Block 5 Part 2 STAAR® Blitz: Reform Warm-Up

Seneca Falls Convention called for women’s suffrage and equality

• Henry David Thoreau
• Horace Mann
• Second Great Awakening
• Women’s rights movement

Encouraged people to be more religious, inspired other reform movements

• Henry David Thoreau
• Horace Mann
• Second Great Awakening
• Women’s rights movement

Refused to pay taxes in protest against slavery

• Henry David Thoreau
• Horace Mann
• Second Great Awakening
• Women’s rights movement

Believed education reform was essential for a successful society

• Henry David Thoreau
• Horace Mann
• Second Great Awakening
• Women’s rights movement

What is a defining characteristic of the reform era?

• The U.S. acquired more land to improve the economy.
• Regions of the U.S. disagreed over slavery.
• The Founding Fathers created the U.S. Constitution.
• Efforts were made to improve conditions in society.

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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