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Reformers

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does this picture represent?

a)

Self-Reliance

b)

Spirituality

c)

Civil Disobedience

d)

Simplicity

2.

Determine which description is connected t the reformer.

Henry David Thoreau

Worked to change the role of women in society and fought for women's right to vote.

Frederick Douglass

Known as "Moses", helped numerous runaway slaves make it North to freedom

Harriet Tubman

Refused to pay taxes as a form of civil disobedience since the government refused to outlaw slavery

Susan B. Anthony

Leader of the abolitionist movement, famous speaker, and author of the newspaper The North Star

3.

Determine which description is connected to the reformer.

William Lloyd Garrison

Advocated for prison reform and better treatment of the mentally ill

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Organized the first women's rights convention

Horace Mann

Believed that education was the "great equalizer"

Dorothea Dix

Created an anti-slavey newspaper called The Liberator

4.

Which statement best explains how the Second Great Awakening influenced change in American society?

a)

It encouraged Southerners to assert their rights by seceding.

b)

It inspired the growth of social reform movements.

c)

It led to the industrialization of northern cities

d)

It encouraged Southerners to assert their rights by seceding.

5.

Which movement did Emerson lead?

a)

Temperance

b)

Abolitionism

c)

The Second Great Awakening

d)

Transcendentalism

6.

Define the term suffrage

a)

the right to live

b)

the right to protest

c)

the right to vote

d)

the right to educate

7.

Based off this passage, what reform movement is Emerson supporting?

a)

Aboltionist

b)

Temperance

c)

Women's Suffrage

d)

Prison Reform

8.

Emerson as we have discussed in class was a transcendentalist, yet in this passage he shows support for another movement. In your opinion, can reformers (people who want change) support multiple movements? AND would it be common to do so? Why?

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9.

Iswarchandra Vidya Sagar & Dayanand saraswati supoorted

a)

Sati

b)

Widow remarriage

c)

Right to vote

d)

Casteism

10.

The Brahmo Samaj was founded by

a)

Raja Rammohun Roy

b)

Dayanand saraswati

c)

Vivekananda

d)

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

11.

Who started schools for Muslim girls in Patna and Calcutta?

a)

Mumtaz Ali

b)

Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

c)

Sayyid Ahmed Khan

d)

None of these

12.

Who persuaded to abolish Sati

a)

John Bethune

b)

Raja Ram Mohun Roy

c)

Lord Bentinck

d)

Ishwar Chandra Vidya Sagar

13.

Widows' home in Poona was founded by

a)

Pandita Ramabai

b)

Koran

c)

Dayanand saraswati

d)

Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain

14.

Which reformer is known for their work in the abolitionist movement and for publishing the anti-slavery newspaper 'The Liberator'?

a)

A) Sojourner Truth

b)

B) William Lloyd Garrison

c)

C) Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

D) Frederick Douglass

15.

Who was a key figure in the women's suffrage movement and co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association in 1869?

a)

A) Susan B. Anthony

b)

B) Lucretia Mott

c)

C) Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

D) Alice Paul