Reform Movement STAAR REVIEW

The Second Great Awakening was a movement that promoted —

• spiritual revival and the need for social reform

• the use of reason and scientific theory

• states’ rights and governmental reform

• mercantilism and the development of global trade

A tourist would most likely go to the location shown on the map to visit —

• the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House in Women’s Rights National Historical Park

• Historic Jamestowne in Colonial National Historical Park

• Independence Hall in Independence National Historical Park

• George Washington’s Headquarters in Valley Forge National Historical Park

Which woman fought to create legislation to help the people described in this excerpt from 'Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts, 1843'?

• Sojourner Truth

• Dorothea Dix

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The reform efforts of Dorothea Dix during the mid-nineteenth century led to —

• improved education for immigrant children

• the creation of worker safety regulations

• the expansion of suffrage for women

• improved facilities for the mentally ill and disabled

Based on the excerpt, why was Frederick Douglass significant to the abolitionist movement?

• He was elected as a state government official who challenged the system of slavery.

• He formed relationships with those who had different views on slavery from his own.

• He described his own personal experiences under the system of slavery.

• He emphasized that an educational system was the main way to end slavery.

Which action prompted the newspaper’s claim that John Brown’s raid “advanced the cause of disunion”?

• Some Northerners were willing to defend the South’s right to continue slavery.

• Some Southerners were willing to take up arms to protest high tariffs.

• Some abolitionists thought violence was necessary to end slavery.

• Some people in territories needed to defend their right to popular sovereignty.

Which word correctly replaces the question mark in the title of this timeline?

• Suffrage

• Abolitionist

• Temperance

• Transcendentalist

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

Which of the following was an argument made against slavery in the Thirteen Colonies?

• Manufacturers argued that slavery discouraged the development of industry.

• Farmers argued that using slave labor was expensive and inefficient.

• Quakers argued that slavery violated Christian principles.

• Puritans argued that the slave trade encouraged materialism.

Which group was among the first to call for an end to slavery?

• American Indians, because they viewed the plight of slaves as similar to their own

• Quakers, because slavery contradicted their religious beliefs

• British loyalists, because Great Britain had ended the slave trade

• Puritans, because the New England economy did not rely on slavery