Which of the Following Was NOT an Important Effect of the Great

question 35

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was NOT an important effect of the Great Awakening?

• A) It stimulated higher education in the colonies.
• B) It strengthened the authority of old colonial religions.
• C) It encouraged the development of individualism.
• D) It fostered an optimistic view of the future among those touched by it.
• E) It evoked a sense of "new birth" among believers.

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Definitions:

Action Potential

A rapid rise and subsequent fall in voltage or membrane potential across a cellular membrane, momentarily allowing the cell to become depolarized.

Depolarization

The process by which the electrical charge of a cell membrane becomes less negative, leading to the generation of an action potential in neurons.

Hyperpolarization

A change in a cell's membrane potential making it more negative, typically reducing the likelihood of generating an action potential.

Terminal Button

The small knoblike structures at the ends of axons that release chemical signals from the neuron into the synapse.