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Historian Hustle - Sectionalism and Reform

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Two groups of immigrants who moved to the United States in the early 1800s were the _______________ and __________________.

a)

Irish

b)

Greeks

c)

Italians

d)

German

e)

Israelites

2.

_____________________________________ led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom on secret routes to escape the South. These routes became known as the Underground Railroad.

a)

Samuel Slater

b)

Elizabeth Cady Staton

c)

Eli Whitney

d)

Harriet Tubman

3.

Led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott the _______________________________ began in 1840 where they met to discuss the need to address the problems of women’s rights including the right to vote and run for office.

a)

Seneca Falls Convention

b)

Women's Suffrage Movement

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Nat Turner's Rebellion

4.

_________________________________ escaped from slavery and joined the abolitionist movement. He became a public speaker for his experiences as a slave and published The North Star, an anti-slavery newspaper.

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Samuel Slater

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Lowell System

5.

The ___________________________________________________ was the first women's rights convention in the United States. Held in July 1848 in New York, the meeting launched the women's suffrage movement, which more than seven decades later ensured women the right to vote.

a)

Seneca Falls Convention

b)

Women's Suffrage Movement

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Irish

6.

________________________________________ took place in Virginia, in August 1831. Hundreds of slaves took part in this uprising killing roughly 60 white people. The leader of the rebellion was executed.

a)

Lowell System

b)

Nat Turner's Rebellion

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Transportation Revolution

7.

In the early 1800s, fierce sermons and energetic church services led people to renew religious faith and turn towards religion. This period became known as the ___________________________________________________.

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

German

c)

Women's Suffrage Movement

d)

Second Great Awakening

8.

The _______________________________________ introduced large factories that could make goods more quickly and cheaply than before. This led to a change in the culture of the United States.

a)

Samuel Slater

b)

Lowell System

c)

Transportation Revolution

d)

Industrial Revolution

9.

___________________________ was an inventor who created interchangeable parts. This led to mass production in the United States.

a)

Samuel Slater

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Seneca Falls Convention

10.

In the 1800s the U.S. Government underwent a ___________________________________________. During this time the National road, Erie Canal, and Steam engines were used to moved goods around the nation.

a)

German

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Nat Turner's Rebellion

d)

Transportation Revolution

11.

____________________________________ was an early English-American industrialist known as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution" who created the first water-powered textile mill in the United States.

a)

Samuel Slater

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Frederick Douglass

12.

Francis Cabot Lowell created the __________________ which manufactured cotton cloth from raw cotton the finished cloth all in one building.

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

Samuel Slater

c)

Lowell System

d)

Women's Suffrage Movement