19th Century Reform Movements (CH. 14)

What was the main goal of the abolitionist movement?

• to give enslaved people the right to vote

• to stop slavery from spreading into new U.S. territories

• to eliminate slavery in the United States

• to help Southerners catch escaped enslaved people

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglas

• Elihu Embree

• William Lloyd Garrison

How did Frederick Douglass emerge as an abolitionist leader?

• He was an escaped slave who told the story of his life, first as a speaker and then as an author.

• He was a slaveholder who changed his mind about slavery and published the first antislavery newspaper in the United States.

• He was a politician used his connections to fight against slavery.

• He was a businessman who refused to do business in the South as a protest against slavery

What primary method did Harriet Tubman use to fight for the abolitionist cause?

• She led enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

• She led abolitionist conventions

• She wrote an abolitionist newspaper.

• She told her story of slavery in a book.

What did abolitionists Elihu Embree, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass have in common?

• They all represented free states in Congress.

• They all published anti-slavery newspapers.

• They all represented slave states in Congress.

• They were all former slaves.

What was the MAIN goal of the women’s suffrage movement?

• to give women the right to own property

• to give women the right to vote

• to elect a woman president

• to give African Americans the right to vote

“He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice...” —excerpt from the Declaration of Sentiments

Which claim does the text best support?

• Women should be paid the same wages as men.

• Women should have the right to work.

• Women should have the right to own property.

• Women should have the right to vote

Which statement BEST describes the role the Seneca Falls Convention played in the women’s suffrage movement?

• It was the convention that led to the Second Great Awakening.

• It was the convention that approved the 19th amendment.

• It was the convention that first organized a movement toward women’s suffrage in the United States.

• It was the convention that expanded women’s suffrage to other countries.

What is Sojourner Truth arguing in this speech? (Choose 2)

• Her experiences prove that women are treated fairly and viewed as equals to men

• Her experiences prove that women need to be taken care of.

• Her experiences prove that women are better than men.

• Her experiences prove that women of different races are treated differently.

• Her experiences prove that women are strong and capable.

Which statement accurately describes the Second Great Awakening?

• It was a religious revival that emphasized the power of God to decide a person’s fate.

• It was a religious revival that emphasized the Catholic faith.

• It was a religious revival that emphasized equality and individual piety

• It was a religious revival that emphasized quiet and unemotional worship of God.