Test #1 - 4th Quarter - Reforms

What famous woman worked to change how we viewed and treated the mentally ill?

Define transcendentalism.

How were schools to be financed according to the Common School Movement?

What famous association did Susan B. Anthony help form?

Large meetings of people who came together at informal religious events were known as…

What aspect of American culture and life did The Second Great Awakening relate to?

What groups of people did Emma Willard and May Lyon work to extend an education to?

True or False.  The Federal Government played no role in the Common School Movement.

What was the name of the secret organization of people and places that helped escaped slaves find their way North?

What former slave was freed, spoke out against slavery & advocated for the advancement of women in American society?

True or False.  The Second Great Awakening came before the Enlightenment.

A labor union represents people who work in a factory & craft union represents people who work outside a factory like

Define push factor.

Why was the consumption of alcohol a major concern by many during the Reforms Era?

What famous woman was known as The Moses of Her People and assisted escaped slaves to the safety of the North & Canada?

Where did the Seneca Falls Convention take place?

Define pull factor.

Define asylum.

Fill in the blanks.  Elizabeth Cady __________ and Lucretia _________ were early leaders in the women's rights movement.

Define suffrage.

What movement worked to limit or end slavery in the United States?

What reform focused on the consumption of alcohol?

What two topics were focused on at the Seneca Falls Convention?

Fill in the blank.  Nineteenth-century American writers and artists helped define what it meant to be __________.

What former slave was able to escape slavery then taught himself to read and became a powerful voice against slavery?

In what region did the Common School Movement start?

Who is known as the “father of today’s public schools?”

What things do unions fight for in the workplace for its members?