Reform Era Review

Americans responded to the Second Great Awakening by-

• Calling for congress to increase the size of the military to prevent future attacks from Britain
• Attacking the Cherokee for their beliefs in spirits
• Believing it was their destiny to own land from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Pacific Ocean
• Wanting to do good works for their community

Which of the following would be an action that would be categorized by the Reform Era?

• Farmers planting more cotton to sell to factory owners in the North
• Abolitionists wanting to end slavery
• Congress passing a law that requires citizens to show identification before voting
• Explorers traveling to the west coast to create maps for future settlers

Which of the following statements would be a description of Dorothea Dix?

• “Never has a woman had such a great work ethic, she works late into the night at the mill”
• “I respect her for helping people with mental illnesses”
• “She is the most Christian person I know. She gives all she has to the poor, and only thinks of others”
• “I saw her last week feeding the homeless on the shipping docks. This week I saw her collecting money to buy prisoners better clothes”

The temperance movement occurred because its leaders desired -

• Improve conditions of factory workers in the Northern cities
• To lower the tariffs imposed by the federal government that was damaging to the economy of the South
• Americans to consume less alcohol
• More Americans to attend church services on a weekly basis

Alcohol was seen as detriment to society because it was associated with -

• People not attending work on a regular basis
• The development of mental illness in people
• Women having babies born in poor health
• Crime and poor family relationships

Horace Mann supported Education Reform because -

• He believed every child should have the right to attend school
• He wanted to be paid more as a teacher himself
• Only males were allowed to be teachers
• It would eventually lead to the abolishment of slavery

Abolitionists are to Frederick Douglas, as the Women’s Rights Movement is to ______________

• Consent of governed
• Susan B. Anthony
• Catholics
• Transatlantic Slave Trade

Which of the following statements would be made by William Lloyd Garrison?

• “Slavery is a stain on the history of America, but it is a part of the culture of the South. Who are we to judge the actions of someone else.”
• “The ending of slavery must be slow and steady, so that slaves and farmers can slowly adjust”
• “End slavery right now, it is wrong, and if I were a slave I would not wanted to be freed over time, but rather I would want to be emancipated immediately”

Frederick Douglas played an important role in the Abolition Movement by -

• Becoming an elected member of Congress that persuaded other congressmen to vote to end slavery
• Serving as a conductor on the Underground Railroad to help other slaves escape to the North
• Traveling around the world calling for slavery to end
• Creating an abolitionist newspaper called “The North Star”

The publishing of Uncle Tom’s Cabin resulted in -

• Many Northers deciding to take action to end slavery
• Northerners understanding why slavery was needed in the South to prevent an economic depression
• Abraham Lincoln declaring that slavery was abolished in every state
• Many Southern Plantation owners freeing their slavers