| Social Changes |
| #1 |
The belief that people can improve themselves and society is called |
social reform |
| #2 |
List 3 types of discrimination. |
Denying a person access to a business based on race, sex or religion. |
| #3 |
Name 3 changes to American schools instituted by Horace Mann. |
Teacher training schools, longer school year, higher salaries for teachers. |
| #4 |
How did the construction of the Erie Canal change America? |
Increased trade and travel, created towns, connected communities |
| #5 |
What is civil engagement? |
Action taken to address a social issue |
| Abolitionist Times |
| #1 |
Tell me about the "resume" of Frederick Douglass |
writer, orator, publisher, former slave |
| #2 |
How did Southerners regard "Uncle Tom's Cabin"? |
Abolitionist propaganda |
| #3 |
T or F? Quakers supported slavery |
F |
| #4 |
Who was John Brown? Give reasoning to support your answer |
Abolitionist or terrorist? Patriot or traitor? Man of God or lunatic? Answers will vary |
| #5 |
Give an example of civil disobedience. |
Trying to board a bus in sit wherever you want even though the bus is segregated |
| Region Matters |
| #1 |
Name 3 cotton producing states |
Virginia, NC, SC, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama |
| #2 |
T or F? Northern industries profited from enslaved labor. |
T |
| #3 |
What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850? |
Escaped slaves, upon capture, were to be returned to their masters. Citizens in free states could not interfere with this process |
| #4 |
List 2 ways the South was different from the North. |
South=Agricultural and slave owning. North=Industrial and free of slavery |
| #5 |
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854? |
Kansas and Nebraska could decide for themselves whether to allow slavery within their borders |
| Pride and Prejudice |
| #1 |
What did the Declaration of Sentiments call for? |
equality for women |
| #2 |
Delegates at the Seneca Falls Convention compared women's struggle for equality to |
America's struggle for independence |
| #3 |
How were women unequal in Antebellum society? (3 ways) |
couldn't vote, serve on a jury, attend college, take courses in Math or Science |
| #4 |
What was the Dred Scott decision? How did it impact America? |
Slaves were property. Empowered slaveowners |
| #5 |
How did Abraham Lincoln's election impact America? |
Led to secession in the South |
