Reform Movements & American Culture

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Which word correctly replaces the question mark in the title of this timeline? Options: Suffrage, Abolitionist, Temperance, Transcendentalist

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Abolitionist

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In the 1840s, Seneca Falls, New York, became the scene of an important convention for -

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women's rights

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Which is the best description of the works of the Hudson River School? Options: They excelled in portrait paintings, They glorified the majesty of nature, They introduced abstract painting, Their themes involved meetings during the "Second Great Awakening"

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They glorified the majesty of nature

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In what way did the ideas of the Declaration of Sentiments differ from the ideas found in the Declaration of Independence?

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The Declaration of Sentiments included the equality of men and women

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_________________ was an important leader in education reform.

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Horace Mann

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This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by -

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publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star

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Which group was among the first to call for an end to slavery? Options: American Indians, because they viewed the plight of slaves as similar to their own; Quakers, because slavery contradicted their religious beliefs; British loyalists, because Great Britain had ended the slave trade; Puritans, because the New England economy did not rely on slavery

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Quakers, because slavery contradicted their religious beliefs

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What was one result of the law described above?

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Northerners who believed the law was unfair began to support the abolitionist movement.

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Which statement explains how the work of Dorothea Dix benefited U.S. society? Options: Mental-health facilities were opened to treat patients., Doctors were required to get federal licenses to practice medicine., States passed laws giving harsher sentences to criminals., The government distributed land to poor people.

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Mental-health facilities were opened to treat patients.

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Which of the following best completes this excerpt?
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equal pay,
own property,
a public education,
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vote