WorksheetsChapter 14 History
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 35mins
What was the main goal of the abolitionist movement?
to give slaves the right to vote
to stop slavery from spreading into new U.S. territories
to eliminate slavery in the United States
to help Southerners catch runaway slaves
Who is described by the following statements?
-went to prison for calling a slave trader a robber
-wrote an anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator to end slavery everywhere
-used The Liberator to bring attention to political events and the plight of slaves
-argued for a complete and immediate end to slavery, with no compromises
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Elihu Embree
William Lloyd Garrison
How did Frederick Douglass emerge as an abolitionist leader?
He was an escaped slave who told the story of his life, first as a speaker and then as an author.
He was a slaveowner who changed his mind about slavery and published the first antislavery newspaper in the United States.
He was a politician used his connections to fight against slavery.
He was a businessman who refused to do business in the South as a protest against slavery.
What primary method did Harriet Tubman use to fight for the abolitionist cause?
She led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.
She led abolitionist conventions.
She wrote an abolitionist newspaper.
She told her story of slavery in a book.
What did abolitionists Elihu Embree, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass have in common?
They all represented free states in Congress.
They all published anti-slavery newspapers.
They all represented slave states in Congress.
They were all former slaves.
What was the MAIN goal of the women’s suffrage movement?
to give women the right to own property
to give women the right to vote
to elect a woman president
to give African Americans the right to vote
“He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice...”
—excerpt from the Declaration of Sentiments
Which claim does the text best support?
Women should be paid the same wages as men.
Women should have the right to work.
Women should have the right to own property.
Women should have the right to vote.
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Sojourner Truth
Which statement BEST describes the role the Seneca Falls Convention played in the women’s suffrage movement?
It was the convention that led to the Second Great Awakening.
It was the convention that approved the 19th amendment.
It was the convention that first organized a movement toward women’s suffrage in the United States.
It was the convention that expanded women’s suffrage to other countries.
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 13 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?
What is Sojourner Truth arguing in this speech? (Choose 2)
Her experiences prove that women are treated fairly and viewed as equals to men.
Her experiences prove that women need to be taken care of.
Her experiences prove that women are better than men.
Her experiences prove that women of different races are treated differently
Her experiences prove that women are strong and capable
Which statement accurately describes the Second Great Awakening?
It was a religious revival that emphasized the power of God to decide a person’s fate.
It was a religious revival that emphasized the Catholic faith.
It was a religious revival that emphasized equality and individual piety.
It was a religious revival that emphasized quiet and unemotional worship of God.
How did the Second Great Awakening affect society in the 19th century?
The Second Great Awakening helped ignite reform movements by encouraging good deeds and working to improve conditions in the world.
The Second Great Awakening discouraged involvement in society by emphasizing that a person’s relationship with God was the only thing that mattered.
The Second Great Awakening hurt movements focused on equality since this focus opposed church teachings.
The Second Great Awakening encouraged obedience to governmental authority and playing the proper role in society since this was what God wanted.
What were the colonists’ reasons for writing the Declaration of Independence? (Choose all that apply)
to end the Revolutionary War
to gain support from powerful European nations
to gain colonial representation in Parliament
to declare independence from Great Britain
to build support amongst colonists by explaining the reasons for independence
The ______________lists complaints against King George III including that colonists were forced to pay unfair taxes.
Grievances
Preamble
Declaration
Constitution
How was the Lowell System different from the Rhode Island System?
Workers were housed in towns far away from the factory rather than in nearby company villages.
The machines in the factory were powered by water rather than coal.
Interchangeable parts were abandoned in favor of handmade ones.
Mechanized looms allowed weaving to be done in the factory rather than at home.
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a ______________ and was significant because it ended British campaign in the South.
battle fought in late 1776 and early 1777 in which George Washington defeated the British
battle fought in 1780 in which colonial riflemen used guerrilla warfare to defeat the British
battle fought in 1780 in which colonial riflemen used guerrilla warfare to defeat the French
battle fought in late 1776 and early 1777 in which Abraham Lincoln defeated the South
Identify the Battle that took place in location 1.
Battle of Princeton
Battle of Kings Mountain
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Trenton
Identify the Battle that took place in location 3.
Battle of Princeton
Battle of Kings Mountain
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Trenton
increased productivity of cotton farming
decreased the need for slaves
encouraged farmers to move west
made growing cotton less profitable
How did longhunters affect settlement of the frontier?
Less people wanted to settle the frontier after the longhunters told them about the Proclamation of 1763.
More people wanted to settle the frontier after the longhunters hunted all of the animals in the East.
Less people wanted to settle the frontier after the longhunters told them about the dangers of the mountain roads.
More people wanted to settle the frontier after the longhunters told them about the good land they saw.
Determine whether each phrase describes John Donelson, William Bean, or both:
Traveled west in a flotilla on the Holston, Tennessee, Ohio, and Cumberland Rivers
John Donelson
William Bean
Both
Determine whether each phrase describes John Donelson, William Bean, or both:
Helped settle Tennessee
John Donelson
William Bean
Both
Determine whether each phrase describes John Donelson, William Bean, or both:
Part of the first permanent settlement in Tennessee
John Donelson
William Bean
Both
How did the Treaty of Paris affect the colonial powers in North America?
French and Spanish colonies grew in North America.
France gave up all of its North American colonies and Great Britain gave up Florida.
French and English colonies grew in North America.
France gave up all of its North American colonies and Spain gave up Florida.
How did colonists react to the Proclamation of 1763?
They supported British policy and paid the new taxes the king ordered.
They resisted British policy and stayed in areas west of the Appalachian Mountains.
They resisted British policy and refused to pay the new taxes the king ordered.
They supported British policy and left areas west of the Appalachian Mountains.
