The Age of Reform




1) The was the document produced by the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women's rights conference.

2) The were a communitarian religious utopian group founded by "Mother Ann" which practiced celibacy and equality of the genders. They are best remembered for their woodwork.

3) What reform movement won temporary political succes through the Maine Law?

    A) the temperance movement

    B) the campaign for women's suffrage.

    C) abolitionism

    D) Fourierism



4) The educational reform movement

    A) led to the establishment of high schools throughout the country.

    B) was opposed by workers.

    C) was most successful in the south.

    D) argued that tax-supported public schools would promote equal opportunity.



5) Which of the following group most often joined and promoted reform movements?

    A) working-class men

    B) wealthy New England women

    C) middle-class, urban, northern women

    D) white, rural southerners



6) The Oneida Community

    A) followed the teachings of Ann Lee.

    B) was based on the principle of sexual equality.

    C) included the practice of plural marraige.

    D) was based on science reason, not religion.



7) established a short-lived socialist utopia in south-western Indiana based on the belief that human character was shaped by environment.

8) was an early leader of the women's rights movement, organizer of the Seneca Falls convention, and became involved in women's right because of her involvement in the abolition movement.

9) Susan B. Anthony was one of the founders of the women's rights movement and helped to organize the Seneca Falls convention. True False

10) Horace Mann was concerned about the moral character of Americans, there began his crusade to improve American education. True False

11) Frederick Douglass was a run-away slave who became a key spokesman for the abolition movement. True False

12) What was the essential conviction of abolitionists about slavery?

    A) It was a necessary evil which finally needed to be eliminated.

    B) It was an economic drain on the emerging commercial economic system.

    C) It was a contradiction to the ideals embodied in the Constitution.

    D) It was a sin.



13) The abolition movement finally prevailed in ridding the United States of slavery. True False

14) The man who was concerned with the moral character of Americans and wrote a series of readers, which included excerpts of the writings of famous literary figures was .

15) The health reformer who tried to convince people not to eat meat or sweets, drink coffee or tea, and developed a healthy bread was .




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