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WorksheetsReform Era
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which group focused in eliminating slavery?
politicians
abolitionists
missionaries
transcendentalists
What connection was there between the 2nd Great Awakening and Reform movements?
The Awakening was a diversion or distraction from the Reform Movements
The Awakening actually followed the Reform movements.
People who experienced religious revival were more socially-minded.
Which of these was an obstacle for women who were working to end slavery in the United States?
They were not allowed to vote
They were not allowed to attend school
They could not voice their opinions
They could not travel throughout the country
What was an immediate effect of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848?
It led to the end of slavery in the US
It proposed laws providing equal education for all
It created an organized campaign for women's rights
It led to the nomination of the first congresswoman
What did the Declaration of Sentiments say?
It called for an end of wars around the world.
It called for equal access to education for boys and girls.
Who was the best-known African American abolitionist?
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Abraham Lincoln
What was the Underground Railroad?
A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved African Americans to escape to free states.
Political group opposed to immigration during the Reform Era:
Tea Party
Dorothea Dix pursued reform of what institution?
Government
Schools
Prisons
Health Care
Movement to limit the influence of alcohol in America during the 19th Century:
"Just Say No"
Sobriety Campaign
What was William Lloyd Garrison's contribution to the abolitionist movement?
He merged the abolitionist and women's rights movement.
He was the first African-American presidential candidate.
He was a journalist who published an anti-slavery publication.
Who said that abolishing slavery was "the great, paramount, imperative, and all-commanding question for this age and nation to solve"?
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
John Lloyd Garrison
What was John Brown famous for?
During the Reform Era, what WERE women allowed to do?
Work
Vote
Hold public office
Serve on juries.
How was the north different from the south?
Northern states were agricultural, southern states were industrialized.
Southern states were agricultural, northern states were industrialized.
They were largely the same with different social orders.
There was more wealth in the south than in the north.
