Reform
A reformer is someone who wishes to
Woman who dedicated her life to improving conditions for prisoners and the mentally ill
Who is Dorothea Dix
The father of public education
Who is Horace Mann
Someone who was in favor of ending slavery
What is an abolitionist
The time period that the era of reform took place in
What is the mid 1800s
Prisoners were often times locked/bound in...
What are cages/chains
Before education reform schools were often part time and held in
What is a single room
A former slave who spoke out against slavery and also supported women's rights
Who is Sojourner Truth
An event or movement that makes changes to something in order to improve it
What is a reform
Children, adults, and who else were locked away in crowded prisons?
Who are the mentally ill
Before education reform, teachers received
What is little education and/or pay
A leader in the abolitionist movement who started the newspaper, the North Star
Who is Frederick Douglass
The four reforms that we are studying this chapter
What is reforming the treatment of prisoners and the mentally ill, reforming education, fighting slavery/abolitionists, and women's rights
Most states created special justice systems for...
Who/what are children
Horace Mann wanted to increase educational opportunity for everyone, but especially for
Who are women and African Americans
An individual who spoke out against slavery and had a newspaper known as, The Liberator
Who is William Lloyd Garrison
Someone who works to correct failings or injustices
What is a reformer
Journalist who checked herself into an insane asylum to report on how patients were treated
Who is Nellie Bly
By 1850 in many states, who attended free public schools
Who are (white) boys
Three ways in which abolitionists (and other reformers) could inform people on what they were advocating for
What are public speaking, newspapers, and pamphlets or brochures