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Staar Reform Movements

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which group of people were the first to call themselves abolitionists?

a)

Quakers

b)

Puritans

c)

American Indians

d)

French

2.

This activist was instrumental in helping improved facilities for mentally ill.

a)

Susan B Anthony

b)

Elizabeth Stanton

c)

Fredrick Douglass

d)

Dorothea Dix

3.

Fredrick Douglass was

(choose ALL that apply)

a)

leading abolitionist

b)

published the newspaper the North Star

c)

organized the Underground Railroad

d)

becoming a member of Lincoln's cabinet

4.

This part of the Compromise of 1850 caused the most outrage in the North and led to many more becoming abolitionists.

a)

Fugitive Slave Law(Act)

b)

California's admission as a free state.

c)

Outlawing slave trade in D.C.

d)

Popular sovereignty in lands gained from Mexico.

5.

who is this activist and what was their contribution

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe/abolition

b)

Horace Mann/ education reform

c)

Susan B Anthony/suffrage

d)

dorothea dix/mentally ill

6.

Reform Movements that addressed societal issues stemmed from

a)

the rise of slavery

b)

Mercantilism

c)

The Second Great Awakening

d)

the First Great Awakening

7.

What was an effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

abolitionist movement support grew

b)

book sales soared

c)

the profits from the book sale went to help slaves

d)

The Supreme Court banned the book

8.

How did women joining groups like Temperance, abolition, and suffrage organizations effect society?

a)

provided women jobs

b)

expanded the role of women in social reforms

c)

caused women to move to rural areas of the nation

d)

inspired them to become teachers out west

9.

To make changes in order to bring out improvements

a)

Reform

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Transcendentalism

d)

Declaration of Sentiments

10.

Formal statement of injustices

a)

Reform

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Transcendentalism

d)

Declaration of Sentiments

11.

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

12.

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

13.

Leaders of the Seneca Fall's Convention

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Lucretia Mott

14.

A person who supports getting rid of slavery

a)

Reform

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Transcendentalism

d)

Declaration of Sentiments

15.

Staar Reform Movements

a)

A) The Temperance Movement

b)

B) The Industrial Revolution

c)

C) The Gold Rush

d)

D) The Louisiana Purchase