By 1850, All of the Following Were True About Developments

question 40

Multiple Choice

By 1850, all of the following were true about developments in organized religion in America EXCEPT

• A) organized religion had lost a fair portion of the theological rigor and austerity of the colonial era.
• B) the influence of Calvinism had been reduced significantly from the colonial era.
• C) the liberal doctrines of Deism had been embraced by certain Protestant denominations such as Unitarians.
• D) organized religion had generally grown more theologically conservative than during the colonial eras.
• E) a significant counterreaction against theological liberalism of the 1790s and early 1800s developed in the form of the Second Great Awakening.

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