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Unit 8 Pre-test

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

“Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

- U.S. Constitution, 1865

1.    Which group achieved their goal with the passage of the above excerpt?

a)

Temperance

b)

Abolitionists

c)

   Transcendentalists

d)

Suffragists

2.

1.    The work of Dorthea Dix led to –

a)

education reform for rural America.

b)

  passage of temperance laws

c)

  the creation of the Declaration of Sentiments.

d)

better treatment of the mentally disabled.

3.

1.    What was the significance of Seneca Falls, New York?

a)

  Birthplace of reformer, Dorthea Dix

b)

  Distribution center for abolitionist newspapers

c)

Meeting place for a women’s suffrage convention

d)

  Location of first hospital established for the disabled

4.

·         Focus on morality

·         Promote social justice

?

 

1.    Which of the following best completes the graphic organizer above?

a)

Second Great Awakening

b)

Hudson River School

c)

Urbanization and Industrialization

d)

a.    Nullification Crisis

5.

·         Essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist

·         Engaged in acts of civil disobedience 

·         Works included “Walden” and “Resistance of Government”

 

1.    The information in the box above can best be associated with –

a)

  Horace Mann – Education

b)

Frederick Douglass – Abolition

c)

  Sojourner Truth – Women’s Rights

d)

Henry David Thoreau – Transcendentalism

6.

A secret group that specialized in helping people out of slavery and to safety.

a)

Reformers

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

suffrage

d)

Temperance

7.

This states that men and women are equal and was based on the Declaration of Independence

a)

Declaration of Sentiments

b)

Declaration of Temperance

c)

Declaration of Colonization

d)

Independence Statement

8.

Writing "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was an accomplishment of

a)

Frederick Douglas

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Horace Mann

9.

The abolitionist newspaper, "The Liberator" was an accomplishment of

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Horace Mann

d)

Frederick Douglas

10.

John James Audobon was a

a)

poet

b)

artist

c)

politician

d)

farmer

11.

to act based on one’s own beliefs...

a)

individualism

b)

transcendentalism

c)

conform

d)

Abolitionist

12.

What is transcendentalism?

a)

A movement that focuses on logic and reason

b)

A philosophical movement that values emotions and a connection with nature

c)

A political movement that fights for equal rights

d)

A religious belief that emphasizes worship in churches

13.

The process of economic development based on factory production

a)

Assembly Line

b)

Interchangeable Parts

c)

Barter system

d)

Industrialization

14.

– the process of migration to large, densely populated areas, generally cities

a)

Urbanization

b)

Immigration

c)

Rural Flight

d)

Boom Towns

15.

Refusing to obey laws believed to be unjust

a)

Civil Justice

b)

Civil Obedience

c)

Civil Disobedience

d)

Civil Strife

16.
This process converted iron to steel and allowed for taller buildings, longer bridges, and heavier machinery.
a)
Carnegie Process
b)
Ironing Process
c)
Bessemer Process
d)
Bell Process
17.
Samuel Morse's innovation contributed to U.S. growth and development by--
a)
enabling instantaneous communication over long distances
b)
increasing the fuel efficiency of trains
18.
  Interchangeable parts resulted in--
a)
more efficient forms of mass production
b)
the expansion of slavery in the west
c)
increased cotton production in the south
19.
  Which of the following contributed to increased immigration from Ireland in the 1840s?
a)
the potato famine
b)
political unrest
c)
need for labor on cotton plantations
20.
Even before the Civil War, ________________ had wanted to limit immigration and preserve the country for native-born white Protestants.
a)
anarchists
b)
nativists
c)
census
d)
pogroms
21.
Which political party in the 1840's was described as: against immigrants voting and holding public offices.
a)
Democratic Party
b)
Republican Party
c)
Whig Party
d)
American (Know Nothing) Party
22.
Which political party was anti-immigrant?
a)
Democrat
b)
Republican
c)
Know Nothing
d)
Irish Society
23.

Most immigrants from 1820 to 1850 came from which two countries?

a)

France and the United Kingdom

b)

Ireland and Germany

c)

Ireland and France

d)

Germany and the United Kingdom

24.

The abolitionist movement evolved out of the —

a)

Great Awakening.

b)

Industrial Revolution.

c)

Harlem Renaissance.

d)

Era of Good Feelings.

25.

Which reform movement's views are represented in this cartoon?

a)

Abolition

b)

Temperance

c)

Women's suffrage

d)

Child labor reform

26.

Which of the following statements about the Lowell System is correct?

a)

It was utilized by the federal government to fill vacant government positions.

b)

It was a labor program utilized by textile mills.

c)

It was essential to railroad construction in the West.

d)

It represented an attempt to extend the right to vote to all white male citizens.

27.

Who was Fredrick Douglas?

a)

an escaped slave who became an abolitionist and journalist

b)

a women's rights activist

c)

an escaped slave and trade union worker

d)

a prominent painter

28.

Who was Horace Mann?

a)

a person who argued for trade unions

b)

a person who lived during the 1800's who looked like a horse

c)

someone who argued for improved education reform

d)

an abolitionist

29.

Who was Harriet Tubman?

a)

An escaped slave who led those on the underground railroad

b)

An escaped slave and abolitionist

c)

An education reformer

d)

A labor reformer

30.

Who was William Loyd Garrison?

a)

One of the first white abolitionist journalist

b)

An escaped slave and abolitionist

c)

A journalist who promoted education reform

d)

A journalist who spoke out against child labor

31.

Civil Disobedience

a)

Refusing to obey laws because they are unjust

b)

Violently going against the government

c)

A civilian starting a riot

32.

The Second Great Awakening was a ______________ that sparked a number of reform movements in the early 1800s

a)

a temperance movement

b)

a plan for utopian communities

c)

a religious revival

d)

an abolitionist movement

33.

This famous abolitionist and women's rights advocate delivered the speech "Ain't I a Woman" at the Seneca Falls Women's Rights Convention,

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

Abigail Adams

34.

Government regulations during the Industrial Revolution protected children in what ways?

a)

Putting an age limit on when they could work

b)

Limiting the types of jobs they could do

c)

Limiting hours

d)

There were no regulations

35.

Which of the following was a typical job worked by children?

a)

Breaking up coal

b)

Selling newspapers

c)

Chimney sweeps

d)

Working on Machines

e)

All Listed Jobs

36.

a work stoppage by employees as a protest against an employer

a)

Telegraph

b)

Spiritual

c)

Prejudice

d)

Strike

37.

a device that used electric signals to send messages

a)

Literacy

b)

Telegraph

c)

Prejudice

d)

Spiritual

38.

farmer who owns a small farm

a)

Slave codes

b)

Yeoman

c)

Nativist

d)

Trade union

39.

laws in a Southern state that controlled enslaved people

a)

Yeoman

b)

Trade union

c)

Nativist

d)

Slave codes

40.

group of workers with the same trade or skill

a)

Yeoman

b)

Trade union

c)

Nativist

d)

Slave codes

41.

ship with sleek hulls and tall sails that "clipped" time from long journeys

a)

Domestic slave trade

b)

Telegraph

c)

Productivity

d)

Clipper ship