Industry and Reform

The American women’s suffrage movement started with a gathering of women and men in —

• Washington, D.C.

• Seneca Falls, New York

• Concord, Massachusetts

• Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania

These environmental modifications were made in order to construct —

• permanent housing for immigrants in urban areas

• canals that linked the Midwest to the Northeast

• a transcontinental railroad

• a harbor on the Mississippi River

How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization?

• Manufacturers produced goods to export overseas.

• Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers.

• Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers.

• Industrialists invested in cotton plantations.

How did Thoreau's idea of civil disobedience influence American society?

• Citizens who considered the Civil War unjust refused to comply with the draft.

• Western settlers who disagreed with placing railroads on their land dismantled the tracks at night.

• Civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr. called on people to refuse to obey laws considered unjust.

• American Indian tribes on reservations refused to purchase agricultural products that were not grown on reservation grounds.

Frederick Douglass contributed to the abolitionist reform movement by —

• writing legislation that banned enslaving people

• informing others about his early life in slavery

• created a secret route for escaped enslaved people

• running for president as a member of the Abolition Party

Why did Congress honor this woman by putting her on a coin?

• Because she was an influential First Lady

• Because she designed the nation’s first flag

• Because she fought for women’s suffrage

• Because she was the first woman elected to Congress

The reform efforts of Dorothea Dix during the mid-nineteenth century led to —

• improved education for immigrant children

• the creation of worker safety regulations

• the expansion of suffrage for women

• improved facilities for the mentally ill and disabled

What was one major impact of this novel?

• The profits from book sales funded early labor organizations.

• Congress was inspired to pass laws outlawing the abuse of slaves.

• The Supreme Court overturned fugitive slave laws.

• Support grew for the abolitionist movement.

The Second Great Awakening was a movement that promoted--

• spiritual revival and the need for social reform

• the use of reason and scientific theory

• states' rights and governmental reform

• mercantilism and the development of global trade

In this quotation, Sojourner Truth is emphasizing the--

• need for equal treatment of immigrants

• unequal treatment of women

• difference between the rich and the poor

• importance of education for women