Reform Movements

What religious movement led to the other reform movements?

• The Reformation 
• The Second Great Awakening
• The Renaissance 
• The First Great Awakening 

What movement was started because of alcohol abuse in America?

• Women's Rights
• Abolition
• Temperance 
• Second Great Awakening

Women had all of the rights below except which one?

• The right to vote
• The right to divorce
• The right to get custody of their children
• They did not have any of these rights.

Which of the following was a problem that instigated the reforms?

• alcoholism was destroying families
• prisons were poorly run
• children lacked proper education
• all of the above

What was a difference between the First and Second Great Awakenings?

• One was led by a woman and the other by a man
• The First said the common man did not have power in his own salvation and the second said they could
• The first great awakening saved animals and the second saved children
• They were exactly the same just at different times

What is temperance?

• abstinence from alcoholic drink
• the study of temperatures
• a religious belief that says your temper controls your fate
• the right to vote

What did Dorothea Dix want to improve?

• Shelters for pets
• Equality for African Americans
• Conditions in prisons
• Food distribution

While supporting the temperance movement, abolition, and women’s rights, Horace Mann’s greatest achievement was…

• Publishing a novel about slavery
• The reform of public education
• Providing healthcare to the impoverished
• Rewriting the constitution

What invention instigated slavery greatly expanding across the south?

• The telegraph
• The lawn mower
• The cotton gin
• The light bulb

What event was the event held to promote women’s rights in 1848?

• The March on Washington
• The Sarah Childress Polk Meeting
• The Rally in Hyde Park
• The Seneca Falls Concention