Unit 6 Assessment

Abolitionism

1

William Lloyd Garrison published The Liberator. What was it?

A newspaper

2

This social movement occurring during the same time as the abolitionist worked closely with abolitionists often times fighting hand-in-hand to achieve equal rights

Women's Rights

3

Which escaped slave became a famous speaker and writer for the abolitionist cause

Frederick Douglas

4

This woman is famous for helping slaves escape via the underground railroad

Harriet Tubman

5

Abolitionism is a movement aimed at ending what

slavery

Industrialization

1

The factories that became highly automated at the dawn of the revolution thanks to the flying shuttle and other inventions aimed at making cotton and yarn products more efficiently were part of the British t______ industry

textile

2

The industrial revolution began in which century?

19th Century (late 1800s-early 1900s)

3

Mining for this natural resource led to increased efficiency in transportation as railroads and steamboats were powered by the burning of this as fuel 

coal

4

Historians argue that the 2nd Industrial Revolution might have begun in Europe because there was a smaller _________ relative to Asia and Africa, and higher wages (hint: starts with a P)

population

5

The industrialization movement began in which continent? 

Europe

2nd Great Awakening

1

This word (beginning with S) means the separation of church and state. Prior to the second great awakening, many US governments were directly interconnected with the church

secular(ism)

2

Puritans believe in this doctrine which believes that every person's fate is already decided before life. Their actions essentially have no purpose 

predestination 

3

Evangelical Christians live their lives closely guided by what this religious book says

the bible

4

Charles Grandison Finney was a very inclusive religious leader of the time. He even encouraged preaching from this group of people 

women

5

The 2nd Great Awakening was a time of many social changes and R________ movements

religious (will also accept "reform")

Arts & Lit

1

Edgar Allen Poe and this author of the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, wrote about themes of individualism

Mark Twain

2

Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau were writers part of this movement characterized by the "idealistic system of thought based on a belief in the essential unity of all creation, the innate goodness of humanity"

Transcendentalism

3

This group, named after a body of water, was known for painting American naturescapes during the 2nd Great Awakening 

Hudson River School

4

Harriet Beecher Stowe was an (author, politician, slave leader)

author

5

(T or F) Art and literature in America in the 19th century was characterized by traditional values and reverting to the status quo

False

19th C Economics

1

Who invented the cotton gin

Eli Whitney

2

This crop was "king" of the Southern economy

cotton

3

Industrialization shifted US's economic focus from a________ to industry and manufacturing

agriculture

4

(T or F) The North was more receptive to industrialization partly because they had more rivers and waterways

True

5

This part of the US was more resistant to the changes of the Industrial Revolution as their economy revolved around slave labor

the south