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Reform Movements, mid 1800's

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.
What was the effect of the 2nd Great Awakening?
a)
The Second Great Awakening caused the start of many reform movements designed to remedy the evils of society.
b)
The 2nd Awakening caused many people to reconsider their beliefs and turn to philosophy for direction. 
c)
The Second Great awakening caused a great panic about the evils of alcohol in the world. 
d)
The Second Great Awakening created the conditions necessary to make the Southern United States consider abolition. 
2.
What was the abolition movement?
a)
Movement to abolish sales and consumption (drinking) of alcoholic beverages.
b)
Reform movement to end slavery.
c)
Reform Movement to improve education.
d)
Immigrants who came to America to build the railroad.
3.
Who was Horace Mann?
a)
Leader of Abolitionism.
b)
Leader of the Temperance Movement.
c)
Leader of the evil empire.
d)
Leader of the Education reform movement.
4.
Labor reform was_______
a)
A movement to end slavery, also known as abolition. 
b)
A movement to improve prison labor to make sure inmates weren't tortured. 
c)
Feform movement that fought for fair pay (wages) and shorter working hours. 
5.
The Quakers were____
a)
A war mongering tribe from Pennsylvania that distrusted western culture. 
b)
Religious group that believed in equality & the end of slavery. 
c)
A religious group that created Quaker's Outmeal & believes the internet is inherently evil. 
d)
A Duck. 
6.
What was the temperance movement?
a)
A Reform movement that wanted to ban the sale and consumption (drinking) of alcohol.
b)
Reform movement that fought for women's equal rights. 
c)
Reform movement that improved care for the disabled. 
d)
Reform movement that improved care of prisoners. 
7.
Who was Frederick Douglas?
a)
A slave who advocated for slavery. 
b)
A Leader of the Abolition Movement
c)
The Leader of the Prison Reform Movement
8.
Chinese Immigrants were_________
a)
People who came to the United States in 1848 for the railroad and the gold rush. 
b)
Immigrants who left their country for economic opportunity. 
c)
Immigrants who were underpaid and experience high degrees of racial discrimination. 
d)
All of the above. 
9.
Prison Reform
a)
Reform movement to prohibit alcohol. 
b)
Reform movement to improve education. 
c)
Had a goal of separating men, women and children from being imprisoned together. 
d)
NO IDEA!
10.
Education Reform
a)
Reform movement that advocated for better pay for teachers and access to learning for the poor. 
b)
Reform movement that removed special education students from the classroom. 
c)
Reform movement that allowed girls to attend school. 
11.
Care of the Disabled. 
a)
Reform Movement that advocated for better treatment of prisoners. 
b)
Reform movement that advocated for equal pay for the disabled workers. 
c)
Reform movement that advocated for those who could not properly care for themselves, like the mentally ill and physically disabled. 
12.
I was the editor of "The Liberator", the most important newspaper of the abolitionist movement.
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
John Brown
c)
Jonathan Walker
d)
Henry Box Brown
13.
__________________ is a term used to describe the struggle to earn the right to vote.
a)
Supper
b)
Suffrage
c)
Electoral College
d)
Abolitionist Movement
14.
William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were part of the 
a)
abolitionists movement 
b)
women's suffrage movement
c)
prison and healthcare reform 
d)
education movement
15.
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.
16.
 Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
a)
Sojourner Truth
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
William Lloyd Garrison
d)
Frederick Douglass
17.
What was the name of the weekly abolitionist newspaper?
a)
The New York Sun
b)
Chattanooga Daily Rebel
c)
National Enquirer
d)
The Liberator
18.
Which of the following was a problem that instigated the reforms?
a)
alcoholism was destroying families
b)
prisons were poorly run
c)
children lacked proper education
d)
all of the above
19.
Women had all of the rights below except which one?
a)
The right to vote
b)
The right to divorce
c)
The right to get custody of their children
d)
They did not have any of these rights.
20.
Which Reform movement most closely associates with the term "Alcohol?"
a)
Education Reform
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Prison Reform
21.
Which Reform movement most closely associates with the term "School?"
a)
Education Reform
b)
Women's Rights
c)
Termperance Movement
22.
Which Reform movement most closely associates with the term "jails?"
a)
Education Reform
b)
Abolitionist Movement
c)
Prison Reform Movement
23.
Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd  Garrison, and Sojourner Truth were some of the leaders of which movement?
a)
Abolitionist Movement
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Education Movement
24.
The major goal of the Abolitionist Movement was?
a)
Promoting women's rights
b)
Reforming education
c)
Ending Slavery
25.
The major goal of the Women's Rights Movement was?
a)
Banning slavery
b)
Stopping public schools
c)
Gaining women's suffrage