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This ex-slave led over 300 escapees to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Frederick Douglas
Nat Turner
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
This abolitionist leader published the newspaper The North Star.
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglas
This woman authored the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, selling 300,000 copies in 1852.
Carrie Nation
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B Anthony
This man founded the first school for the hearing impaired.
Samuel Gridley Howe
Thomas Gallaudet
Horace Mann
John Brown
This led the common(public) school movement in the United States.
Horace Mann
Thomas Gallaudet
Samuel Gridley Howe
Frederick Douglas
This abolitionist leader published the Liberator in 1831 in support of the abolitionist movement.
John Brown
Frederick Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
Nat Turner
This reformer brought changes to the prison system in America.
Emma Willard
Elizabeth Blackwell
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dorothea Dix
This woman led the American Women's Rights Movement and cofounded the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848.
Carrie Nation
Harriet Tubman
Emma Willard
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This man developed the first school for the blind in America.
Thomas Gallaudet
Horace Mann
Samuel Gridley Howe
Joseph Smith
This reformer urged woman to keep their maiden name in an effort to demonstrate their independence.
Lucy Stone
Emma Willard
Lucretia Mott
Carrie Nation
This woman founded the Troy Female Seminary, one of the first high schools for girls in America.
Sojourner Truth
Dorothea Dix
Emma Willard
Elizabeth Blackwell
This man led the attack against the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1859 in an effort to lead a large slave revolt.
Nat Turner
John Brown
Joseph Smith
Brigham Young
This slave led the violent 1831 slave revolt that resulted in the death of almost sixty whites.
Frederick Douglas
John Brown
Nat Turner
Brigham Young
This Mormon leader led his congregation to Utah in the hopes of creating a utopian society for Mormons.
Joseph Smith
Horace Mann
John Noyes
Brigham Young
This woman led the temperance movement by destroying drinking establishments and alcoholic products.
Dorothea Dix
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Carrie Nation
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom was the central villain in Uncle Tom's Cabin
True
False
Which of the following religious groups most opposed slavery?
Quakers
Methodists
Baptists
Catholics
Which of the following men published a dictionary in the hopes of expanding the linguistic abilities of Americans?
Horace Mann
Noah Webster
William McGuffey
Thomas Gallaudet
What was the name of the African colony created as a home for freed slaves?
Libya
Liberia
Monrovia
Morocco
This man created elementary school readers that were infused with lessons in morals and virtues.
William McGuffey
Noah Webster
Horace Mann
Samuel Gridley Howe
This was the movement that hoped to rid society of alcohol.
Abolition
Suffrage
Temperance
Revivalism
This document outlined the rights of women in America.
The Abstinence Pledge
The Declaration of Sentiments
The Declaration of Independence
The Lily
Which state was most dominant in the reforms of the 1800s?
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Utah
Virginia
This was the first state to outlaw alcohol in the US.
Maine
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
17th
18th
19th
20th
The ________________________ forced all Americans to assist in the return of any escaped slave.
Underground Railroad
Declaration of Sentiments
Fugitive Slave laws
19th amendment
Which amendment outlawed the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the US?
17th
18th
19th
20th
The importation of African slaves was made illegal in
1776
1804
1808
1812
Which of the following was never a slave?
Frederick Douglas
Sojourner Truth
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Tubman
Shakers made and sold ________________ to support its community.
Furniture
Silverware
Clothing
Whiskey
There were almost 4 million slaves in the US by 1860.
True
False
All Northerners supported the abolitionist movement in the 1800s.
True
False
The publishing of Uncle Tom's Cabin forced all Southerners to reject the principle of slavery
True
False
Which of the following was not a right denied to women in the 1800s?
Marriage
Suffrage/Voting
Property ownership
Education
This woman became the first female doctor in the US.
Emma Willard
Dorothea Dix
Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Which of the following was not a motive for women's involvement in the temperance movement?
Abuse
Poverty
Crime
Immigration
Which religious group demonstrated the greatest growth during the Second Great Awakening?
Baptists
Catholics
Lutherans
Methodists
What percentage of Americans belonged to a church in 1790?
5%
25%
50%
75%
The major complaint made against public schools was
they enrolled girls
they increased taxes
they changed the curriculum
they lengthened the school year
Which of the following was not a social problem that drove the revival of religion in America?
Immigration
Industrialization
Western expansion
Corruption
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