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Causes of the Civil War (and Reforms)

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 6mins

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1.

The reform efforts of Dorothea Dix during the mid-nineteenth century led to -

a)

improved education for immigrant children

b)

the creation of worker safety regulations

c)

the expansion of suffrage for women

d)

improved facilities for the mentally ill and disabled

2.

-Daughters of Temperance

-Women’s Christian Temperance Union


How did the growth of these organizations most affect the role of women in U.S. society?

a)

By providing economic opportunity for women in urban areas.

b)

By expanding the participation of women in social reform.

c)

By increasing the number of women teachers in rural areas.

d)

By securing the establishment of private universities for women.

3.

“We have only to look about us in this great city, to observe the traces of the deadly influence of intemperance." - Charles Burleigh, address to the Whole World's Temperance Convention


The speaker quoted above was a supporter of the movement to -

a)

end the international slave trade

b)

establish strict limits on immigration

c)

expose corruption in the federal government

d)

discourage the consumption of alcoholic beverages

4.

This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by -

a)

writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

b)

publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star.

c)

organizing the Underground Railroad.

d)

becoming the first African American Senator.

5.

Which of the following was an argument made against slavery in the Thirteen Colonies?

a)

Manufacturers argued that slavery discouraged the development of industry.

b)

Farmers argued that using slave labor was expensive and inefficient.

c)

Quakers argued that slavery violated Christian principles.

d)

Puritans argued that the slave trade encouraged mercantilism.

6.

What was one major impact of this novel?

a)

The profits from the book funded early labor unions.

b)

Congress was inspired to pass laws outlawing the abuse of slaves.

c)

The Supreme Court overturned fugitive slave laws.

d)

Support grew for the abolitionist movement.

7.

The abolitionist movement achieved its goal with the passage of which amendment?

a)

Twelfth Amendment

b)

Thirteenth Amendment

c)

Fourteenth Amendment

d)

Fifteenth Amendment

8.

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say - I never ran my train off track and I never lost a passenger. - 1904


Who made this statement?

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Susan B. Anthony

9.

Which is NOT the correct match of the reformer to their reform movement?

a)

Carrie Nation - temperance

b)

Harriet Tubman - abolition

c)

Frederick Douglass - education

d)

Susan B. Anthony - women's suffrage

10.
In the 1840s, Seneca Fall, New York, became the scene of an important convention for…
a)
women's rights
b)
labor union organizations
11.
I helped give us "education Reform"!! I am _________?
a)
Horace Mann
b)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
12.
-were against slavery
-believed slavery was immoral
-wanted to free slaves
the movement described is-
a)
temperence
b)
education
c)
abolition
d)
prison
13.
leader of prison and reform on the mentally ill-
a)
Horace Mann
b)
Henry David Thoreau
c)
Dorothea Dix
d)
Lucretia Mott
14.
What religious group outlawed slavery?
a)
Catholics
b)
Protestants
c)
Quakers
d)
Mormons
15.
-believed education should be available to all  children
-believed all children should be in school and not in factories working 
-taxes should be used to fund schools
the following describe-
a)
Henry David Thoreau
b)
Dorothea Dix
c)
Horace Mann
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
16.
-wanted to ban consumption of alcohol
-18th Amendment added as a result
-led by Christians and women
the movement is described is-
a)
transcendentalism
b)
temperance
c)
mentally ill
d)
prison
17.
Frederick Douglass contributed to the abolition reform by-
a)
writing an autobiography about his life as a slave
b)
helped people escape through the Underground Railroad
c)
ran for president of the Abolition Party
d)
wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
18.
the reform represented is-
a)
temperance
b)
prison
c)
abolition
d)
women's rights
19.
The reform represented is-
a)
abolition
b)
education
c)
temperance
d)
mentally ill
20.
Which reform is represented?
a)
education
b)
temperance
c)
women's rights
d)
abolition
21.
"He has so framed the laws of divorce, as to what shall be the proper causes, and in case of separation, to who, the guardianship of the children shall be given, as to be wholly regardless of the happiness of women - the law, in all cases, going upon a false supposition of the supremacy of man, giving all power into his hands."
which reformer would most likely be the author?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Horace Mann
c)
Dorothea Dix
d)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
22.
Women's rights movement began meeting in- 
a)
Philadelphia, PA
b)
Jamestown, VA
c)
Seneca Falls, NY
d)
Boston, MA
23.
-William LLoyd Garrison
-Harriet Beacher Stowe
-Frederick Douglass
What social concern do these individuals have in common?
a)
opposed slavery
b)
opposed abolition
c)
supported women's rights
d)
supported education reform
24.
The south was for slavery because
a)
they wanted to be difficult
b)
they liked slaves
c)
their economy depended on slavery
d)
this is wrong. 
25.
What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?
a)
It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.
b)
It increased the demand for slaves to produce more cotton.
c)
It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.
d)
It had no significant effect on slaves or slavery.
26.
The breaking of the United States into regions of common economies, populations and values was called...
a)
compromise
b)
secession
c)
states' rights
d)
sectionalism
27.
A series of passageways to escape to freedom was the
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
tunnel vision quest
c)
Freedom Crossing
d)
way to slavery
28.
Which of the following best describes John Brown?
a)
radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery
b)
a peaceful abolitionists who hated violence
c)
a pro-slavery Senator
d)
a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery
29.
What Increased tensions between the North and the South?
a)
The capital of Virginia becoming Richmond.
b)
The rise of sectionalism, the growing disagreement over states' rights, and the issue of slavery.
c)
The Climate and geography of the North and South.
d)
The Arguments over the growth of the military.
30.
People who believed that slavery was wrong and tried to stop it
a)
abolitionists 
b)
habeas corpus
c)
state's rights
d)
secede
31.
Someone running away from their owner (slave) or from the law
a)
fugitive 
b)
slave state
c)
free state
d)
state's rights
32.
States that DID NOT allow slavery 
a)
free states
b)
slave states
c)
sectionalism
d)
state's rights
33.
Case brought before the Supreme Court involving a slave wanted his freedom: Court decided African Americans CAN'T be citizens and can't sue in federal court.
a)
Dred Scott Decision
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Fugitive Slave Act
34.
Act made it a federal law that all runaway slaves MUST be returned to their owners in the south. 
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Compromise of 1850