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Chapter 14 19th Century Reform Movements

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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1.

What was the main goal of the abolitionist movement?

a)

to help Southerners catch runaway slaves

b)

to stop slavery from spreading into new U.S. territories

c)

to give slaves the right to vote

d)

to eliminate slavery in the United States

2.

Which person is described by the text in the box?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Elihu Embree

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

Frederick Douglass

3.

What primary method did Harriet Tubman use to fight for the abolitionist cause?

a)

She led abolitionist conventions.

b)

She led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

c)

She told her story of slavery in a book.

d)

She wrote an abolitionist newspaper.

4.

What did abolitionists Elihu Embree, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass have in common?

a)

They all represented free states in Congress.

b)

They all published anti-slavery newspapers.

c)

They all represented slave states in Congress.

d)

They were all former slaves.

5.

How did Frederick Douglass emerge as an abolitionist leader?

a)

He was a businessman who refused to do business in the South as a protest against slavery.

b)

He was a politician who knew people in power and used his connections to fight against slavery.

c)

He was an escaped slave who told the story of his life first as a speaker and then as an author.

d)

He was a slaveowner who changed his mind about slavery and published the first anti-slavery newspaper in the United States.

6.

What was the main goal of the women’s suffrage movement?

a)

to give women the right to vote

b)

to elect a woman president

c)

to give women the right to own property

d)

to give African Americans the right to vote

7.

Which claim does the text best support?

a)

Women should have the right to work.

b)

Women should have the right to own property.

c)

Women should be paid the same wages as men.

d)

Women should have the right to vote.

8.

What is Sojourner Truth arguing in this speech? (Choose 2)

a)

Her experiences prove that women are treated fairly and viewed as equals to men.

b)

Her experiences prove that women are better than men.

c)

Her experiences prove that women of different races are treated differently.

d)

Her experiences prove that women need to be taken care of.

e)

Her experiences prove that women are strong and capable.

9.

Which statement BEST describes the role the Seneca Falls Convention played in the women’s suffrage movement?

a)

It was the convention that expanded women’s suffrage to other countries.

b)

It was the convention that led to the Second Great Awakening.

c)

It was the convention that first organized a movement toward women’s suffrage in the United States.

d)

It was the convention that approved the 19th amendment.

10.

Which statement accurately describes the Second Great Awakening?

a)

It was a religious revival that emphasized quiet and unemotional worship of God.

b)

It was a religious revival that emphasized equality and individual piety.

c)

It was a religious revival that emphasized the Catholic faith.

d)

It was a religious revival that emphasized the power of God to decide a person’s fate.

11.

How did the Second Great Awakening affect society in the 19th century?

a)

The Second Great Awakening hurt movements focused on equality since this focus opposed church teachings.

b)

The Second Great Awakening discouraged involvement in society by emphasizing that a person’s relationship with God was the only thing that mattered.

c)

The Second Great Awakening encouraged obedience to governmental authority and playing the proper role in society since this was what God wanted.

d)

The Second Great Awakening helped ignite reform movements by encouraging good deeds and working to improve conditions in the world.