8th grade Reform and Art (Culture)

Question 1

19th century reformers improved care for disabled people by leading efforts to

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build new hospitals for the mentally ill, deaf, and blind.

Question 2

The women's rights movement helped to bring about

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a shortening of the workday to 10 hours.

Question 3

My nickname is "Black Moses" and I escorted over 300 slaves to freedom. Who am I?

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Harriet Tubman

Question 4

The first step in the Abolitionist movement was

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States north of PA outlawed the practice of enslaving people

Question 5

The purpose of this reform movement was to create an educated population of voters?

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Education Reform

Question 6

John James Audubon contributed to a new understanding in science because he inspired

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naturalists

Question 7

The Temperance Movement was formed to eliminate social problems by curbing alcohol consumption.

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True

Question 8

What did Uncle Tom's Cabin, The North Star, and The Liberator have in common? They

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opposed slavery.

Question 9

Transcendentalism was a result of the

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frenzied pace of progress during the Industrial Revolution.

Question 10

Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott worked for women's rights by

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authoring a variety of publications.

Question 11

What is the major theme is Ernest Griset illustrating?

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Americans bring changes to the frontier.

Question 12

The 2nd Great Awakening impacted American society by

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highlighting growing social and regional differences.

Question 13

He was a Transcendentalist that wrote the Leaves of Grass, the Father of American Free Verse.

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Walt Whitman

Question 14

Transcendentalism Artists focused on all of the following EXCEPT -

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prison

Question 15

Which of the following people would most likely have supported a ban on women voting?

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an anti-suffragist

Question 16

Hudson River School artists

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painted landscapes to show man's connection to nature.

Question 17

Sojourner Truth gave a very famous speech during the Women's Convention in Akron Ohio called ??

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Ain't I a woman?

Question 18

What was the cause of the Reform Movements time period?

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2nd Great Awakening

Question 19

The Abolitionist Movement, called for an end to ______________________ ?

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Slavery

Question 20

I started school reform in the 1800's and I'm the reason you are sitting here today. Who am I?

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Horace Mann

Question 21

We were raised on a Southern plantation and we gave speeches on southern etiquette. (manners)

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False

Question 22

Fredrick Douglas contributed to the abolitionist reform movement by

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informing others about his early life as a slave.

Question 23

I ran a newspaper called "The Liberator," which called for immediate emancipation of slaves.

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William Lloyd Garrison

Question 24

How did Mark Twain reflect the pre-Civil War culture of the South?

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Food and language reflect unique aspects of Southern culture

Question 25

I was involved with the Women's Rights Movement and wrote a "Declaration of Sentiments".

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question 26

The American women's suffrage movement started with a gather of women and men in 1848 in

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Seneca Falls, NY

Question 27

Henry David Thoreau practiced

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Civil Disobedience

Question 28

Which best describes a revival meeting during the Second Great Awakening?

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Vast, noisy crowd was outside - preachers, singing, praying

Question 29

I helped change laws for people locked away in mental institutions or prisons. Who am I?

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Dorothea Dix

Question 30

The female abolitionist that wrote this story and touched people's hearts to end slavery is

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Harriet Beecher Stowe/ Uncle Tom's Cabin

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