Society and Culture Prior to Civil War

Horace Mann believed that reforming the American educational system was important because

• it would help people get better jobs.

• it would help in the fight to end slavery.

• it would help in the fight for gender equality.

• it would help people become better Christians.

Based on the information on the map, what can you infer about industry in the United States?

• Manufacturing was a key part of the economy in the Northeast.

• Agriculture was the major economic activity in the South.

• Mills in the Northeast needed to be close to ports to make it easier to transport factory-made goods.

• Population levels in the Midwest made it difficult to support the amount of labor required to industrialize.

What was significant about Seneca Falls for the women’s rights movement?

• It was where women publicly demanded equal rights.

• It was the site of the first college willing to admit women.

• It was the first time women were allowed to vote in a local election.

• It was where the first women’s trade union met.

Look at the cause-and-effect diagram about economic factors in the early United States. Which statements identify the effect of the causes shown in the diagram? Choose the TWO correct answers.

• The start of the American industrial revolution

• The growth of towns and cities

• The decline of immigration

• The outlawing of child labor

What is the MAIN reason that many German immigrants moved west soon after arriving in the United States?

• They were seeking economic opportunities.

• They had difficulty learning English.

• They disliked large cities.

• They had fled Germany to escape revolutions.

What complaint did southerners make about William Lloyd Garrison in connection with Nat Turner?

• He supplied the weapons Turner used in his revolt.

• His leadership in the Underground Railroad gave Turner a way to escape to the North.

• He promoted slave revolts like Turner’s with his abolitionist writings.

• He encouraged Turner’s revolt with his antislavery speeches in Congress.

Why did Quakers and other religious leaders in the North oppose slavery?

• They believed it was a sin for one person to own another person.

• They realized there were many African American Quakers.

• They felt African Americans should be fairly paid for their work.

• They thought that slavery did not reflect American values.

Which events occurred as a result of the Industrial Revolution in the United States? Choose the TWO correct answers.

• The labor reform movement helped establish trade unions.

• Many free African Americans became skilled workers.

• The population grew and had more ethnic and religious diversity.

• Living conditions in growing cities became safer and cleaner.

• New immigrants were welcomed by all native-born Americans.

Read the quote from Sojourner Truth. "Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man—when I could get it—and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?" —Sojourner Truth, Address to the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, 1851. Which sentence from Sojourner Truth's speech addresses BOTH abolition and women's rights issues?

• I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!

• And ain't I a woman?

• I could work as much, and eat as much as a man—when I could get it—and bear the lash as well!

• I have borne thirteen children and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me!

Which of the following is a subject often painted by artists of the Hudson River School?

• a man’s relationship with nature

• vivid landscapes in the Northeast

• industrialization’s effect on nature

• stories from Greek and Roman mythology