By 1840, due to the Second Great Awakening,Multiple choice question.most Americans questioned the necessity of religion.around half the U.S. population belonged to a church.laws required every American to attend a church.more than three-quarters of Americans were Catholics.

In the 1840s and 1850s, the Catholic population in the United States dramaticallyMultiple choice question.grew because of a number of Catholic immigrants.grew due to a great number of conversions from Protestantism.declined because of anti-Catholic violence.declined due to legislation that made Catholicism illegal.

n the early 1800s, independent African American churchesMultiple choice question.grew in number in the Deep South.were involved in the fight against slavery.attracted smaller numbers of followers in the North.were banned everywhere in the United States.

As settlers arrived in the far West, churches were slow to be established. Why?Multiple ChoiceMost settlers of the far West were not very religious.Religious worship was forbidden in the territories.Population densities were too low.Many of the initial settlers belonged to sects that believed in "home worship."

One main reason the Irish were not welcomed by many Americans is because they were wealthy.did not speak English.were Catholic.supported the emancipation of enslaved Americans.

Observing Americans in the mid-1800s, Europeans noted that Americans worked hard and wereMultiple choice question.becoming less religious.growing more willing to recognize the rising labor movement.concerned with acquiring material goods.more concerned with intellectual pursuits than with the pursuit of wealth.