Reform Era

What was the goal of the Abolitionist Movement?

• Banning the sale and production of alcohol

• Ending slavery in the United States

• Listening to your conscience to determine right from wrong

• Giving women the right to vote

What was Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin about?

• Persuading Americans to end slavery due to its evilness

• A family trip to the lake

• Children working long hours in factories

• The idea of Manifest Destiny

What is the Declaration of Sentiments arguing for?

• Temperance

• Education reform

• Women's rights

• Ending slavery in the United States

What religious event caused society to argue for new social reforms?

• Second Great Awakening

• Nativist movement

• First Great Awakening

• Church revival

What reform movements were led by Dorthea Dix?

• Education and Prison

• Temperance and Education

• Abolition and Mental Illness

• Mental Illness and Prison

During what reform movement were people fighting for equal pay, voting rights, and equality of citizenship?

• Women's Rights

• Abolitionist

• Transcendentalism

• Education

What was the importance of Seneca Falls, New York?

• Birthplace of Horace Mann

• Home to the first abolitionist newspaper

• Location of women's suffrage convention

• Location of the first public school

What abolitionist was an escaped slave and gave famous speeches about his life as a slave?

• Fredrick Douglas

• Sojourner Truth

• Horace Mann

• Henry David Thoreau

What was the purpose of the Temperance Movement?

• To end slavery

• To provide education for all

• To help the mentally ill

• To ban the sale and production of alcohol

Religious belief, desire to make society better, and strong leaders were all ideas that were influenced by....

• Sectionalism

• Urbanization

• Manifest Destiny

• Reform