7.2 Reform Movements
Quiz by Catherine Chesser
Grade 8
Social Studies (2018)(Archived)
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- Q 1/11Score 0The woman described in the excerpt below was-- (8.24B)29Elizabeth Cady StantonLucretia MottSusan B. AnthonyDorothea Dix
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- Q1The woman described in the excerpt below was-- (8.24B)Elizabeth Cady StantonLucretia MottSusan B. AnthonyDorothea Dix30s113.20.24.B
- Q2Horace Mann was a legislator from Massachusetts, but it was not until he was appointed as the secretary of the board of education that he engrossed himself in work that was to make him famous. As the head of the board of education he instituted numerous reforms, of which one of the most significant was-- (8.24B)providing a free public educationhave equal but separate school facilities for black and white studentsto establish private schools for white males onlyto shorten the length of the school year to coincide with the harvest time30s113.20.24.B
- Q3Which of the following newspaper headlines is announcing a meeting led by those in support of women's rights? (8.24B)"Gathering of Abolitionists at the Maryland Dry-docks at 8 p.m.""Suffrage convention this evening at the Old Towne Hall""Conference of Transcendentalists to be held Monday at Walden Pond""Temperance meeting at the Green Dragon Tavern on Saturday"30s113.20.24.B
- Q4One of the most significant impacts of the work done by Dorothea Dix and Samuel Howe in the area of prison reform was-- (8.24B)getting rid of the segregated facilities and establishing integrated prisonsto focus on the solitary confinement of prisoners during their sentencesthe creation of juvenile detention centers to remove children from adult prisonscontinuing the practice of allowing women to serve their sentences at home30s113.20.24.B
- Q5The cartoon below reflects the belief of which of the following reform movements? (8.24B)SuffrageTemperanceAbolitionPrison Reform30s113.20.24.B
- Q6One of the most important accomplishments of the women's rights movement was the drafting and approval of the Declaration of Sentiments, which significantly impacted the movement by-- (8.24B)increasing the feeling of sectionalism between the North and the Southdeclaring that all women should be treated as equal to mendriving a wedge between the abolitionist and women's rights movementspersuading the President to allow women to vote in national elections30s113.20.24.B
- Q7Which of the following would best complete the table below? (8.24B)Started the desegregation of public schoolsEstablished religious-based curriculumPassed legislation to educate newly free slavesCreated institutions to train all teachers30s113.20.24.B
- Q8Horace Mann helped spearhead the common, or public, school movement in the mid 1800s. The idea behind common schools was that-- (8.24B)American democracy requires an education for landowners.everyone should have the opportunity to get a free education.public resources should be allocated only to those with the most potential.educated people could receive future tax breaks.30s113.20.24.B
- Q9Nineteenth century reformers, like Dorothea Dix, improved the care for disabled people by leading efforts to-- (8.24B)build new hospitals for the mentally ill, deaf and blindpass legislation outlawing discrimination against persons with disabilitiesinvent new medical devices for people with disabilitiescreate new jobs for the mentally ill and handicapped populations30s113.20.24.B
- Q10The speaker quoted below was a supporter of the movement to-- (8.24B)establish strict limits on immigrationend the international slave tradeexpose corruption in the federal governmentdiscourage the consumption of alcoholic beverages30s113.20.24.B
- Q11Which headline announces a meeting by a reform group interested in preventing alcohol abuse? (8.24B)30s113.20.24.B
