Quiz Me! - Events: Reform Movements Test your knowledge about events in the Reform Movements era. 1 / 10 Which of the following was a result of the Industrial and Transportation Revolutions in the United States? A need for even more slave labor A growth in the number of cities A reduction in the slave population in the Southern states A growth of large farms in the western territories 2 / 10 Which sentence best completes the outline above? Transcendentalists encouraged people to gain material wealth. Transcendentalist philosophies about rugged individualism and seeking truth. Topics found in Henry David Thoreau’s famous essays Topics promoted in speeches by educators and temperance reformers 3 / 10 Which of the following describes a reform Dorothea Dix hoped to achieve? Stop imprisoning debtors and the mentally ill Improve the education system Abolish the use of capital punishment in the United States Abolish slavery throughout the United States 4 / 10 The Declaration of Sentiments issued at the Seneca Fall Convention was modeled after which of the following U.S. documents? The Bill of Rights The Declaration of Independence The Preamble to the United States Constitution The Articles of Confederation 5 / 10 Which inventor and invention best completes the two question marks on the chart? Samuel Morse and interchangeable parts Samuel Colt and galvanized rubber Samuel Morse and factory system Charles Goodyear and steam engine 6 / 10 What was the main goal of the temperance movement? To prevent the effects alcohol abuse by banning alcohol To ensure ensure equal rights for women including the vote To protect prisoners who suffered from mental illness To protect lands from being taken from indigenous tribes 7 / 10 Which reform movement would address issues like those in the excerpt above? Temperance Education Abolition Labor 8 / 10 What was the significance of the Seneca Falls Convention? Women’s rights reformers issued the Declaration of Sentiments. Artists and authors inspired the nation with Transcendentalism. Horace Mann pushed for education reforms and demanded better schools. Temperance reformers began their campaign to ban alcohol. 9 / 10 Which artists documented the natural beauty of America with vast painted landscapes? Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson Thomas Cole and Asher Durand John James Audubon and Frederick Douglass Walt Whitman and Harriet Beecher Stowe 10 / 10 Which of the following was a reform Horace Mann asked legislators to provide? Limits on the ability to produce and distribute alcohol Equal pay for women doing the same work as men Money for public education to make it available to more children Quality of care for mental illness in the public and in prisons Your score is Restart quiz
