Reformers

Who was behind the 19th Century effort to make attendance in public schools a requirement for every child in the U.S.?

• Horace Mann

• Dorothea Dix

• Susan B. Anthony

• John James Audubon

What effect did the book, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, have on American society in the 1850s?

• Americans began rioting to protest the publishing of the book

• Americans started questioning the morality of slavery

• Most Americans began to commit acts of civil disobedience in order to protest slavery

• The institution of slavery was abolished

Which individual started the abolitionist newspaper called the North Star?

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

The network of people who arranged transportation & hiding places for fugitive slaves was known as the --

• Freedom Road

• Underground Railroad

• Reform Movement

• Liberator

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau took part in which 19th Century movement?

• Nativism

• Hudson River School

• Second Great Awakening

• Transcendentalism

Which of the following events promoted spiritual revival & the need for social reform?

• Transcendentalism

• Temperance Movement

• Second Great Awakening

• Seneca Falls Convention

Which of the following is BEST associated with the legacy of Henry David Thoreau?

• His establishment of abolitionist literature

• His refusal to pay taxes to expand slavery

• His passionate sermons supporting abolition during the Second Great Awakening

• His expansion of the concept of Transcendentalism

How did Dorothea Dix succeed in providing better conditions for the mentally ill in the U.S.?

• She organized the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848

• She managed to establish asylums

• She provided free education for every child

• She improved their work conditions

Which abolitionist published a newspaper called "The Liberator"?

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Susan B. Anthony

What did the 19th Amendment provide for women in the U.S.?

• Equal pay in the workplace

• The right to own property

• Economic rights

• Suffrage