19th Century Movements

What was the main goal of the abolitionist movement?

• to help Southerners catch runaway slaves

• to stop slavery from spreading into new U.S. territories

• to give slaves the right to vote

• to eliminate slavery in the United States

Which person is described by the text in the box?

• Harriet Tubman

• Elihu Embree

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

What primary method did Harriet Tubman use to fight for the abolitionist cause?

• She led abolitionist conventions.

• She led slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad.

• She told her story of slavery in a book.

• She wrote an abolitionist newspaper.

What did abolitionists Elihu Embree, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass have in common?

• They all represented free states in Congress.

• They all published anti-slavery newspapers.

• They all represented slave states in Congress.

• They were all former slaves.

How did Frederick Douglass emerge as an abolitionist leader?

• He was a businessman who refused to do business in the South as a protest against slavery.

• He was a politician who knew people in power and used his connections to fight against slavery.

• He was an escaped slave who told the story of his life first as a speaker and then as an author.

• He was a slaveowner who changed his mind about slavery and published the first anti-slavery newspaper in the United States.

What was the main goal of the women’s suffrage movement?

• to give women the right to vote

• to elect a woman president

• to give women the right to own property

• to give African Americans the right to vote

Which claim does the text best support?

• Women should have the right to work.

• Women should have the right to own property.

• Women should be paid the same wages as men.

• Women should have the right to vote.

What is Sojourner Truth arguing in this speech? (Choose 2)

• Her experiences prove that women are treated fairly and viewed as equals to men.

• Her experiences prove that women are better than men.

• Her experiences prove that women of different races are treated differently.

• Her experiences prove that women need to be taken care of.

• Her experiences prove that women are strong and capable.

Which statement BEST describes the role the Seneca Falls Convention played in the women’s suffrage movement?

• It was the convention that expanded women’s suffrage to other countries.

• It was the convention that led to the Second Great Awakening.

• It was the convention that first organized a movement toward women’s suffrage in the United States.

• It was the convention that approved the 19th amendment.

Which statement accurately describes the Second Great Awakening?

• It was a religious revival that emphasized quiet and unemotional worship of God.

• It was a religious revival that emphasized equality and individual piety.

• It was a religious revival that emphasized the Catholic faith.

• It was a religious revival that emphasized the power of God to decide a person’s fate.