Question: Why were the Shakers such a radical sect to emerge?

Answer: They believed in gender equality.

Question: How did the common-school movement change education in the United States?

Answer: It created a national public school system.

Question: The idea tat governments should not be involved in religious affairs is called…

Answer: the separation of church and state.

Question: In the 1800s, the political reason for anti-Catholicism was that

Answer: Protestants feared Catholics would be more loyal to the Pope than to the nation.

Question: Rather than following religious doctrines, Transcendentalists believed that people should…

Answer: listen to nature and to their consciences to learn the truth.