WorksheetsReform and Abolition
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 2hrs 42mins
According to legend when Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe for the first time he remarked, "So you're the little women who wrote the book that started this Great War." Which of the following best explains why Lincoln might have made this statement?
The book provided an economical basis for the plantation system.
The book caused common people to rebel against unfair taxes.
The book explained the social justification for social classes.
The book addressed the controversial issue of slavery.
Which of the following quotes best describes the contributions made by Harriet Tubman?
"She made numerous voyages back into the South to rescue her people without fear of her well-being."
"She was a leader of the women suffrage movement and establishing the Seneca Falls Convention."
"She wrote letters to the founding fathers calling for them to remember the ladies when they created our government."
"She organized the women in the South to manage the plantations while the men were fighting in the war."
"She helped to establish the National American Women Suffrage Association. She tried to vote in the 1872 Presidential election, was arrested, convicted and ordered to pay a fine, which she refused. Her trial was a major movement in the struggle for women's suffrage."
The quote above best reflects the contributions of --
Sojourner Truth
Mercy Otis Warren
Susan B. Anthony
Dorthea Dix
That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?
--Sojourner Truth Speech at the 1851 Women's Convention in Akron, Ohio
From the excerpt above it can be concluded that the message of Sojourner Truth's speech was that--
slaves were given less freedoms than their white counterparts
a black woman should be granted the same rights as a white woman
religion and faith both played a major role in the daily life of a slave
white women were granted citizenship while black women weren't
Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and hundreds of other women came together in 1848 at the Seneca Falls Convention. Out of this convention emerged the Declaration of Sentiments which called for--
voting rights to extend to all men regardless of race
complete and immediate abolition of slavery
equal treatment and protection for women under the law
equal pay for immigrant workers in textile factories
The society mentioned in the graphic above would most likely contain members of which of the following movements.
Women's Rights
Abolitionists
Temperance
Prison Reform
Which of the following quotes below would have most likely been said by a leader of the abolitionist movement?
"I am for the complete and immediate emancipation of the millions of humans being kept in bondage."
"Slavery is a necessary evil, it is like holding a wolf by the ears. You don't like it, but you don't dare let it go."
"The African slave is no different than the cattle in the field or the ox and mule we use to plow the ground."
"We depend on the slave for our entire economy...if you get rid of the slave you leave us with no economic hope."
"After returning from a trip to Great Britain where she was introduced to the lunacy (mental ill) reform movement she conducted investigations in Massachusetts of the care for the insane poor. She published her findings in a scathing report to the state legislature and lobbied to create mental hospitals."
The woman described in the excerpt above was --
Dorthea Dix
Lucretia Mott
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Horace Mann was a legislator from Massachusetts, but it was not until he was appointed as the secretary of the board of education that he engrossed himself in work that was to make him famous. As the head of the board of education he instituted numerous reforms, of which one of the most significant was --
to shorten the length of the school year to coincide with the harvest time
have equal but separate school facilities for black and white students
to establish teacher training programs designed specifically for women
providing a free public education for all white males paid for by taxes
Which of the following newspaper headlines is announcing a meeting led by those in support of women's rights?
"Gathering of Abolitionists at the Maryland Dry-docks at 8 p.m.
"Suffrage convention this evening at the Old Towne Hall"
"Temperance Meeting at the Green Dragon Tavern on Saturday"
" Conference of Transcendentalists to be held Monday at Walden Pond"
"It [alcohol] is the scourge of the nation...the cause of all its evils. It has led to the degradation of the American family...the unemployed father...the beaten wife...the criminal on the street."
Based on the quote above, which statement would Lyman Beecher most likely agree with regarding alcohol?
Individuals were turning to alcohol during the difficult economic times caused by the war.
The crime increase in the cities was caused by the large amount of immigration.
Many factories were forced to close and it led many workers unemployed.
Temperance legislation should be immediately passed by the national government.
Which of the following quotes best demonstrates the impact of the abolition movement?
"It is over...after over 200 years the stain of slavery on the history of our country has been bottled out."
"The national government has finally seen the light and will now allow women to have the same right to franchise as men."
"The opportunity of all children to have a free and public education finally achieved."
"There is no North or South, the nation has bound up its wounds and we are united again."
The cartoon above reflects the belief of which of the following reform movements?
Suffrage
Prison Reform
Temperance
Abolition
One of the most important accomplishments of the women's rights movement was the drafting and approval of the Declaration of Sentiments, which significantly impacted the movement by --
driving a wedge between the abolitionists and women's rights movements
declaring that all women should be treated as equal to men
persuading the President to allow women to vote in national elections
increasing the feeling of sectionalism between the North and South
Beginning around 1790 there was a religious revival spreading throughout the country through the evangelizing of different ministers and leaders, Many different Christian denominations were founded during this time period, which became known as the Second Great Awakening. The events of the Second Great Awakening demonstrated the --
need for one central denomination to unite the states
desire for a secular government to be established
enormous amount of religious intolerance in the nation
importance of religious freedom in the country
Frederick Douglas
-Established the anti-slavery newspaper, the Northstar
-Described his experiences as a slave in his autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave.
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Which of the following actions would best complete the table above?
Worked to allow African Americans to serve in the Union army
Authored the Declaration of Sentiments to gain women's suffrage.
Opposed the creation of the Freedmen's Bureau in Southern states.
Supported the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case.
The movement that contributed to the rise of reformers like Dorothea Dix was --
the Second Great Awakening
transcendentalism
abolition
temperance
The issue being portrayed in this image is reformers' demand for --
voting rights for women
an end to alcohol consumption
cheaper liquor from the western states
prison reform
The common-school movement developed as a result of the demand for --
education for African Americans
education for people with disabilities
more private educational institutions
improved free public education
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation [hopelessness].....From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats.
--Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods,1854
The excerpt reflects transcendentalists' belief that humans --
will find the greatest satisfaction in life through their occupations
should live in urban environments rather than in the country
are unhappy because of their reliance on the material wold
are depressed because they drink excessive amounts of alcohol
Horace Mann is most famous for his work in ---
prison reform
the suffrage movement
education reform
the temperance movement
How did preachers of the Second Great Awakening encourage Americans to work to reform society?
By preaching about human being's natural sinfulness
By preaching about human beings' ability to avoid wrongdoing
By emphasizing the audience's ability to reason
By emphasizing the importance of Manifest Destiny
Pioneers in Education
-Samuel Gridley Howe: Education for the blind
-Emma Willard: Higher education for women
-Thomas Gallaudet: ?
Which of the following best competes the diagram above?
Education for African Americans
Education for immigrants
Education for American Indians
Education for the deaf
Which of the following terms refers to the philosophy that believes people can rise above the material world and gain greater knowledge through self-reflection?
Realism
Transcendentalism
Pacifism
Universalism
How did Harriett Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom;s Cabin affect American society?
It encouraged people to support Abraham Lincoln as a political candidate.
It began political disagreements and divisions that led to the Civil War
It increased public support for the abolitionist movement.
It gained support for the American Colonization society's efforts.
On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! No! Tell a man whose house is on fire, to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen;--but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am earnest--I will not equivocate--I will not excuse--I will not retreat a single inch--AND I WILL BE HEARD.
--William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator, January 1, 1831
wanted an immediate and complete end to slavery
thought freed slaves should have their own colony in Africa
demanded state-level laws for gradual emancipation
believed slavery was morally wrong
Which of the following would be the best title for a book about the people who helped slaves escape to the North and Canada?
The Great Industrialists
The Underground Railroad
Immigrants in America
The Erie Canal
With which reform movement was Susan B. Anthony most associated?
Abolition
Women's Suffrage
Education Reform
Temperance
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Accomplishments
-Championed the cause of women's rights
-Worked with Susan B. Anthony to lead to a reform movement
-Drafted a Declaration of Sentiments at the Seneca Falls Convention
Which of the following accomplishments should be added to the list above?
Called for reforms to prisons and mental health institutions
Wrote a novel that gained widespread support for the abolition of slavery
Co-founded the National Women Suffrage Association to work for voting rights
Increased public opposition to the temperance movement
