WorksheetsAntebellum Reform
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Thanks to Horace Mann this is now a requirement in all 50 states!
a)
Compulsory Education
b)
Voting
c)
Age limits on alcohol
d)
End of slavery
2.
What movement was started because of alcohol abuse in America?
a)
Women's Rights
b)
Abolitionist
c)
Temperance
d)
Second Great Awakening
3.
The Second Great Awakening was a movement that promoted...
a)
spiritual revival and the need for social reform
b)
the use of reason and scientific theory
c)
states' rights
d)
mercantilism and global trade
4.
What was one major effect of the Second Great Awakening?
a)
churches turned away from religion and focused on politics
b)
people were inspired to join reform movements
c)
religious leaders petitioned the government for funding
d)
churches promoted states' rights
5.
This man started the abolitionist newspaper called "The Liberator"
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
William Lloyd Garrison
c)
John C. Calhoun
d)
Andrew Jackson
6.
What did Dorothea Dix want to improve?
a)
Shelters for pets
b)
Equality for African Americans
c)
Conditions in prisons
d)
Food distribution
7.
While supporting the temperance movement, abolition, and women’s rights, Horace Mann’s greatest achievement was…
a)
Publishing a novel about slavery
b)
The reform of public education
c)
Providing healthcare to the impoverished
d)
Rewriting the constitution
8.
What event was the event held to promote women’s rights in 1848?
a)
The March on Washington
b)
The Sarah Childress Polk Meeting
c)
The Rally in Hyde Park
d)
The Seneca Falls Concention
9.
Which two women led the Women’s Rights Movement?
a)
Angelina and Sarah Grimke
b)
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Sojourner Truth and Dorothea Dix
d)
Betsy Ross and Sacajawea
10.
organized attempts to improve conditions of life
a)
social reform
b)
revival
c)
declaration of sentiments
d)
fugitive slave act
11.
A philosophical and literal movement emphasizing a simple life and truth found in yourself and nature.
a)
Socialism
b)
Libertarianism
c)
Communism
d)
Transcendentalism
12.
Which of the following was associated with women's suffrage?
a)
Charles Finney
b)
Horace Mann
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Susan B. Anthony
13.
Catholics were discriminated against during the 2nd Great Awakening because they
a)
might choose their church's leadership over their country's
b)
were wealthy and materialistic
c)
took high-paying jobs from people of other faith
d)
wanted the government to forbid doing business in the south
14.
The women's movement began when
a)
women saw parallels between their situation and that of slaves
b)
Nature by Emerson was published
c)
Thoreau's Civil Disobedience essay was published
d)
Nat Turner led the slave rebellion
15.
What could women not do in the 19th century?
a)
Hold any job
b)
Vote in national elections
c)
Get married
d)
Learn to read
16.
__________________ is a term used to describe the struggle to earn the right to vote.
a)
Supper
b)
Suffrage
c)
Electoral College
d)
Abolitionist Movement
17.
The major goal of the Abolitionist Movement was?
a)
Promoting women's rights
b)
Reforming education
c)
Ending Slavery
18.
The major goal of the Education Movement was?
a)
Improving and expanding public schools
b)
Providing more training for teachers
c)
All of the above
19.
Which of the following was a problem that instigated the reforms?
a)
ideas of slavery
b)
prisons were poorly run
c)
children lacked proper education
d)
all of the above
20.
Define Reform
a)
to make change to something in order to improve it
b)
first co-ed college
c)
the time period directly after a major war
d)
the right to vote
21.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
a)
a criminal
b)
a reformer
c)
a secret spy
d)
a teacher, who was moved by seeing the horrible conditions of jails and wanted to seek reform
22.
Was the Temperance Movement Successful?
a)
yes
b)
no
23.
He was a transcendentalist and was from New England.
a)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
b)
Edgar Allen Poe
c)
Herman Melville
d)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
24.
Which Transcendentalist used civil disobedience to protest taxes?
a)
Baron de Montesquieu
b)
Henry David Thoreau
c)
John Locke
d)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
25.
Which person is correctly paired with the reform movement that he or she was prominent in?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison--Abolitionist Movement
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton--Education Movement
c)
Horace Mann--Women’s Rights Movement
d)
Frederick Douglass--Temperance Movement
26.
I escaped slavery and became one of America’s best speakers and writers about the horrors of slavery. I was a personal friend to Abraham Lincoln.
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Sojourner Truth
27.
Temperance was the movement to stop the use of ________ during the mid-1800s.
a)
tobacco
b)
slavery
c)
factories
d)
alcohol
28.
In what document is this excerpt from?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal"
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal"
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
U.S. Constitution
c)
Women's Rights Constitution
d)
Declaration of Sentiments
29.
Abolitionists were Americans who wanted to end
a)
Slavery
b)
discrimination against women
c)
immigration
d)
imprisonment for debt
30.
Frederick Douglass was a former slave who:
a)
Complained about his new life in the North.
b)
Went into hiding in New York.
c)
Created a platform about returning to Africa.
d)
Spoke up about his experiences as a slave while living in the North.
31.
Sojourner Truth was a abolitionist and a women's rights leader.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Lucy Stone were some of the leaders of which movement?
a)
Temperance
b)
Women's Rights
c)
Abolitionist Movement
33.
The major goal of the Temperance Movement was?
a)
End Slavery
b)
Outlaw or limit Alcohol Consumption
c)
End Women's Suffrage
34.
The major goal of the Abolitionist Movement was?
a)
Promoting women's rights
b)
Reforming education
c)
Ending Slavery
35.
The Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls - 1848, was modeled after which of the following?
a)
the Constitution
b)
the Bill of Rights
c)
the Articles of Confederation
d)
the Declaration of Independence
36.
One of the key authors of the Declaration of Sentiments who also called for better divorce rights, voting rights, and property rights.
a)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Judith Sargent Murray
37.
How did Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton fight for women's suffrage?
a)
giving speeches about abolishing slavery
b)
giving speeches about fair pay for women
c)
writing books about their history
d)
giving speeches about the right to vote
38.
Sojourner Truth was...
a)
A former slave, women's rights activist, and abolitionist
b)
a pastor during the 2nd Great Awkening.
c)
the first women to earn a degree from Harvard.
d)
founded the first utopia.
39.
What did reformer Dorothea Dix do to contribute to the prison reform movement in the early 1800s?
a)
spoke of the horrid conditions of prisons and inspired the building of separate facilites for the mentally ill
b)
founded an organization of women that worked together to provide education for imprisoned criminals
c)
organized many protest in hopes of motivating the government to build separate facilities for child offenders
d)
brought American's attention to the need for prison reform by writing novels detailing the condition of prisons
40.
The women who attended the Seneca Falls Convention had spent most of their energy previously to fight against what political and social issue?
a)
Income Inequality
b)
Slavery
c)
Prohibition
d)
Unions
41.
The North Star was a _________.
a)
book
b)
magazine
c)
newspaper
d)
journal
42.
Frederick Douglass was a known abolitionist. What is an abolitionist?
a)
a person who wanted to end slavery.
b)
a person who wanted to help endangered animals.
c)
a person who fought for women's rights.
d)
a presidential candidate.
43.
This was the network that helped runaway slaves reach the north?
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Ocean Ships
c)
Transcontinental Railroad
d)
Freedom Train
44.
Which movement did Emerson lead?
a)
Temperance
b)
Abolitionism
c)
The Second Great Awakening
d)
Transcedentalism
45.
What was one major effect of the Second Great Awakening?
a)
Churches turned away from public politics and focused on internal religious issues.
b)
People were inspired to join reform movements to address social problems.
c)
Religious leaders petitioned legislatures to extend suffrage to women.
d)
Politicians were encouraged to promote states’ rights rather than federal unity.
46.
What impact did the developments shown have on American Society?
a)
They established public education for all Americans.
b)
They brought about changes to correct abuses and improve society.
c)
They introduced fairer voting procedures for state officials.
d)
They put an end to discriminatory hiring practices in government.
47.
Which of the these best completes the diagram above?
a)
women organize in support of temperance
b)
women organize in support of education reform
c)
women organize in support of women’s suffrage
d)
women give up political organizing
48.
What conclusion can be drawn from the information in the chart?
a)
Americans in the early 1800s were not serious users of alcohol.
b)
The Temperance Movement of the 1830s helped reduce alcohol use.
c)
Abolitionists opposed the drinking of alcoholic beverages.
d)
By the time of the Civil War, America was becoming “a nation of drunkards.”
49.
Which of these individuals would have been the most likely to agree with the point of view expressed in the illustration above?
a)
Temperance
b)
Abolitionist
c)
Women's Rights
d)
Transcendentalist
50.
The North Star was the voice of Frederick Douglass. The image above shows an example of the effect of-
a)
public protest on the conduct of the Mexican War.
b)
public opinion on European immigration quotas.
c)
freedom of speech on the abolition of slavery.
d)
freedom of the press on prison reform.
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