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The 1800s Reform Movements

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is often called the mother of the women's suffrage movement?

a)

Susan B. Anthony

b)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Lucretia Mott

2.

What was the main goal of the abolitionist movement?

a)

To promote women's rights

b)

To end racial segregation

c)

To abolish slavery

d)

To reform the prison system

3.

The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 was significant for which reform movement?

a)

Women's suffrage movement

b)

Abolitionist movement

c)

Prison reform movement

d)

Education reform movement

4.

Who was a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

John Brown

5.

What was the purpose of the prison reform movement?

a)

To segregate prisoners by gender

b)

To provide better living conditions for prisoners

c)

To increase the number of prisons

d)

To abolish the prison system entirely

6.

Which reformer is known for her work in the prison reform movement and also the mental health reform?

a)

Clara Barton

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Dorothea Dix

d)

Elizabeth Fry

7.

What was the name of the newspaper published by Frederick Douglass?

a)

The Liberator

b)

The North Star

c)

The Freedom's Journal

d)

The Emancipator

8.

Horace Mann is best known for his contributions to which reform movement?

a)

Women's suffrage movement

b)

Abolitionist movement

c)

Prison reform movement

d)

Education reform movement

9.

What was one of the main demands of the Declaration of Sentiments, which was modeled after the Declaration of Independence?

a)

The right to bear arms

b)

The right to freedom of speech

c)

The right for women to vote

d)

The right to public education

10.

To make changes in order to bring out improvements

a)

Reform

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Transcendentalism

d)

Declaration of Sentiments

11.

A person who supports getting rid of slavery

a)

Reform

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Transcendentalism

d)

Declaration of Sentiments

12.

Gathering of supporters to argue for Women's Rights

a)

Seneca Falls Convention

b)

Second Great Awakening

c)

Underground Railroad

d)

Nat Turner's Rebellion

13.

Secret Network of free blacks and whites who helped slaves escape North

a)

Seneca Falls Convention

b)

Second Great Awakening

c)

Underground Railroad

d)

Nat Turner's Rebellion

14.

Unequal treatment based on who a person is

a)

Discrimination

b)

Oppression

c)

Racism

d)

Segregation

15.

Belief that one ethnicity is better than another

a)

Discrimination

b)

Oppression

c)

Racism

d)

Segregation

16.

Separation of groups based on ethnicity

a)

Discrimination

b)

Oppression

c)

Racism

d)

Segregation

17.

What was the legal status of slaves in the United States?

a)

Citizen

b)

Property

c)

Dependents

d)

Immigrants

18.

According to Horace Mann, which of these were reasons that better schools were needed? (Mark ALL that Apply)

a)

Children were roaming the streets committing crimes

b)

Rural children might attend school for only a part of the year

c)

Education was seen as a way to escape poverty.

d)

There needed to be a way to separate the best and brightest from the rest of the people.

19.

Which of these was NOT a reform introduced by Dorothea Dix to help the mentally ill?

a)

Mentally ill people were no longer housed in cages or chains.

b)

Branding people with hot irons was made illegal

c)

Child services were introduced to help children "in trouble."

d)

The Government provided free mental healthcare to all citizens who needed it.

20.

Prominent ex-slave Abolitionist who spoke out about and described the harsh treatment of slaves first-hand

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Lucretia Mott

21.

Leaders of the Seneca Fall's Convention

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Lucretia Mott

22.

Inspired by the Second Great Awakening, the ______________ sought to reshape American society.

a)

Reform Era

b)

temperance movement

c)

transcendentalist movement

d)

Change movement

23.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony worked to...

a)

Secure a coin in their honor

b)

Free slaves

c)

Secure the right for women to vote

d)

Secure rights for farmers

24.

This movement first shaped Susan B. Anthony's desire to fight for equal rights...

a)

Worker's Rights Movement

b)

Abolition Movement

c)

Civil Rights Movement

d)

Peace Movement

25.

This is a photo of Harriet Tubman. Which one of the following is her BEST known accomplishment?

a)

American Indian Suffrage

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

African American Suffrage

d)

Underground Railroad

26.

Document written at the Seneca Falls Convention that declares "All men and women are created equal"

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Declaration of Sentiments

c)

Constitution

d)

Articles of Confederation

27.

Suffragists believed that women were denied of

a)

The right to go to the market

b)

The right to purchase food

c)

Everything

d)

Basic rights

28.

This person wanted to reform education for poor children.

a)

Horace Mann

b)

Dorothea Dix

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Billie Elish

29.

The reform efforts of Dorothea Dix during the mid-nineteenth century led to -

a)

improved education for immigrant children

b)

the creation of worker safety regulations

c)

the expansion of suffrage for women

d)

improved facilities for the mentally ill and disabled

30.

This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by-

a)

writing Uncle Tom's Cabin

b)

publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star

c)

organizing the Underground Railroad

d)

becoming the first African American senator

31.

What group was among the first to call for an end to slavery?

a)

American Indians, because they view the plight of slaves as similar to their own

b)

Quakers, because slavery contradicted their religious beliefs

c)

British loyalists, because Great Britain had ended the slave trade

d)

Puritans, because the New England economy did not rely on slavery

32.

What was one major effect of the Second Great Awakening?

a)

Churches turned away from public politics and focused on religious issues

b)

People were inspired to join reform movements to address social problems

c)

Religious leaders petitioned legislatures to extend suffrage to women

d)

Politicians were encouraged to promote states rights rather than federal unity