Antebellum Reform Quiz

Which movement became the most popular of the reform movements during the antebellum era?

• Public education

• Women's rights

• Prison reform

• Temperance

Who was the leading advocate of the common (public) school movement?

• Frederick Douglass

• Horace Mann

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• William Lloyd Garrison

Which religious revival movement influenced the growth of private colleges in the United States?

• The Transcendentalist movement

• The First Great Awakening

• The Second Great Awakening

• The Shaker movement

Who founded the American Antislavery Society and advocated for immediate abolition of slavery?

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

Which movement aimed to control the consumption of alcohol and reduce social ills?

• Public education

• Women's rights

• Prison reform

• Temperance

Who wrote the book 'Walden' and advocated for a simple and self-reliant way of life?

• Herman Melville

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

• Henry David Thoreau

Which movement aimed to establish free public schools for children of all classes?

• Public education

• Prison reform

• Temperance

• Women's rights

Who organized the Seneca Falls Convention and co-authored the 'Declaration of Sentiments'?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Sarah Grimké

• Lucretia Mott

The "Declaration of Sentiments" was modeled after which document?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The US Constitution

• The Treaty of Ghent

• The Star Spangled Banner

Which movement aimed to improve the treatment of mentally ill individuals?

• Movement for Public Asylums

• Women's rights

• Prison reform

• Temperance