Reform Movements

What term was used to describe a person who wanted to see slavery come to an end?

• a liberator

• a federalist

• a loyalist

• an abolitionist

What was the purpose of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?

• to help slaves escape

• to get revenge against former owners

• to describe what freedom is like

• to inform others about slavery

Why did William Lloyd Garrison publish The Liberator?

• He published this newspaper to help women gain more rights.

• He wrote this newspaper as an autobiography to share the horrors of slavery.

• He published this newspaper to share that slavery was wrong and should be abolished.

• He published this newspaper to show his support for slavery and slave labor in the South.

What do Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman have in common?

• They all started schools for African-American children.

• They all published newspapers supporting voting rights for women.

• They were all factory owners during the Industrial Revolution.

• They were all slaves who escaped and worked to end slavery.

Who was the first African-American woman to become well-known as an anti-slavery speaker?

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Harriet Tubman

• Virginia Brown

This poster announces a special meeting. Who would have most likely put up this poster during the Antebellum Era?

• an abolitionist

• a plantation owner

• a southern politician

• a slave trader

What was one consequence of the completion of the Erie Canal?

• It created stronger economic ties between the Northeast and the Midwest.

• It increased economic incentives for states to end slavery.

• It led to increased trade between the North and the South.

• It created a need for a strong naval presence near the nation’s northern border.

This is an excerpt from a document written in 1848:

We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among

these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the

governed.... The history of mankind is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman, having in direct object the

establishment of an absolute tyranny over her.

This document marks the start of which movement?

• abolition

• education reform

• temperance

• women’s rights

This list includes several important people in American history:

Frederick Douglass

Elihu Embree

William Lloyd Garrison

Harriet Tubman

Which title best completes this chart?

• Abolitionist Leaders

• African American Reformers

• Leaders of the Women’s Movement

• Underground Railroad Operators

During the Second Great Awakening...

• the church declined.

• emphasized original sin and reliance on the church for salvation.

• there was no tolerance for different religions.

• emphasize hard work as a way to achieve salvation.