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Reform Movements 8th

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Second Great Awakening was

a)

the quest for the perfect alarm clock

b)

the idea to increase reason and logical thinking

c)

religious revival in the United States that sparked social reform

d)

a political movement to force nullification for laws

2.

Fredrick Douglass was an

(a)  

3.

Which group of people were the first to call themselves abolitionists?

a)

Quakers

b)

Puritans

c)

American Indians

d)

French

4.

This activist was instrumental in helping improved facilities for mentally ill.

a)

Susan B Anthony

b)

Elizabeth Stanton

c)

Fredrick Douglass

d)

Dorothea Dix

5.

Fredrick Douglass was

(choose ALL that apply)

a)

leading abolitionist

b)

published the newspaper the North Star

c)

organized the Underground Railroad

d)

becoming a member of Lincoln's cabinet

6.

This part of the Compromise of 1850 caused the most outrage in the North and led to many more becoming abolitionists.

a)
Fugitive Slave Law(Act)
b)
California's admission as a free state.
c)
Outlawing slave trade in D.C.
d)
Popular sovereignty in lands gained from Mexico.
7.

who is this activist and what was their contribution

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe/abolition

b)

Horace Mann/ education reform

c)

Susan B Anthony/suffrage

d)

dorothea dix/mentally ill

8.

Reform Movements that addressed societal issues stemmed from

a)

the rise of slavery

b)

Mercantilism

c)

The Second Great Awakening

d)

the First Great Awakening

9.

What was an effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

abolitionist movement support grew

b)

book sales soared

c)

the profits from the book sale went to help slaves

d)

The Supreme Court banned the book

10.

How did women joining groups like Temperance, abolition, and suffrage organizations effect society?

a)

provided women jobs

b)

expanded the role of women in social reforms

c)

caused women to move to rural areas of the nation

d)

inspired them to become teachers out west

11.

Hudson River School artists were influenced by

a)

Hudson River and climate change

b)

migration of immigrants west

c)

social reforms of America

d)

natural landscape of America

12.

A drawing or painting of the outside

a)

landscape

b)

interior

c)

portrait

d)

exterior

13.

This School of Early American Art painted America's Beautiful Landscapes.

a)

Old School

b)

Western Painters

c)

Rocky Mountain School

d)

Hudson River School

14.

This was a famous Hudson River School Painter

a)

Thomas Cole

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Catlin

d)

John James Audoban

15.

Who is known for his many paintings of birds?

a)

John James Audubon

b)

Alfred Jacob Miller

c)

George Caleb Bingham

d)

Charles Grandison Finney

16.

Who most likely painted this?

a)

John James Audubon

b)

Alfred Jacob Miller

c)

George Caleb Bingham

d)

Charles G. Finney

17.

Which of the following is most likely a creation from the Hudson River School?

a)
b)
c)
d)
18.

The Hudson River School had a specific topic to their art that usually focused on...

a)

landscapes, rivers, countrysides

b)

factories, industry, machines

c)

shipbuilders of the northeast

d)

slavery in the south

19.

First state to have a state sponsored school to train teachers.

a)

Massachusetts

b)

Delaware

c)

New Jersey

d)

Virginia

20.

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau are considered

a)

mercantalists

b)

transcendentalists

c)

naturalists

d)

revolutionaries