Reform Movement

The Second Great Awakening was a movement that promoted---

• Spiritual revival and the need for social reform

• The use of reason and scientific theory

• States' rights and government reform

• Mercantilism and the development of global trade

• the Elizabeth Cady Stanton House in Women's Rights National Historic park

• Historic Jamestown in Colonial National Historical Park

• Independence Hall in Independence National Historical Park

• George Washington's Headquarters in Valley Forge National Historical Park

Why did Congress honor this woman by putting her on a coin?

• Because she was an influential First Lady

• Because she designed the nation's first flag

• Because she fought for women suffrage

• Because she was the first woman elected to Congress

The reform efforts of Dorothea Dix during the mid-nineteenth century led to --

• Improved education for immigrant children

• The creation of worker safety regulations

• The expansion of suffrage for women

• Improved facilities for the mentally ill and disabled

• Some Northerners were willing to defend the South's right to continue slavery.

• Some Southerners were willing to take up arms to protest high tariffs.

• Some abolitionist thought violence was necessary to end slavery.

• Some people in territories needed to defend their right to popular sovereignty.

This leader inspired followers of the abolitionist movement by --

• Writing Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Publishing the anti-slavery newspaper The North Star

• Organizing the Underground Railroad

• Becoming the first African American senator

Which of the following was an argument made against slavery in the Thirteen Colonies?

• Manufacturers argued that slavery discouraged the development of industry.

• Farmers argued that using slave labor was expensive and inefficient.

• Quakers argued that slavery violated Christian principles.

• Puritans argued that the slave trade encouraged materialism.

What was one major impact of this novel?

• The profits form book sales funded early labor organizations.

• Congress was inspired to pass laws outlawing the abuse of slaves.

• The Supreme Court overturned fugitive slave laws.

• Support grew for the abolitionist movement.

Which of the following best completes this excerpt?

• Equal pay

• Own property

• A public education

• Vote

Which statement shows how this excerpt is an example of transcendentalism in the early-to-mid 1800s?

• Thoreau uses reason to explain natural events that happen in the world

• Thoreau focuses on the role of science in changing the natural world.

• Thoreau studies the relationship between nature and historical event.

• Thoreau focuses on the relationship between humans and the natural world.