Chapter 9 History

In the 1800's, reformers worked toward important changes. Select two reformers and the changes they tried to make.

What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton do when she realized that, as a woman, she could not attend most colleges?

• She decided to take up farming.

• She decided to spend her life working for women's rights.

• She became an abolitionist and started her own newspaper.

• She got a job at a factory and taught herself at night.

Why was Susan B. Anthony arrested?

• She spoke out against the government.

• She helped enslaved people escape from their owners.

• She took money from a college.

• She voted in a election.

For what is Sojourner Truth well known for?

• Her work to end slavery everywhere.

• Her fight to get women to vote.

• Her inventions.

• The Seneca Falls convention.

Who started the newspaper the North Star, which spoke out against slavery and supported women's rights?

• Harriet Tubman

• Susan B. Anthony

• Sojourner Truth

• Fredrick Douglass

What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention?

• To discuss slavery.

• To discuss women's rights.

• To elect people to government.

• To form a new college.

What was the main goal of the Abolitionist Movement?

• To work for peace between the states.

• To open colleges to women.

• To give women the right to vote.

• To end slavery.

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A network of secret routes used by escaping slaves.

• A women's rights convention.

• A railroad that stretched from the South to New York.

• An abolitionist newspaper.

Why was the Underground Railroad so important?

• It produced articles that explained why slavery was wrong.

• It allowed women to gather together in one place and demand rights as citizens.

• People who opposed slavery could help escaping slaves to freedom in the North and in Canada.

• Farmers in the South could ship goods to the North easily and inexpensively.

Why did Abraham's election worry Southern leaders?

• Lincoln was against farming.

• They believed Lincoln might try to end slavery.

• Lincoln believed that slaves should be allowed to attend school.

• They believed that Lincoln would tax farmer's profits.