Reform, Civil War and Reconstruction

Why did women's rights activists write the Declaration of Sentiments?

• To point out the ways the rights of women were violated in the early 1800’s

• To show women's support for the abolition movement

• Suggest an amendment for equal rights to women

• List suggestions to improve the women’s suffrage movement

Which event led to the drafting of the Declaration of Sentiments?

• Seneca Falls Convention

• Passage of the 15th amendment

• Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)

• Emancipation Proclamation

Many women involved in the women's suffrage movement also fought for

• Abolition

• Formation of unions

• Same sex marriage

• Minimum wage laws

Which statement is true about the influence of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Uncle Tom's Cabin did not provide an accurate picture of slavery

• Uncle Tom's Cabin scared pro-slavery critics

• Harriet Beecher Stowe was influential in the Temperance Movement

• Harriet Beecher Stowe was an influential abolitionist

What was a major effect of the publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• The literacy rate increased due to interest in the novel

• Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States

• The Abolitionist movement began

• Harriet Beecher Stowe became a key figure in the women's right to vote

Abolitionists were individuals fighting against

• Enslavement of African Americans

• Desegregating the United States military

• The practice of indentured servitude

• Jim Crow laws implemented after the Civil War

Which statement accurately describes white abolitionists?

• They thought it foolish to rely on political tactics such as voting and amending the Constitution to end slavery

• They felt that their goals should accomplished by any means necessary

• They were less willing to engage in armed rebellion than black abolitionists

• White abolitionists did not participate in the Underground Railroad

Which problem is being discussed in the excerpted document above?

• Different perspectives on states rights prior to the United States Civil War

• Different perspectives on the abolition of slavery during the 1850’s

• Different perspectives on states ratifying the Constitution in 1787

• Different perspectives on the expansion of slavery during the mid 1800’s

The circumstances outlined in the document contributed to which of the following turning points?

• Civil War between the Union and the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865

• Election of Rutherford B Hayes as President of the United States in 1876

• Emancipation Proclamation freeing all enslaved peoples issued in 1863

• Purchase of the Louisiana Territory by the United States in 1803

According to the author, which of these was the most direct result of the Dred Scott decision?

• The Civil War between the Union and the Confederacy

• Abraham Lincoln’s election to the Presidency in 1860

• The Supreme Court overturning the Dred Scott decision

• The Abolition movement was sparked in the Southern states