Reform Movements

Reform Movement STAAR Review

Open Ended

What were TWO methods used by the abolitionists to combat the institution of slavery during the Era of Reform in the 1800s.

Think about the question carefully, then answer in the space provided.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was an argument made against slavery in the Thirteen colonies?

• Manufacturers argued that slavery discouraged the development of industry

• Farmers argued that using slave labor was expensive and inefficient.

• Quakers argued that slavery violated Christian principles.

• Puritans argued that the slave trade encouraged materialism.

Multiple Choice

Which statement describes the significance of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• Many Northerners changed how they felt about slavery and supported abolition

• Many plantation owners in the South decided to set enslaved people free.

• Many members of Congress supported an amendment making the practice of slavery illegal.

• Many enslaved people read the book and used it as a guide to escape to the North

Multiple Choice

Based on the excerpt and your knowledge of U.S. history, which generalization can be made about the temperance movement?

• Women became involved in the temperance movement in order to gain equal rights with men

• Women gained social influence through their involvement in the temperance movement.

• Women gained social influence through their involvement in the temperance movement.

• Women were uninterested in solving the social problems that led to the temperance movement.

Multiple Choice

Why is Dorothea Dix a significant figure in U.S. history?

• She was a leader in the fight for the abolition of slavery.

• She led a reform effort to improve working conditions in factories.

• She was a leader in the fight for women’s suffrage.

• She led a reform effort to improve care for the mentally ill

Multiple Choice

Which statement describes the role of this newspaper and its publisher?

• John Brown used the newspaper to recruit people to his antislavery cause.

• William Lloyd Garrison used the newspaper to push for the emancipation of all enslaved people.

• Frederick Douglass used the newspaper to help end the practice of slavery.

• Harriet Tubman used the newspaper to recruit people to assist escaped enslaved people.

Multiple Choice

Which term best completes the excerpt?

• Second Great Awakening

• temperance movement

• Era of good feelings

• abolitionist movement

Multiple Choice

The people in this list are similar because their actions -

• promoted interes in agricultural innovation

• promoted support for wesward expansion

• showed dedication to sectionalism and states' rights

• showed commitment to rights and freedoms

Multiple Choice

Which woman fought to create legislation to help the people described in this excerpt?

• Sojourner Truth

• Dorothea Dix

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Multiple Choice

The reform efforts of Dorothea Dix during the mid-nineteenth century le to -

• improved education for immigrant children

• the creation of worker safety regulations

• the expansion of suffrage for women

• improved facilities for the mentally ill and disabled

Multiple Choice

Which action prompted the newspaper's claim that John Brown's raid "advanced the cause of disunion"?

• Some Northerners were willing to defend the South's right to continue slavery

• Some Southerners were willing to take up arms to protest high tariffs

• Some abolitionists thought violence was necessary to end slavery

• Some peopel in territories needed to defend their right to popular sovereignty

Multiple Choice

Which word correctly replaces the question mark in the title of this timeline?

• Suffrage

• Abolitionist

• Temperance

• Transcendentalist

Multiple Choice

This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by -

• writing Uncle Tom's Cabin

• publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star

• organizing the Underground Railroad

• becoming the first African American senator

Multiple Choice

Which statement explains how the work of Dorothea Dix benefited U.S. society?

• 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

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best completes this excerpt?

• equal pay

• own property

• a public education

• vote