Key Figures in the Reform Era

Who was a prominent abolitionist and women's rights activist who helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848?

• Dorothea Dix

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• John Brown

• Dred Scott

Which event is considered the first women's rights convention in the United States?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Seneca Falls Convention

• The March on Washington

• The Gettysburg Address

Who was the African American social reformer and abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became a national leader of the abolitionist movement?

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

• Dred Scott

• Susan B. Anthony

Which Supreme Court case decision stated that African Americans could not be American citizens and had no standing to sue in federal court?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Marbury v. Madison

Who was known for her work in prison reform and the treatment of the mentally ill during the Reform Era?

• Lucretia Mott

• Dorothea Dix

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Susan B. Anthony

Which abolitionist is famous for leading a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859?

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

• Dred Scott

• Lucretia Mott

Who was a Quaker abolitionist and women's rights activist who helped found the American Anti-Slavery Society?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Lucretia Mott

• Dorothea Dix

Which activist is best known for her role in the women's suffrage movement and for co-founding the National Woman Suffrage Association?

• Susan B. Anthony

• Dorothea Dix

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

What was the primary goal of the abolitionist movement during the Reform Era?

• To promote industrialization

• To end slavery

• To expand westward

• To improve public education

Which of the following individuals was NOT directly involved in the abolitionist movement?

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

• Dred Scott

• Dorothea Dix