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The Reform Movements

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the goal of abolitionists?

a)

To end of the Civil War

b)

To get women the right to vote

c)

To get rights for American Indians

d)

To end slavery for men and women

2.

What was the goal of suffragists?

a)

To expand the Erie Canal

b)

To end slavery for women

c)

To end Westward Expansion

d)

To get women the right to vote

3.

Which of the following BEST completes the chart?

a)

Soldier

b)

Politician

c)

Suffragist

d)

Conductor

4.

Which formerly enslaved person was a close friend of Susan B. Anthony’s?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

5.

Why was Susan B. Anthony famously arrested in 1872?

a)

She signed a petition.

b)

She shouted at a man.

c)

She voted in an election.

d)

She tried to free an enslaved woman.

6.

While he was enslaved, what advantage did Frederick Douglass have over other enslaved people that led to his role as an abolitionist?

a)

He was able to buy his own home

b)

He was given freedom to do as he wished.

c)

He was allowed to fight in the War of 1812.

d)

He was secretly taught how to read and write.

7.

What about Frederick Douglass’ life would make people believe his writings and speeches about the harsh conditions of slavery? 

a)

He is a former governor of a southern state.

b)

He is a former abolitionist who fought to end the Civil War.

c)

He is a formerly enslaved man and experienced them himself.

d)

He is a former owner of enslaved people and treated them poorly.

8.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton tried to attend a convention in London, England, but the convention refused to allow any women to speak. What was the topic of this convention?

a)

Anti-Voting

b)

Anti-Slavery

c)

Pro-Civil War

d)

Pro-Suffrage

9.

Sojourner Truth was one of the first African American women to win a court case over a white man in the United States. What was the subject of her court case? 

a)

She sued to gain her freedom from slavery.

b)

She sued to get her books published in schools.

c)

She sued to have her son returned to her after he was sold illegally.

d)

She sued to improve her working conditions during her enslavement.

10.

What physical traits did Sojourner Truth have that made her speeches memorable?

a)

She was a fast talker

b)

She was tall and had a loud voice

c)

She was short and had a soft voice

d)

She was known to dress in dark clothes

11.

What is one thing that helped Harriet Tubman lead so many people to freedom?

a)

Suffragists provided voting rights in order to change laws.

b)

Abolitionists provided food and shelter along the way to help her.

c)

Abolitionists taught the formerly enslaved people how to read signs.

d)

Suffragists distracted owners of enslaved people to help others escape.

12.

Why was Harriet Tubman given the nickname “conductor”?

a)

She started a railroad company after she escaped from slavery in the South.

b)

She led choir singings like a musical conductor while she led people to freedom.

c)

She led many enslaved people to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

d)

She secretly led many women to cast votes before it was legal for women to vote.