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Reform Movements

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following

a)

Horace Mann

1.

Education Reform

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

2.

Abolition

c)

Dorothea Dix

3.

Prison Reform

d)

Henry David Thoreau

4.

Transcendentalism

2.

Which of the following movements gained success with the ratification of constitutional amendments? Choose all the apply

a)

Education Reform

b)

Temperance

c)

Abolition

d)

Women's Rights

e)

Prison and Care of the Disabled

3.

Which of the following movements gained success with the passage of the 18th amendment?

a)

Abolition

b)

Temperance

c)

Education Reform

d)

Transcendentalism

4.

The ​ (a)   encouraged Americans to participate in reform movements was led by ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
Second Great Awakening
Charles Grandison Finney
First Great Awakening
Horace Mann
Transcendentalist
Dorothea Dix
Frederick Douglass
5.

Who made this statement?

a)

John Brown

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

6.

This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by —

a)

writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin

b)

becoming the first African American senator

c)

Organizing the Underground Railroad

d)

publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star

7.

In 1852, ​ (a)   published the bestselling​ (b)   novel shown in the image provided.

Choose from the below words
Harriet Beecher Stowe
abolitionist
Abraham Lincoln
Grapes of Wrath
Henry David Thoreau
Last of the Mohicans
Women's Rights
women's Rights
women's rights
prison reform
8.

Which movement did Emerson lead?

a)

Prohibition

b)

Transcendentalism

c)

Education Reform

d)

Labor Reform

9.

Which statement shows how this excerpt is an example of transcendentalism in the early-to-mid 1800s?

a)

Thoreau uses reason to explain natural events that happen in the world.

b)

Thoreau focuses on the role of science in changing the natural world.

c)

Thoreau studies the relationship between nature and historical events.

d)

Thoreau focuses on the relationship between humans and the natural world.

10.

Which of the following would be considered leaders of the women's rights movement

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Angelina Grimke

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Lucretia Mott

e)

Susan B. Anthony

11.

Which amendment best reflects the success of the temperance movement?

a)

13th Amendment

b)

14th Amendment

c)

17th Amendment

d)

18th Amendment

12.

​ (a)   advocates who attended a convention at Seneca Falls, NY in 1848 would believe their goal had been achieved with the passage of the ​ (b)  

Choose from the below words
Women's Rights
19th Amendment
Abolitionists
Temperance
Education Reform
15th Amendment
21st Amendment
13.

The Hudson River School artists were influenced by the —

a)

success of social reform movements in the United States

b)

natural landscape of the United States

c)

environmental effects of U.S. industrialization

d)

migration of settlers to the U.S. frontier

14.

Which reformer dedicated his/her efforts to implementing this strategy for improving society?

a)

Samuel Perkins

b)

Catherine Beecher

c)

Susan B. Anthony

d)

Horace Mann

15.

Match the following movements with the correct goal

a)

Abolition

1.

to end slavery

b)

Temperance

2.

Limit alcohol

c)

Women's Suffrage

3.

Right to vote for women

d)

Education Reform

4.

Train teachers, improve schools

e)

Prison and Care for the Disabled

5.

Rehabilitate criminals, train caretakers of the mentally ill