5.02: Freedom for All

Which of the lists shown here contains names of education reformers? List A > Lyman Beecher > Middle-class Christian-woman > Robert Owen List B > Horace Mann > Emma Willard List C > Lucretia Mott > Elizabeth Cady Stanton List D > William Lloyd Garrison > Harriet Tubman > Frederick Douglas > Angelina Grimke

List B

Which of the lists shown here contains names of women's rights reformers? List A > Lyman Beecher > Middle-class Christian-woman > Robert Owen List B > Horace Mann > Emma Willard List C > Lucretia Mott > Elizabeth Cady Stanton List D > William Lloyd Garrison > Harriet Tubman > Frederick Douglas > Angelina Grimke

List C

Which of the lists shown here contains names of abolitionists? List A > Lyman Beecher > Middle-class Christian-woman > Robert Owen List B > Horace Mann > Emma Willard List C > Lucretia Mott > Elizabeth Cady Stanton List D > William Lloyd Garrison > Harriet Tubman > Frederick Douglas > Angelina Grimke

List D

Which of the following best describes the American public's reaction to the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments?

Most people, including women, did not embrace the Declaration's proposals and were opposed to women's rights.

Which of the following does not explain why most reformers in the 1830s and 1840s took on the type of work they did?

Their religion required that they perform work for the disadvantaged.

Which of the following best describes the abolition and women's reform movements in the first half of the nineteenth century?

These two movements did not succeed completely in attaining their goals during this period.

Which of the following best describes the success of major reform movements of the early nineteenth century?

They experienced some success, primarily because of the religious movements of the time.

What prompted Dorothea Dix to try to reform prisons and asylums?

cruel and inhumane treatment of prisoners and the mentally ill

Which of the following was a right that early nineteenth century American women had?

right to attend church

What was the goal of most utopian communities in the first half of the nineteenth century?

to achieve a state of perfection through adherence to a strict set of moral and ethical guidelines