Module 16 - Reform Movements in the United States

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During the 1800s Americans who opposed immigration were called: Nativists, Natives, Nationalists, NeoNazis

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Nativists

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What document was used for the basis of the Declaration of Sentiments? Options: Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, Magna Carta, BMS Handbook

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Declaration of Independence

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Tenements were:

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Poorly designed apartment buildings that housed large numbers of people mainly immigrants.

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By definition, transcendentalism is the belief that people could transcend, or rise above, the material things in life.

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True

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The banner that the women are holding below most likely went with which social reform group: Suffrage, Temperance, Second Great Awakening, Education?

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Temperance

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What did Dorothea Dix push for in reforming the prison system?

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Dix pushed for better prison conditions and facilities for the mentally ill, which led to the creation of many state hospitals.

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What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention?

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To discuss inequalities between men and women and it was the first organized women's rights movement.

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Which of the following people would most likely have supported a law prohibiting foreigners from holding public office? Options: an anti-suffragist, a nativist, an abolitionist, a transcendentalist

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a nativist

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How many immigrants came to America between 1840 and 1860 that were from Germany and Ireland?

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3 million

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What did Susan B. Anthony argue for the most when it came to women's rights? Options: Fair jobs for women, The right to vote, The right to hold public office, Equal pay for equal work

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Equal pay for equal work