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WorksheetsAge of Reform
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were important leaders of which movement?
temperance movement
abolitionist movement
women suffrage
Second Great Awakening
Which group opposed immigration because they wanted to preserve the country for white, American born Protestants.
Nativists
Abolitionists
capitalists
plantation owners
Where did the Industrial Revolution first begin in the United States?
the Southeast
the Midwest
the Northeast
the Southwest
All of the following contributed to rapid urbanization in the 1800s EXCEPT the:
Industrial Revolution
Discovery of new power sources
Expansion of railroads
Invention of the automobile
Why did many Irish come to the United States in 1800s?
to escape famine
to flee from political revolutions
because of overpopulation
to escape religious persecution
Which of the following inventions transformed the southern economy?
the cotton gin
the telegraph
the clipper ship
the mechanical reaper
What was the Underground Railroad?
a series of tunnels dug underground to help slaves reach freedom
a network of railroad lines that would sneak slaves to the north
a colonization movement that tried to transport slaves back to Africa
a network of people who secretly helped slaves reach freedom "station" by "station"
What was one reason that industry in the South was not as developed as in the north?
people did not have access to the new inventions developed in the North
the South had more cities than the North
the market for factory made goods in the South was smaller
the South had fewer natural resources
Why did some people want to form labor unions?
to improve working conditions
to open the workplace to more immigrants
to create more jobs
to increase productivity
What was one consequence of the cotton gin?
deep south farmers grew more wheat
domestic slave trade increased
plantations hired more workers
southern factories quickly developed
Who was a leading abolitionist that published the newspaper the Liberator?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Francis Cabot Lowell
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Which invention filled the need for a method of communication that kept up with industrial growth?
mechanical reaper
transcontinental railroad
steam engine
telegraph
Who developed the system of interchangeable parts?
Eli Whitney
Francis Cabot Lowell
Samuel Slater
John Deere
In what area did many industrial towns develop?
along mountain ranges
near oceans and bays
near other large towns
along rivers and streams
Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman are best known as
black abolitionists
authors
temperance leaders
utopian thinkers
The movement to ban alcohol in the 1800s became known as
the suffrage movement
the temperance movement
the Second Great Awakening
the Revival Movement
