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Immigration & Reform
Immigration & Social Reform Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Why did the populations of cities in the U.S. grow most rapidly during the mid-1800s? | Job opportunities in textile mills |
| 2. Where in the United States did most of the Irish immigrants settle? | North east |
| 3. What type of factor causes one to leave their homeland and immigrate to another country? | Push factor |
| 4. Was the California Gold Rush a push or a pull factor? | Pull factor |
| 5. What caused the Irish to leave Ireland in the mid-1800s? | The Potato Famine |
| 6. What is the name of the time period of Christian renewal and revival that began in the northeastern U.S in the early to mid-1800s? | The Second Great Awakening |
| 7. What was the main goal of the temperance movement reformers? | Ban alcohol |
| 8. Who led the temperance movement in the 1800s? | Lyman Beecher-American Temperance Society |
| 9. People in what movement wanted all children taught in a common place? | Education Reform |
| 10. What was the goal of the education reform movement? | Create common place schools for everyone |
| 11. Why did the prison reform movement begin? | Inhumane living conditions |
| 12. What organization called for emancipation of slaves? | Anti-slavery Society |
| 13. Who started this organization? | William Lloyd Garrison |
| 14. What was the name of his newspaper? | The Liberator |
| 15. What did Frederick Douglas do to help end slavery? | Give speeches |
| 16. What is the network of people who helped thousands of enslaved people escape to the North by providing transportation and hiding places called? | Underground Railroad |
| 17. What term, used in the debate over slavery in America, refers to a person who was in favor of ending the practice? | Abolitionists |
| 18. What term refers to the main goal of someone trying to end slavery? | Emancipation |
| 19. What is the name of the first public meeting about women’s rights held in the United States? | Seneca Falls Convention |
| 20. What is the name of the women’s rights convention women attended in the mid-1800s? | Seneca Falls Convention |
| 21. What statement was written and signed by women's rights supporters at the Seneca Falls Convention that detailed their beliefs about social injustice against women? | Declaration of Sentiments |
| 22. What two women organized the Seneca Falls Convention? | Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott |
| 23. What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Sentiments? | To list injustices of women |
| 24. What event best explains why reform movements of the 19th century began? | Second Great Awakening |
| 25. What was the economy of the south primarily based on? | Cotton/agriculture |
| 26. What invention actually caused an increase in slave labor in the south? | Cotton gin |
| 27. What is the term for regional differences within a country? | Sectionalism |
| 28. What political party was in the US that was anti-immigrant? | Know-Nothings |
| 29. Who led a prison reform movement in the 1800s? | Dorothy Dix |
| 30. What reform movement did Horace Mann lead in the 1800s? | Education |
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