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Reform Movement

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the American abolitionist and writer who escaped slavery, published his biography and founded the abolitionist paper, the North Star?

a)

Henry Clay

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Fredrick Douglas

2.
The women's suffrage movement in the United States developed out of which other movement?
a)
Anarchism
b)
Abolitionism
c)
Romanticism
d)
Nativism
3.
What were the main arguments against alcohol consumption in the 1800s?
a)
Alcohol abuse led to family strife, moral decline, and a weaker nation.
b)
Drunk driving was killing an average of twelve motorists per month.
c)
Alcohol was leading to opioid (mainly heroin) addiction.
d)
Some alcohol consumption was considered healthy, but most people preferred water.
4.
She established hospitals for the mentally and physically disabled.
a)
Dorthea Dix
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Susan B Anthony
d)
Lucrectia Mott
5.
Advocated for education for all children and he is generally thought of as the father of public education.
a)
Horace Mann
b)
James Fenimore Cooper
c)
Edgar Allan Poe
d)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
6.

What religious movement was a contributing factor in the emergence of reform movements in the 1800s?

a)

The Reformation

b)

The Second Great Awakening

c)

The Renaissance

d)

The First Great Awakening

7.
A system of houses, churches and workers that helped slaves escape from the south is best known as:
a)
The Underground Railroad
b)
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
c)
¨What the Black Man Wants¨
d)
¨The Death of Slavery¨
8.

In the 1840s, a meeting took place at Seneca Falls, New York, that made an important contribution to American society. What was the focus of that meeting?

a)

women’s rights

b)

state’s rights

c)

prison reforms

d)

start of labor unions

9.

To restrain ones self from engaging or participating in something.

a)

Reform

b)

Abolition

c)

Temperance

d)

Abstinence

10.

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

11.
  1. Select two ways the author develops the central idea about the changes in worker safety that occurred as a result of the fire similarly to how he develops the central idea of the tragedy of the fire itself? (R.2.2)

a)

The author includes essential facts.

b)

The author explains the process taken.

c)

The author provides first person accounts.

d)
  1. The author provides detailed lists of the effects.

e)

The author describes the conversations key people had.

12.
These women worked in a shirtwaist _______________.
a)
store
b)
building
c)
factory
13.

What were some of the dangers child workers faced in factories?

a)

All of the above

b)

Getting caught in machines

c)

Fumes making them sick

d)

Long working hours

14.

What was the Progressive Movement formed to combat?

a)

Monopolies

b)

Political corruption

c)

Unsanitary food processing plants

d)

Child labor

15.

Overcrowded immigrant neighborhoods and workers needed in cities were caused by

a)

The Second Industrial Revolution

b)

Westward Expansion

c)

The Civil War

d)

The 19th Amendment

16.

Which vocabulary term is defined as:

favoring or advocating for change and political improvements?

a)

intrusive

b)

prohibitive

c)

conservative

d)

progressive

17.

Which vocabulary term is defined as:

moderation or restraint, especially with regard to alcoholic drinks.

a)

bootlegging

b)

temperance

c)

smuggling

d)

ratification

18.

Complete the definition:

Minimum Wage - the _____ hourly amount an employer may legally pay an employee.

a)

lowest

b)

highest

c)

original

d)

replacement

19.

Complete the definition:

Suffrage: the right to _____.

a)

educational opportunities

b)

free speech

c)

vote

d)

own property

20.

Which vocabulary term is defined as:

to formally forbid a person or group from doing something.

a)

petition

b)

ratify

c)

prohibit

d)

encourage

21.

Choose the correct definition of reform.

a)

to make something better by changing it, often in such a way as to right past wrongs.

b)

to make something worse by changing it, often in such a way as to cause wrongs.

c)

to get rid of something, often because it cannot be fixed.

d)

to start something new, often as a way of separating from something else.

22.

Which phrase correctly defines "suffrage"?

a)

the right to vote

b)

the right to own property

c)

the right to education

d)

the right to work

23.

A secondary goal of the suffrage movement was to improve women's rights. Which right did suffragists work to help gain and protect for women?

a)

the right to own enslaved people

b)

the right to get an education

24.

A secondary goal of the suffrage movement was to improve women's rights. Which right did suffragists work to help gain and protect for women?

a)

the right to enlist in the military

b)

the right to equal opportunities in business

25.

Which claim is supported by the following:

"He has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice..."

(excerpt from the Declaration of Sentiments)

a)

women should have the right to own property

b)

women should have the right to vote

c)

women should have the right to work

d)

women should be paid the same wages as men

26.

What movement am I?

Regulate railroads

Regulate business

a)

Government Reform

b)

Progressive Movement

c)

Agrarian Reform

d)

Populist Party

27.

What movement am I?

a)

Voting Reform

b)

Populist Party

c)

Labor/Workforce Reform

d)

Government Reform

28.

What movement am I?

Right for women to vote

19th Amendment passed in 1919

a)

Progressive Movement

b)

Voting Reform

c)

Government Reform

d)

Agrarian Reform

29.

What movement am I?

a)

Voting Reform

b)

Government Reform

c)

Agrarian Reform

d)

Populist Party

30.

What movement am I?

a)

Progressive Movement

b)

Populist Party

c)

Government Reform

d)

Labor/Workface Reform

31.

What movement am I?

a)

Voting Reform

b)

Populist Party

c)

Progressive Movement

d)

Government Reform

32.

What movement am I?

Women and Children

a)

Voting Reform

b)

Labor/Workforce

c)

Populist Party

d)

Government Reform

33.

What movement am I?

William P. Hobby

a)

Progressive Movement

b)

Voting Reform

c)

Populist Party

d)

Agrarian Reform

34.

What movement am I?

Better wages

Better working conditions

Less hours

a)

Labor/Workforce Reform

b)

Voting Reform

c)

Government Reform

d)

Populist Party

35.

A social movement against the consumption of alcohol.

a)

Reform

b)

Abolition

c)

Temprence

d)

2nd Great Awakening

36.

Women were paid ______ than men

a)

More

b)

less

c)

the same

d)

who knows?

37.

Religious Group that began the abolition movement

a)

Catholics

b)

Baptists

c)

Mormons

d)

Quakers

38.

Who was the leader of the Education Reform Movement?

a)

Hoarce Mann

b)

Sam Houston

c)

William B Travis

d)

Will Smith

39.
What was one reform Horace Mann advocated for?
a)
Free education for all children
b)
Abolition of slavery
c)
Equal voting rights for women
d)
Establishment of private schools
40.
What was Dorothea Dix’s primary focus?
a)
Abolition of slavery
b)
Equal voting rights
c)
Improving mental health care and prison conditions
d)
Promoting public education
41.
What was Susan B. Anthony’s primary contribution?
a)
Writing 'Uncle Tom’s Cabin'
b)
Organizing the Underground Railroad
c)
Leading the women’s suffrage movement
d)
Improving prison conditions
42.
Which abolitionist was also a prominent speaker for women’s rights?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Horace Mann
43.
What was the Underground Railroad?
a)
A series of tunnels used to transport goods
b)
A plan to abolish women’s rights
c)
A transportation system for trade
d)
A secret network to help enslaved people escape to freedom
44.

What was an abolitionist?

a)

A person who supported the continuation of slavery

b)

A person who advocated for the immediate end of slavery

c)

A person who fought for women’s voting rights

d)

A person who promoted public education

45.
Which group was known for its early opposition to slavery?
a)
Catholics
b)
Quakers
c)
Protestants
d)
Mormons
46.

The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.

a)

Civil Disobedience

b)

Temperance

c)

Second Great Awakening

d)

Prohibition

47.

An organized effort on the part of workers to improve working conditions and pay through Labor Unions

a)

Abolitionist

b)

Labor Reform

c)

Transcendentalism

d)

2nd Great Awakening

48.

Dorthea Dix inspired mental health reform in the following ways.

a)

Sent more of the mentally ill to prisons

b)

reformed prisons and asylums

c)

encouraged the government to establish mental hospitals

49.

What are two other beliefs of Suffragists?

a)

Women were denied equal opportunity in businesses

b)

Women were limited in their right to own property

c)

Women were not able to get married

d)

Women were already equal and needed no more rights