Chapter 15 - The Spirit of Reform

The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper, was published by which individual?

• Langston Hughes

• Marcus Garvey

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

Which of the following women is credited with organizing the Seneca Falls Convention?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Susan B. Anthony

• Sojourner Truth

• Lucretia Mott

What did Horace Mann believe with regard to education?

• He believed that a solid public education system would serve as a great equalizer.

• He believed that a solid public education system would serve as a pillar of the wealthy.

• He believed that a solid public education system would serve as a segregator of races.

• He believed that a solid public education system would serve as a money generator.

What comparison can be drawn between Elizabeth Stanton's Declaration of Sentiments and the Declaration of Independence?

• Both documents outline a citizen's duties.

• Both documents request government change.

• Both documents outline the rights of citizens.

• Both documents are considered "calls to action."

For what is Harriet Tubman best known?

• her work on behalf of Native American suffrage

• her work with the Harlem Renaissance

• her work with the Underground Railroad

• her work on behalf of African American suffrage

What was the main message that Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott preached at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848?

• Alcohol must be abolished to preserve family values.

• Slavery is an abomination to modern Christians

• It is the preordained destiny of the United States to expand.

• Men and women are created equal.

Which of these men is generally credited as the leader of the Second Great Awakening?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Frederick Douglass

• Charles Finney

• Lyman Beecher

Which of the following works is the best example of Transcendentalism?

• the book Walden by Henry David Thoreau

• the song "Battle Hymn of the Republic" by Julia Ward Howe

• the painting American Progress by John Gast

• the drawings of American wildlife by John James Audubon

The idea behind _________ was that an individual should not have to obey laws considered unjust.

• civil disobedience

• Social Darwinism

• national liberalism

• civic virtue

Henry David Thoreau refused to pay taxes. He did this to protest which of the following?

• the amount of taxes

• having no representation in Congress

• the rise of transcendentalism

• a government that allowed slavery