Unit 4: Reform Movement

Question 1

Harriet Tubman

Answer 1

Important African American Abolitionist. She helped many slaves escape slavery using the Underground Railroad. She was a spy in the Civil War who helped the North/Union.

Question 2

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Answer 2

Important in the Suffrage movement. She helped organize the first women’s convention in 1848.

Question 3

Susan Brownell Anthony

Answer 3

Worked with Stanton on improving women’s rights and helped start the National Woman Suffrage Movement.

Question 4

Sojourner Truth

Answer 4

An African American abolitionist. She also supported women’s rights. Most famous for her “Ain’t I a Woman” speech.

Question 5

Frederick Douglass

Answer 5

Abolitionist leader. He was born into slavery. He became one of the most famous intellectuals of his time, advising presidents and lecturing to thousands on a range of causes, including women’s rights.