Ch. 7: Ohio, The Cradle of Reform

In the early 1800s, immigrants came to Ohio to

• find gold

• avoid serving in the German army

• live and worship as they pleased

• change the government

Settlers in Zoar wanted to create a perfect society through

• social values

• social change

• social tradition

• social studies

Settlers in Zoar left Germany when they

• lost their farmland

• lost their savings

• separated from the official church

• separated from the official government

Which of the following describes the social beliefs of the Shakers?

• pacifist

• warlike

• communist

• primitive

How was William Holmes McGuffey a leader in education?

• he founded two universities in Ohio

• he invited Sojourner Truth to teach in his school

• he thought of the idea of charter schools

• he published a series of readers

Some African American parents raised money to operate their own schools because

• they did not like the public schools

• they were not allowed to send their children to most public schools

• the public schools were overcrowded

• the public schools were for boys only

A new 1848 law required

• parents to buy their children's school books

• public schools to educate female students

• parents of school children to pay tuition

• public school districts to provide schools for African American children

Before the Missouri Compromise, what happened when a state was admitted to the Union?

• the North tried to get the state to join its group of states

• there was an agreement over the state's slavery laws

• there was a fight over the new state's slavery laws

• the South offered money if the state would allow slavery

What was Ohio's official position on the issue of slavery?

• Ohio was a slave state

• Ohio was a free state

• Ohio allowed limited ownership of slaves

• Ohio outlawed slavery after the Civil War

What did the Fugitive Slave Act make illegal?

• helping people escape from Slavery

• owning slaves in Ohio

• buying slaves in Ohio

• returning enslaved people to their owners