1a. Southern Christian, pro-slavery reformers:

a. failed in their attempt to undermine slavery from within the South.

b. attempted to persuade slave owners to teach their slaves to read the Bible, contrary to the laws in most southern states that made it illegal to teach slaves to read.

c. used the harsh punishments in Bible's Old Testament as justification for the cruel treatment of slaves.

d. None of the above.

1b.

Which of the following best describes the relationship between religious reform and social reform in the antebellum period?

a. Christian religious affiliation displaced property ownership as a prerequisite to voting in most Southern states.

b. Both religious reform and social reform failed to penetrate the South.

c. Those spurred to religious revival sought personal salvation while those spurred to social reform believed religion stifled progress.

d. Women played leading roles in transferring the fervor of the former to the latter.

b) The best description of the relationship between religious reform and social reform in the antebellum period is that c. Those spurred to religious revival sought personal salvation while those ...

There was a clear-cut division between the social reformers and religious revivalists and their intentions surrounding slavery.

Without some integration and shared understanding between these two forces, it was impossible to achieve a coherent approach to the issue of slavery reformation.

The failure to strike a covenant of shared understanding between the two camps predetermined the unfortunate outcome that was produced from their reformation efforts.

Thus, the failure of pro-slavery reformers stemmed from the different perspectives that they brought to the effort from their unique camps without the creation of a middle ground.

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