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Reform Movements

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The Temperance Movement sought to eliminate -
a)
Juvenile Prisons
b)
Consumption of alcohol
c)
Child labor
2.
In the 1840s, Seneca Falls, New York, became the scene of an important convention for -
a)
women's rights
b)
labor union organization
c)
temperance reform
d)
prison reforms
3.
In what way did the ideas of the Declaration of Sentiments differ from the ideas found in the Declaration of Independence?
a)
The Declaration of Sentiments was written by Thomas Jefferson
b)
The Declaration of Independence granted voting rights to men and women
c)
The Declaration of Independence supported the idea of nullification
d)
The Declaration of Sentiments included the equality of men and women
4.
The Declaration of Sentiments, adopted at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, was significant because it - 
a)
promoted the idea of equal rights for women
b)
demanded the immediate abolition of slavery
c)
called for the prohibition of alcoholic beverages
d)
asked government to restrict harmful business practices
5.
Which Reform movement most closely associates with the term "slavery?"
a)
Abolitionist Movement
b)
Prison Reform Movement
c)
Women's Rights
6.
Which Reform movement most closely associates with the term "suffrage?"
a)
Education Reform
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Women's Rights Movement
7.
Which Reform movement most closely associates with the term "Alcohol?"
a)
Education Reform
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Prison Reform
8.
Which Reform movement most closely associates with the term "School?"
a)
Education Reform
b)
Women's Rights
c)
Termperance Movement
9.
Which Reform movement most closely associates with the term "jails?"
a)
Education Reform
b)
Abolitionist Movement
c)
Prison Reform Movement
10.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B Anthony,and Lucretia Mott, were some of the leaders of which movement?

a)

Temperance

b)

Women's Rights

c)

Abolitionist Movement

d)

Baking Reform

11.
Horace Mann was one of the leaders of which movement?
a)
Temperance Reform
b)
Abolitionist Movement
c)
Education Reform
12.
Dorthea Dix was one of the leaders of which movement?
a)
Temperance Reform Movement
b)
Education Reform Movement
c)
Prison Reform Movement
13.
Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd  Garrison, and Sojourner Truth were some of the leaders of which movement?
a)
Abolitionist Movement
b)
Temperance Movement
c)
Education Movement
14.
This movement lacked a strong single leader, but formed may groups to support the movement.
a)
Education Reform
b)
Women's RIghts
c)
Temperance Movement
15.
The major goal of the Temperance Movement was?
a)
End Slavery
b)
Outlaw or limit Alcohol Consumption
c)
End Women's Suffrage
16.
The major goal of the Abolitionist Movement was?
a)
Promoting women's rights
b)
Reforming education
c)
Ending Slavery
17.
The major goal of the Education Movement was?
a)
Improving and expanding public schools
b)
Providing more training for teachers
c)
All of the above
18.
The major goal of the Women's Rights Movement was?
a)
Banning slavery
b)
Stopping public schools
c)
Gaining women's suffrage
19.
What was the abolition movement?
a)
Movement to abolish sales and consumption (drinking) of alcoholic beverages.
b)
Reform movement to end slavery.
c)
Reform Movement to improve education.
d)
Immigrants who came to America to build the railroad.
20.
Who was Horace Mann?
a)
Leader of Abolitionism.
b)
Leader of the Temperance Movement.
c)
Leader of the evil empire.
d)
Leader of the Education reform movement.
21.
What was the temperance movement?
a)
A Reform movement that wanted to ban the sale and consumption (drinking) of alcohol.
b)
Reform movement that fought for women's equal rights. 
c)
Reform movement that improved care for the disabled. 
d)
Reform movement that improved care of prisoners. 
22.

What did Dorothea Dix do?

a)

She helped the mentally ill.

b)

She was an abolitionist.

c)

She saved slaves.

d)

She helped the poor.

23.

What could women not do in the 19th century?

a)

Hold any job

b)

Vote in national elections

c)

Get married

d)

Learn to read

24.

I was the editor of "The Liberator", the most important newspaper of the abolitionist movement.

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

John Brown

c)

Jonathan Walker

d)

Henry Box Brown

25.
At the ______________________ history is made because it is the first organized group which addresses the women's suffrage movement and creates an organized attempt to earn women the right to vote.
a)
New York State Convention
b)
Abolitionist State Convention
c)
Niagara Falls Convention
d)
Seneca Falls Convention
26.
__________________ is a term used to describe the struggle to earn the right to vote.
a)
Supper
b)
Suffrage
c)
Electoral College
d)
Abolitionist Movement
27.

What did reformer Dorothea Dix do to contribute to the prison reform movement in the early 1800s?

a)

She spoke of the horrid conditions of prisons and inspired the building of separate facilities for the mentally ill.

b)

She founded an organization of women that worked together to provide education for imprisoned criminals.

c)

She organized many protest in hopes of motivating the government to build separate facilities for child offenders.

d)

She brought American's attention to the need for prison reform by writing novels detailing the condition of prisons.

28.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton was_____

a)

the leader of the abolition movement .

b)

the leader of the women's rights movement.

c)

the leader of the prison reform movement.

d)

the leader of the educational movement.

29.

What was the prison reform movement?

a)

Reform movement to prohibit alcohol

b)

Reform movement to improve education

c)

Had a goal of outlawing cruel punishments and special justice systems for children.

d)

NO IDEA!

30.

Free African American who wrote the newspaper the North Star

a)

John Brown

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Fredrick Douglass

d)

Elijah Lovejoy

31.
A complete end to slavery
a)
abolition
b)
abolitionist
c)
emancipation
d)
dehumanization
32.

What is an abolitionist

a)

Someone who wants to violently free enslaved people

b)

Someone who promotes the expansion of slavery

c)

Someone who advocates for the end of slavery

33.

Who wrote “The Liberator”

a)

John Brown

b)

Angelina Grimke

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

34.

What was the Underground Railroad?

a)

Underground tunnels that went from slave states to Canada

b)

Secret railroads that enslaved people used to escape north

c)

Network of safe houses to lead enslaved people to freedom

35.

Abolitionists believed slavery ___.

a)

was morally wrong

b)

was great for us

c)

Would stay here forever

d)

would eventually fade out

36.

____ was the movement to end slavery in America.

a)

The Suffrage Movement

b)

The Abolition Movement

c)

The Emancipation Movement

d)

The Citizen's Rights Movement

37.

Which abolitionist led hundreds of slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad?

a)

Ms Cerroo

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

e)

Sharon owo

38.

A series of hiding places where those who were escaping slavery traveled.

a)

conductor

b)

suffrage

c)

abolition

d)

underground railroad

39.

What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton's "Declaration of Sentiments" state?

a)

Men and women should be treated equally under the law.

b)

It is wrong for slaves to be treated as property.

c)

Girls have the same right to an education as boys.

40.

The _______ Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.

a)

15th

b)

17th

c)

19th

41.

What is suffrage?

a)

the right to vote

b)

the right to own land

c)

the right to have slaves

42.

People who fought to end slavery were called...

a)

liberators

b)

emancipators

c)

abolitionists

d)

suffragists

43.

Who was the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Harriet Tubman

44.

What do Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman have in common?

a)

They each wrote books about their lives as slaves.

b)

They were slaves who escaped and fought to help other slaves do the same.

c)

They all taught themselves to read and write.

45.

The Declaration of Sentiments uses quotes from the Declaration of Independence. Why?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the author, got lazy

b)

The same person that wrote The Declaration of Independence also wrote The Declaration of Sentiments

c)

To remind men that they said everyone was created equal in The Declaration of Independence

d)

To insult The Declaration of Independence

46.
Was the Underground Railroad actually underground?
a)
No, it was only called that because they had to keep secret.
b)
No, it ran on tracks above ground from south to north.
c)
Yes, the railroad was totally underground.
d)
Yes, and it ran for miles on end!
47.
Why was the Underground Railroad important?
a)
It carried many products from the North to the South.
b)
It led to the end of slavery.
c)
It was the route used by slaves escaping from the South
d)
It carried settlers west.
48.
What were slaves legally considered?
a)
People
b)
Property
c)
Citizens
d)
Children
49.
Why was slavery generally supported by southerners?
a)
All southerners owned slaves
b)
They knew someday they would be slaveowners
c)
Slavery was an important part of their economy
d)
They would be executed for disagreeing
50.

What was the first year that women were able to vote?

a)

1878

b)

1904

c)

1819

d)

1920

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