WorksheetsA Units 3.5-3.6 Changing Nation + Reform Test
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 35mins
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any account of sex and gender." This excerpt from the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution led to which social reform that likely led to the inclusion of this amendment?
The Abolitionists Movement
The Civil Rights Movement
The Suffrage and Women's Rights Movement
None of these answers are correct.
What changes in art and literature were impcted by the reform movements?
Writers and artists developed new styles based on American themes.
More women were recognized as successful writers and artists.
Colleges and universities began having classes for writers and artists to improve their skills.
None of these answers are correct.
How would Douglas’s quote apply to the abolitionist movement?
If you really want something you need to be willing to fight for it.
In order to grow crops you need rainwater not saltwater.
Progress and struggle will not get you what you want.
None of these answers are correct.
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, impacted society by
It provided people in the South a way to understand the realities of slavery.
It provided people in the North a way to understand the realities of slavery.
It was the first novel to explain the views of Southern plantation owners.
It provided a guide to show pioneers how to build log cabins.
The following is a quote from The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper. Based on the quote, which groups of people was William Lloyd Garrison warning about his determination to end slavery?
Northern slave owners and politicians who supported slavery
Southern slave owners and northerners who supported slavery
Southern slaves and politicians who were against slavery
None of these answers are correct.
This quote is from an abolitionist and early Women’s Rights activist. Based on this quote, which principle describes the strategy Sojourner Truth was suggesting women use to get more rights?
temperance
civil disobedience
rioting and destroying property
tolerance
Inspirational literature that influenced social reform movements, Educational policies that increased the presence of colleges and universities, and Religious revivals that inspired men and women to change the world around them were ALL an impact of what reform movement?
Civil Rights Movement
Transcendentalism
Suffrage
The Second Great Awakening
What can be concluded from the photo about the Temperance Movement from the image?
Women were very involved in the movement to prohibit alcohol.
Women were against the movement to prohibit alcohol.
Women resorted to violence to get alcohol prohibited.
None of these answers are correct.
This is an excerpt of a speech given by Elizabeth Cady Stanton at Seneca Falls Convention, 1848. Based on the quote, what was Elizabeth Cady Stanton saying about women’s rights?
The U.S. Constitution should have included rights for women, not just men.
The Declaration of Independence took away rights from women.
The Declaration of Independence should apply to all people, not just men.
None of these answers are correct.
Which of the following was an issue that Dorothea Dix focused her life’s work on?
improving conditions for mentally ill people
improving the conditions for blacks and poor whites
improving working conditions in factories
None of these answers are correct.
William Lloyd Garrison was labeled America's most radical abolitionist after starting the newspaper, The Liberator. Why was he called this?
Garrison advocated for enslaved people to be sent back to Africa.
Garrison believed in the assimilation of newly freed slaves into American society.
Garrison advocated that freed slaves should be given the same rights as free white men.
Garrison advocated for a gradual approach to the freeing of enslaved people.
The political cartoon is a depiction of a social reform movement. Which reform movement resulted in the event shown in the cartoon?
civil rights
abolition
women's rights
education
Which describes the main premise or goal of the Abolitionists Movement?
To bring slavery to the western portion of the United States.
To bring an end to slavery in the United States.
To limit the expansion of rights of African Americans.
To maintain the compromises put in place between the North and South.
The quote is from Native American Chief Satanta. Which impact of Westward Expansion on the Native American tribes is described by this quote?
reduction of their food supply and destruction of their essential resources
reduction of Native populations through warfare and disease
increased resentment toward forced assimilation into American culture
None of these answers are correct.
The image shows an important event in the Texas Revolution that started the inspirational war cry “Remember the Alamo!” Which of these is a direct result of the event shown below?
The Mexican government requested a ceasefire.
The United States lost interest in Texas.
The Republic of Texas was established
The United States was reborn
Using the timeline, what happened before Texas asked to be annexed into the Union?
Texas won their independence from Mexico
Texas grew into the biggest state in the U.S.
Texas was denied annexation to the Union
Texas agreed to outlaw slavery and joined Mexico
Which statement or phrase is directly related to the concept or idea of Manifest Destiny with Americans demanding England to give them all of Oregon territory?
"Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!"
The Santa Fe Trail
"Remember the Alamo!"
None of these answers are correct.
Which of the following was a provision, or term, of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
Mexico gave up all rights to Texas and their capital Mexico City.
Mexico agreed to eliminate slavery.
Mexico paid the United States $15 million and $3.25 millions in debts owed.
Mexico surrendered more than 500,000 square miles of territory to America.
What attracted more than 300,000 settlers to California during the 1840s and 1850s?
Silver
Gold
Slavery
None of these answers are correct.
Why did the slavery issue become linked with Manifest Destiny and westward expansion?
Enslaved people who escaped often fled to the West, where they were protected by territorial laws.
Admitting new states could upset the balance in Congress between free states and slave states.
Most people in the western territories thought that slavery was morally wrong and refused to allow it.
None of these answers are correct.
The map shows changes to the United States following an agreement with a foreign country. Based on the map, which event is being shown?
negotiation of the Adams-Onis Treaty
ratification of the Northwest Ordinance
passage of the Missouri Compromise
None of these answers are correct.
Based on the quote from a traveler’s diary on the Oregon Trail, what was the greatest threat to travelers on the Oregon Trail?
disease
starvation
dehydration
None of these answers are correct.
Which of the following explains the increase of African American slaves in the state of Florida?
Many southern plantations relocated to Florida due to the abundance of fertile soil and mild climate.
Runaway slaves were captured and forced back into slavery on new plantations in Florida.
It was easier for plantation owners to smuggle slaves in from New Orleans instead of buy new slaves.
None of these answers are correct.
What was the belief that the United States was destined by God to extend its boundaries from “Sea to Shining Sea”?
Joint Occupation
Native American Removal
Westward Expansion
Manifest Destiny
How did Congressional compromises lead to statehood for Texas and Florida?
Congress allowed Texas and Florida to join the Union as free states.
Congress delayed statehood until free states were ready to join the Union and keep the balance.
Congress drafted the Missouri Compromise to keep the balance Congress.
Noe of these answers are correct.
