Social Reform Movement

Horace Mann worked hard to establish free elementary schools for children.

• True

• False

What was the overall goal of the Women's Rights Movement?

• Women wanted men to stay at home with the children

• Women wanted to be treated as equals to men

• Women wanted to replace men in society

• Women thought they already had enough rights

What was the Underground Railroad?

• the first subway system in the USA

• a secret railroad used by the US military

• the name of an 1800s rock band

• a series of secret trails and hideouts for escaping slaves

Which of the following people was NOT a leader in the Abolition Movement?

• Frederick Douglas

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Andrew Jackson

What is Social Reform?

• the ability to act at one's own discretion

• idea that God decides the fate of a person's soul even before birth

• organized attempts to improve conditions of life

• the idea that the U.S. must claim more land

This person wanted to reform education for poor children.

• Horace Mann

• Dorothea Dix

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Billie Elish

Which movement did Emerson lead?

• Temperance

• Abolitionism

• The Second Great Awakening

• Transcendentalism

The Second Great Awakening was

• the quest for the perfect alarm clock

• the idea to increase reason and logical thinking

• religious revival in the United States that sparked social reform

• a political movement to force nullification for laws

How did women joining groups like Temperance, abolition, and suffrage organizations effect society?

• provided women jobs

• expanded the role of women in social reforms

• caused women to move to rural areas of the nation

• inspired them to become teachers out west

Which group of people were the first to call themselves abolitionists?

• Quakers

• Puritans

• American Indians

• French