Which are examples of education reforms in the mid-1800s?

A.
abolition, private schools for men, and British textbooks

B.
public schools, women’s colleges, and new reading books

C.
colleges for wealthy men, shorter school days, and more comfortable desks and chairs

D.
a national university, computers, and required field trips to Washington, D.C.
2.

(1 pt) What was one reason for education reforms?

A.
to create educated voters

B.
to make sure every educated person got a job

C.
to keep children from having to work on family farms

D.
to give government more power
3.

(1 pt) Which of the following was true in the 1800s?

A.
Only women with property were allowed to vote.

B.
Women were expected to keep quiet in public.

C.
Women earned the same wages as men.

D.
Women were allowed to go only to state colleges and universities.
4.

(4 pt)
List the names and accomplishments of two women’s rights reformers from the 1800s.
Answer Key
Award 1 point for each reformer the student named, and 1 point for each accomplishment identified correctly, for a maximum of 4 points.

Possible answers:

Elizabeth Cady Stanton: worked for women’s rights; helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention
Lucretia Mott: worked for women’s rights; helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention
Dorothea Dix: worked for prisoners’ rights and the rights of the mentally ill; visited asylums and prisons, and wrote and spoke about their conditions
Amelia Bloomer: worked for women’s rights; edited a temperance newspaper; wore wide trousers under short dresses; introduced Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony: worked for women’s rights; spoke out at a teachers’ conference; led the movement for a woman’s right to vote
Sojourner Truth: worked for women’s rights, black people’s rights, prison reform, and temperance; won a court case to buy back her own child; traveled for 40 years speaking out for truth and justice.
Enter the number of points the student earned.
5.

(1 pt)
abolition Seneca Falls Declaration reform
temperance second Great Awakening bloomers

A religious revival in the mid-1800s:



Did your student answer second Great Awakening?
Yes No
6.

(1 pt)
abolition Seneca Falls Declaration reform
temperance second Great Awakening bloomers

Movement to prevent excessive drinking of liquor:



Did your student answer temperance?
Yes No
7.

(1 pt)
abolition Seneca Falls Declaration reform
temperance second Great Awakening bloomers

Movement to end slavery:



Did your student answer abolition?
Yes No
8.

(1 pt)
abolition Seneca Falls Declaration reform
temperance second Great Awakening bloomers

Declared that women were equal to men:



Did your student answer Seneca Falls Declaration?
Yes No
9.

(1 pt)
abolition Seneca Falls Declaration reform
temperance second Great Awakening bloomers

Movement to change something for the better:



Did your student answer reform?
Yes No