Social Reform Quiz

Who was the American abolitionist and writer who escaped slavery, published his biography and founded the abolitionist paper, the North Star?

• Henry Clay

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Sojourner Truth

• Fredrick Douglas

The women's suffrage movement in the United States developed out of which other movement?

• Anarchism
• Abolitionism
• Romanticism
• Nativism

What were the main arguments against alcohol consumption in the 1800s?

• Alcohol abuse led to family strife, moral decline, and a weaker nation.
• Drunk driving was killing an average of twelve motorists per month.
• Alcohol was leading to opioid (mainly heroin) addiction.
• Some alcohol consumption was considered healthy, but most people preferred water.

She established hospitals for the mentally and physically disabled.

• Dorthea Dix
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Susan B Anthony
• Lucrectia Mott

Advocated for education for all children and he is generally thought of as the father of public education.

• Horace Mann
• James Fenimore Cooper
• Edgar Allan Poe
• Ralph Waldo Emerson

What religious movement was a contributing factor in the emergence of reform movements in the 1800s?

• The Reformation

• The Second Great Awakening

• The Renaissance

• The First Great Awakening

A system of houses, churches and workers that helped slaves escape from the south is best known as:

• The Underground Railroad
• The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
• ¨What the Black Man Wants¨
• ¨The Death of Slavery¨

The Second Great Awakening was a movement that promoted —

• mercantilism and the development of global trade
•  states’ rights and governmental reform
• the use of reason and scientific theory
   
• spiritual revival and the need for social reform 

In the 1840s, a meeting took place at Seneca Falls, New York, that made an important contribution to American society. What was the focus of that meeting?

• women’s rights

• state’s rights

• prison reforms

• start of labor unions

What movement was the organized effort to end slavery in the Americas?

• Education Reform Movement

• Temperance Movement

• Abolition Movement

• Women's Rights