Reform Movements & American Culture

Which word correctly replaces the question mark in the title of this timeline?

• Suffrage

• Abolitionist

• Temperance

• Transcendentalist

In the 1840s, Seneca Falls, New York, became the scene of an important convention for -

• women's rights
• labor union organization
• temperance reform
• prison reforms

Which is the best description of the works of the Hudson River School?

• They excelled in portrait paintings
• They glorified the majesty of nature
• They introduced abstract painting
• Their themes involved meetings during the "Second Great Awakening"

In what way did the ideas of the Declaration of Sentiments differ from the ideas found in the Declaration of Independence?

• The Declaration of Sentiments was written by Thomas Jefferson
• The Declaration of Independence granted voting rights to men and women
• The Declaration of Independence supported the idea of nullification
• The Declaration of Sentiments included the equality of men and women

_________________ was an important leader in education reform.

• George Whitfield
• Dorthea Dix
• Horace Mann
• Fredrick Douglas

This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by -

• writing Uncle Tom's Cabin

• publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star

• organizing the Underground Railroad

• becoming the first African American senator

Which group was among the first to call for an end to slavery?

• American Indians, because they viewed the plight of slaves as similar to their own

• Quakers, because slavery contradicted their religious beliefs

• British loyalists, because Great Britain had ended the slave trade

• Puritans, because the New England economy did not rely on slavery

What was one result of the law described above?

• Northerners who believed the law was unfair began to support the abolitionist movement.

• Religious groups left the abolitionist movement to avoid political controversy.

• Southerners used the law to challenge the constitutionality of abolitionist goals.

• Abolitionist societies began to focus their efforts on prompting women's suffrage.

Which statement explains how the work of Dorothea Dix benefited U.S. society?

• Mental-health facilities were opened to treat patients.

• Doctors were required to get federal licenses to practice medicine.

• States passed laws giving harsher sentences to criminals.

• The government distributed land to poor people.

Which of the following best completes this excerpt?

• equal pay

• own property

• a public education

• vote