Quiz Me! - Events: Reform Movements Test your knowledge about events in the Reform Movements era. 1 / 10 Which reform movement would address issues like those in the excerpt above? Labor Education Abolition Temperance 2 / 10 Which type of reformers used the strategies listed above? Labor Temperance Education Abolition 3 / 10 How did inventions like steamboats, railroads and canals contribute to economic growth in the United States? They created opportunities for young women to work in factories. They reduced the need for raw materials. They created hazardous urban environments. They decreased transportation costs and made communication faster. 4 / 10 How did the technological innovations of the 19th century affect the economic development in the United States? They led to easier and cheaper production and transportation of goods They led to increased immigration to provide the necessary factory workers. They led to a trade war between Great Britain and the United States. They led to higher tariffs on imported goods to protect new American industries. 5 / 10 Which sentence best completes the outline above? Topics found in Henry David Thoreau’s famous essays Topics promoted in speeches by educators and temperance reformers Transcendentalists encouraged people to gain material wealth. Transcendentalist philosophies about rugged individualism and seeking truth. 6 / 10 What was the main goal of the temperance movement? To protect prisoners who suffered from mental illness To prevent the effects alcohol abuse by banning alcohol To protect lands from being taken from indigenous tribes To ensure ensure equal rights for women including the vote 7 / 10 Why were the reforms of Dorothea Dix so important? She focused her efforts on improving conditions in hospitals and prisons. As a temperance reformer, she and Frances Willard worked together. As an educator, she fought for quality public schools for all children. She joined her efforts with the abolitionists to end slavery. 8 / 10 Which of the following describes a reform Dorothea Dix hoped to achieve? Abolish slavery throughout the United States Stop imprisoning debtors and the mentally ill Improve the education system Abolish the use of capital punishment in the United States 9 / 10 What goals did labor reformers hope to achieve? Health care for on the job injuries Safer working conditions and higher wages Increase immigration to add to the labor force Protection for migrant agricultural workers 10 / 10 Which of the following was a reform Horace Mann asked legislators to provide? Quality of care for mental illness in the public and in prisons Equal pay for women doing the same work as men Limits on the ability to produce and distribute alcohol Money for public education to make it available to more children Your score is Restart quiz
