Topic Review: Reform Movements
Quiz by Quizalize - Grade 8 Social Studies
Grade 8
Social Studies (2018)(Archived)
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- Q1Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucretia Mott were some of the leaders of the Women's Rights Movement. What was a key issue they were fighting to achieve?to improve educationsuffrage rightsto end slaveryequality for African Americans30s113.20.24.B
- Q2The Declaration of Sentiments, adopted at the Seneca Falls Convention, was significant because it-called for the prohibition of alcoholic beveragespromoted the idea of equal rights for womenasked the government to restrict harmful business practicesdemanded the immediate abolition of slavery30s113.20.24.B
- Q3Which movement's purpose was to abstain from alcohol?Temperance MovementEducation MovementSuffrage MovementAbolitionist Movement30s113.20.24.B
- Q4Dorothea Dix work's in this reform movement helped develop the juvenile justice system and rehabilitation programs.Abolitionist MovementSuffrage ReformLabor ReformPrison Reform30s113.20.24.B
- Q5Who became known for her efforts to improve conditions and treatment of the mentally ill?Harriet TubmanLucretia MottSusan B. AnthonyDorothea Dix30s113.20.24.B
- Q6Who advocated for educational reform, paving the way for free public education for all children?Dorothea DixHarriet Beecher StoweHorace MannHenry David Thoreau30s113.20.24.B
- Q7What were reformers wanting to change within the prison system in the 1800s?more outdoor time for death row inmateshorrible living conditions, lack of proper nutrition, and abuse of the inmatesstricter punishments for criminalsgiving prisoners access to books and newspapers30s113.20.24.B
- Q8Suffrage is a term used to describe the struggle to earn-a living wagebetter working conditionsthe right to voterights for all people30s113.20.24.B
- Q9Reformers in the Women's Suffrage Movement and reformers in the Abolitionist Movement were both working-to get a better educationto get better working conditionsto gain equailtyto make more money30s113.20.24.B
- Q10Which reform movement fought for fair pay and shorter working hours?the Women's Suffrage Movementthe Abolitionist Movementthe Education Reformthe Labor Reform30s113.20.24.B
- Q11The Labor Reform Movement was led by-Harriet Beecher StoweHorace MannFrancis Cabot Lowellthe Lowell Mill Girls30s113.20.24.B
- Q12The Quakers were-a religious group who believed men were superior to womena religious group that created Quaker oatmeal and believed all people were inherently evila religious group that believed in equality and the end of slaverya war mongering tribe from Pennsylvania that distrusted western culture30s113.20.24.A
- Q13William Lloyd Garrison was the publisher of "The Liberator," a newspaper about the-Education Reform MovementWomen's Suffrage MovementTemperance MovementAbolitionist Movement30s113.20.24.A
- Q14The major goal for the Abolitionist Movement was-to reform educationto promote women's rightsto improve the prisonsto end slavery30s113.20.24.A
- Q15Abolitionist achieved their main goal with the passage of which amendment?13th Amendment17th Amendment1st Amendment19th Amendment30s113.20.24.A