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- 1. Multiple Choice
Creator of 'The Liberator' newspaper that wrote stories on the evils of slavery.
Fredrick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Tubman
Horace Mann
- 2. Multiple Choice
Religious movement that inspired Americans to improve society.
Labor Movement
Temperance Movement
Cultural Revolution
Second Great Awakening
- 3. Multiple Choice
________________________ helped reform prisons and mental institutions, making sure they were clean and that insane people were not put with regular prisoners.
Horace Mann
Elizabeth Stanton
Dorothea Dix
Carrie Nation
- 4. Multiple Choice
Groups that helped provide better working conditions and improve child labor.
Labor Unions
Education reformers
Craft Guilds
The Society of Friends
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which answer below best fits the definition of "Temperance"?
not eating pork
not drinking alcohol
drinking only water
becoming vegetarian
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which was a societal problem associated with the temperance movement?
Alcohol was very expensive in the 1800's
Many states did not allow the sale of alcohol
Husbands drinking too much affected the entire family
Wives and children could not earn enough money on their own
- 7. Multiple Choice
The idea that people should seek true understanding of the world is known as ________________________.
The Abolitionist Movement
The Era of Understanding
The 2nd Great Awakening
Transcendentalism
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which was a consequence of the labor movement in the 1800's?
Children now worked longer hours
Child labor laws were created and working hours decreased
More workers and children were abused in factories
Unions fought for business owner rights
- 9. Multiple Choice
To reform something means...
To change
To change and improve
To destroy
To help a little
- 10. Multiple Choice
The route used to help slaves escape from southern plantations to the North.
The Oregon Trail
The Northern Route
Freedom Road
The Underground Railroad
- 11. Multiple Choice
This famous former slave escaped to the north and spent her life as a conductor on the Underground Railroad
Solomon Northrup
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Nathaniel Bacon
- 12. Multiple Choice
The first women's rights convention took place here
New York, NY
Seneca Falls, NY
Cheyenne, WY
Jacksonville, FL
- 13. Multiple Choice
Started a movement to care for disabled people in society
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Fredrick Douglass
Henry David Thoreau
Maya Angelou
- 14. Multiple Choice
Prison reform took place from _________ to _________.
1900, 1915
1817, 1818
1800, 1840
1950, 1995
- 15. Multiple Choice
Author of "Walden: Or Into the Woods", questioned 1800's social norms and eventually arrested for not paying taxes.
Adam Smith
William Henry Harrison
Henry David Thoreau
Thomas Hobbs
- 16. Multiple Choice
How did labor unions fight for better working conditions?
Child workers were used to get sympathy from the public, who demanded action.
Unions held protests at business owners homes and threatened their families.
They helped workers find better jobs with higher pay.
Unions held strikes to force business owners to provide better working conditions.
- 17. Multiple Choice
Closely associated with the start of the Temperance movement. Famous for smashing up bars with a hatchet...
Sojourner Truth
Horace Mann
Carrie Nation
Dorothea Dix
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which was NOT a reform in 1800's education?
Better educated teachers
A longer school year
More structure in lessons
Better technology in schools
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