the fact that President Jackson was Catholic
• B) Minister Lyman Beecher's sermons preaching religious toleration
• C) congressional passage of an Act of Religious Toleration that gave Catholics political rights
• D) the dramatic increase in the number of Irish-Catholic immigrants
• E) Archbishop John Hughes's wave of revivals that converted thousands to Catholicism

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