Abolitionists
What did abolitionists fight against?
Slavery.
What was the Temperance movement?
Campaign against alcohol abuse.
Who did a women's working wage go to?
Her husband.
Were children acquired to attend school?
No.
what were the results of Dorothea Dix’s efforts at social reform?
Insanity was now treated as an illness, and not a crime.
What was the campaign to end slavery called?
The Abolitionist movement.
What did alcohol abuse lead to?
It lead to child abuse and the break up of families.
What two subjects were allowed for women to study after the Seneca Falls Convention?
Math and Medicine.
Where did most American children Receive their eductaion?
Private home/ Homeschooled.
What type of abuse did Dorothea Dix find/see in prisons?
She had found people with mental illnesses were put into the same jail as criminals.
Why did abolitinists think slavery was wrong?
They believed it was wrong for political and religious reasons.
What did temperance groups view as the most serious social problem of the 1800s?
Alcohol abuse.
Who was the first women to earn a medical degree and become a licensed doctor?
Elizabeth Blackwell.
Why was public education necessary?
(could be multiple answers)
Make decisions as Dem. Citizens, Promote economic growth, and Prevent abuses by wealthy.
What is something that Dorothea fought agaisnt that was also a big problem in these prisons?
Overcrowding.
What persuades Douglass to be an advocate for Abolition?
His "god given gift"
What was the "Prohibition"?
A complete ban on alcoholic consumption.
What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
The first women's right convention.
Who was the greatest School reformer?
Horace Mann.
What was Dorothea's main reform area?
Prisons.
What actions were taken by the Abolitionists?
Lawsuits and Anti-Slavery newspapers.
Who was mainly responsible for getting a dozen states to ban alcohol?
Neal Dow.
Which experience caused many women to join the struggle for women’s rights?
Involvement in the abolitionist movement.
What was an accomplishment of educational reformers in the 1800s?
Public elementary schools were built in most northern states.
How many states created a mental hospital because of Dorothea's work?
32 states.