8th Grade Sectionalism Quiz

The Second Great Awakening was a


• period of new scientific thinking.

• disease that caused sleeplessness.

• campaign for public education.

• religious revival movement.

One effect of the Second Great Awakening was to

• increase prejudice against sinners.

• encourage people to move west.

• bring out the vote for Andrew Jackson.

• inspire reformers to improve society.

Dorothea Dix dedicated her life to

• teaching religion.


• eliminating slavery.


• helping the imprisoned. 


• establishing public schools. 


What was the focus of Horace Mann’s reform movement?

• religion 


• health care


• voting rights


• public education

Which group was focused on eliminating slavery?

• politicians 


• abolitionists


• missionaries


• transcendentalists

The movement against the consumption of alcohol was called

• Abolition

• Suffrage

• Analytics

• Temperance

The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was the first ______________________ convention in the U.S.

• Education

• Abolition

• Women’s Rights

• Labor Rights

Which is true of free African Americans living in both the North and the South?

• They faced discrimination and racism.


• They lived side by side with white Americans.

• They had the same rights as everyone else. 


• They preferred living only with African Americans.

What was an effect of segregation policies in the North?

• People shared their culture with others.


• People were separated by race in public places.


• People were forced to live with different races. 


• People were not allowed to practice their religion.

How did the cotton gin affect slaves?


• It made their lives easier.


• It increased the demand for slaves.


• It decreased the need for slave labor.


• It was the first step toward abolishing slavery.