WorksheetsReform Movements
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The Second Great Awakening was
the quest for the perfect alarm clock
the idea to increase reason and logical thinking
religious revival in the United States that sparked social reform
a political movement to force nullification for laws
What was an effect of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
abolitionist movement support grew
book sales soared
the profits from the book sale went to help slaves
The Supreme Court banned the book
How did women joining groups like Temperance, abolition, and suffrage organizations effect society?
provided women jobs
expanded the role of women in social reforms
caused women to move to rural areas of the nation
inspired them to become teachers out west
The first women's convention was held in __________ to declare that women should have equal rights to men, including the right to vote.
London
Seneca Falls
Pennsylvania
New York City
Inspired by the Second Great Awakening, the ______________ sought to reshape American society.
Reform Era
temperance movement
transcendentalist movement
Change movement
What do Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman have in common?
They all started schools for African-American children.
They all published newspapers supporting voting rights for women.
They were all factory owners during the Industrial Revolution.
They were all slaves who escaped and worked to end slavery.
What term was used to describe a person who wanted to see slavery come to an end?
a liberator
a federalist
a loyalist
an abolitionist
Match the following movements with the correct goal
Abolition
to end slavery
Temperance
Limit alcohol
Women's Suffrage
Right to vote for women
Education Reform
Train teachers, improve schools
Prison and Care for the Disabled
Rehabilitate criminals, train caretakers of the mentally ill
How did the Second Great Awakening mainly spread?
Through pamphlets
Through academic lectures
At revival meetings
None of the above; it did not spread
What problems did reformers want to fix in education?
Lack of funding for schools
Lack of teacher training
Inaccessibility for women and African Americans
All of the above
What was one effect of the Second Great Awakening on religion in the United States?
Church attendance greatly increased across the country.
Most people joined utopian communities to improve society.
The Baptist and Methodist churches were founded.
New universities were founded to educate ministers.
Who worked to improve American education during the early 1800s?
Dorothea Dix
Horace Mann
Jonathan Edwards
Juliann Jane Tillman
Who founded the National Women's Suffrage Association along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Lucretia Mott
Which convention is considered the beginning of the women's suffrage movement in the United States?
Seneca Falls Convention
New York Convention
Boston Convention
Philadelphia Convention
Who became the most famous 'conductor' on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Frederick Douglass
Susan B. Anthony
What was Dorothea Dix known for advocating?
Abolition of slavery
Rights for the mentally ill and incarcerated
Temperance movement
Women's suffrage
Who was a leading African American abolitionist, accomplished orator, and writer?
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Susan B. Anthony
Frederick Douglass
