Name:
Date:
The Americans Study Guide
U.S. History I
Chapter 8, Section 1: RELIGION SPARKS REFORM
Period: _______
WHO or WHAT are the following “TERMS & NAMES” are WHY it is important:
Second Great Awakening - _____________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
revival - ____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Ralph Waldo Emerson - ________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
transcendentalism - __________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
self-reliance - ______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Henry David Thoreau - ________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
civil disobedience - _________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Answer the following questions using short answers in the space provided:
1.
What was the appeal of revivalism?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
2.
What did transcendentalism emphasize?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
1
3. How did the Second Great Awakening revolutionize the American
religious traditions?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
4. How did the African-American church support its followers?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
5. In what way did Thoreau’s experience at Walden reflect
transcendentalism?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
6. How did the Unitarians’ approach to religious experience differ
from the revivalists?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
2
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
7. What efforts were made to improve education in the 1830s?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Analyze the Issues: You must use your own knowledge to answer the
questions. It is not directly in the book.
How do you think the 19th century reform movements in schools, prisons,
and asylums might have influenced reform movements today?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
3
Name:
Date: _________
The Americans Study Guide
U.S. History I
Chapter 8, Section 2: SLAVERY AND ABOLITION
Period: _______
WHO or WHAT are the following “TERMS & NAMES” are WHY it is important:
abolition - __________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
William Lloyd Garrison - _____________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
emancipation - _______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
David Walker - _______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Frederick Douglass - _________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Nat Turner - _________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
antebellum - _________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
gag rule - ___________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
repeal - _____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Answer the following questions using short answers in the space provided:
1.
How did David Walker’s and Frederick Douglass’s views differ?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
2.
How did Southerners further restrict slaves’ rights?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
4
______________________________________________________________________
3. What was radical at the time about Garrison’s and Walker’s ideas on
abolition?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
4. How did the various antislavery groups differ in approach?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
5. Describe work experiences of rural Southern slaves.
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
5
6. How did Turner’s revolt harden Southern white attitudes about basic
liberties for blacks?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
7. What were the proslavery arguments by Southerners to protect
slavery? What was the gag rule?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Compare the similarities and differences between the situations of
free blacks in the North and slaves in the South.
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
6
Name:
Date: _________
The Americans Study Guide
U.S. History I
Chapter 8, Section 3: WOMEN AND REFORM
Period: _______
WHO or WHAT are the following “TERMS & NAMES” are WHY it is important:
temperance movement - ________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Elizabeth Cady Stanton - _____________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Seneca Falls convention - ____________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Sojourner Truth - ____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Answer the following questions using short answers in the space provided:
1. What were the main problems faced by women in the mid-1800s?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
2. In what ways were women excluded from the abolitionist movement?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
7
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
3. What did women make in education in the 1820s and 1830s? Did
these gains extend to African-American women?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
4. How did the Seneca Falls Convention differ from the world’s Antislavery Convention held in 1840s?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
8
5. Evaluating
In what ways did the reform movement affect the lives of women-both
whites and African Americans? Use details from the section to support
your answer.
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Name:
Date: _________
The Americans Study Guide
U.S. History I
Chapter 8, Section 4: THE CHANGING WORKPLACE
Period: _______
WHO or WHAT are the following “TERMS & NAMES” are WHY it is important:
cottage industry - ___________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
artisan - ____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
strike - _____________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
National Trades Union - ______________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
prejudice - __________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Answer the following questions using short answers in the space provided:
1.
How did the growth of factories change the way Americans worked?
______________________________________________________________________
9
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
2.
What were the levels of Artisans before the factor system changed
American Manufacturing?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
3. What factors contributed to the worsening conditions workers
endured at Lowell beginning in the 1830s?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
4. Based on results, do you think the decision to strike at Lowell was
a good one? Explain why?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
10
______________________________________________________________________
5. Why was the national trade union movement important?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
6. What was the second wave of immigrants that came to America in the
1800s? Why did the Irish come to America?
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
11