Unit 6 Test -- Chapters 18, 19, & 20

What was the focus of Horace Mann’s reform movement?

• religion
• health care
• voting rights
• public education

Which group benefited most from early efforts to establish public schools?

• girls
• boys
• American Indians
• African Americans

Which of these was an obstacle for women who were working to end slavery in the United States?

• They were not allowed to vote.
• They were not allowed to attend school.
• They could not voice their opinions.
• They could not travel throughout the country.

In which way were the lives of slaves and women similar?

• Both were denied rights.

• Both were considered property.

• Neither was paid for their work.

• Neither was able to attend school.

Which group was focused on eliminating slavery?

• politicians
• abolitionists
• missionaries
• transcendentalists

Which of these describes a person who followed a philosophy that taught people to trust their emotions and intuiton?

• suffrage
• abolitionist
• expansionist
• transcendentalist

Which of these was the model for the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments?

• Bill of Rights
• Monroe Doctrine
• Declaration of Independence
• Preamble to the U.S. Constitution

Why did Elizabeth Blackwell have a difficult time getting into medical school?

• There were no schools in her home state.
• She could not afford to pay the tuition.
• Most medical schools would not accept women.
• Her grades were not considered good enough.

Which of these best describes the Industrial Revolution?

• a conflict between factory owners in cities
• a shift from handmade products to machine-made products
• a decrease in immigrant labor and an increase in slave labor
• a change from privately owned businesses to government-controlled businesses

Who was the editor of the abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator?"

• William Lloyd Garrison
• Sojourner Truth
• Frederick Douglass
• Harriet Tubman