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Ch. 7: Ohio, The Cradle of Reform

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the early 1800s, immigrants came to Ohio to

a)

find gold

b)

avoid serving in the German army

c)

live and worship as they pleased

d)

change the government

2.

Settlers in Zoar wanted to create a perfect society through

a)

social values

b)

social change

c)

social tradition

d)

social studies

3.

Settlers in Zoar left Germany when they

a)

lost their farmland

b)

lost their savings

c)

separated from the official church

d)

separated from the official government

4.

Which of the following describes the social beliefs of the Shakers?

a)

pacifist

b)

warlike

c)

communist

d)

primitive

5.

How was William Holmes McGuffey a leader in education?

a)

he founded two universities in Ohio

b)

he invited Sojourner Truth to teach in his school

c)

he thought of the idea of charter schools

d)

he published a series of readers

6.

Some African American parents raised money to operate their own schools because

a)

they did not like the public schools

b)

they were not allowed to send their children to most public schools

c)

the public schools were overcrowded

d)

the public schools were for boys only

7.

A new 1848 law required

a)

parents to buy their children's school books

b)

public schools to educate female students

c)

parents of school children to pay tuition

d)

public school districts to provide schools for African American children

8.

Before the Missouri Compromise, what happened when a state was admitted to the Union?

a)

the North tried to get the state to join its group of states

b)

there was an agreement over the state's slavery laws

c)

there was a fight over the new state's slavery laws

d)

the South offered money if the state would allow slavery

9.

What was Ohio's official position on the issue of slavery?

a)

Ohio was a slave state

b)

Ohio was a free state

c)

Ohio allowed limited ownership of slaves

d)

Ohio outlawed slavery after the Civil War

10.

What did the Fugitive Slave Act make illegal?

a)

helping people escape from Slavery

b)

owning slaves in Ohio

c)

buying slaves in Ohio

d)

returning enslaved people to their owners

11.

What was the effect of the Fugitive Slave Act?

a)

slavery-related disputes between the North and the South ended

b)

it kept the United States together

c)

it increased tensions between the North and South

d)

It started a mass return of fugitive slaves

12.

Why was Ohio an important rout for people escaping from slavery?

a)

it had fast train service

b)

it was near two slave states and Canada

c)

people in Ohio spoke many languages

d)

all people in Ohio learned the Underground Railroad codes in school

13.

People using the Underground Railroad did NOT

a)

wear disguises

b)

travel at night

c)

buy first-class tickets

d)

hide in wagons, boats, and trains

14.

What belief compelled the Quakers to help fugitive slaves?

a)

slaves should become Quakers

b)

all life is sacred

c)

the North is better than the South

d)

Everyone should follow state laws

15.

Who was considered the "president" of the Underground Railroad?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

John Parker

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Levi Coffin

16.

The Oberlin-Wellington Rescue was a protest against

a)

the Fugitive Slave Act

b)

the Underground Railroad

c)

Canada's role in the Underground Railroad

d)

the U.S. Constitution

17.

What was the effect of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

it made more Americans want to end slavery

b)

Enslaved persons ran away in large numbers

c)

Many Southern slave owners chose to release their slaves

d)

it started the Civil War

18.

In the 1800s, women in Ohio and the rest of the country were not allowed to

a)

read

b)

write

c)

vote

d)

work

19.

What happened at the end of the 1850 convention in Salem?

a)

Women gained the right to vote

b)

Women were refused the right to vote

c)

Sojourner Truth spoke up

d)

Ohio women gave up their fight for voting rights

20.

For what did Sojourner Truth speak?

a)

public education

b)

women's rights

c)

free libraries

d)

better roads