Prison & Political Reform
Most states dropped what requirements to vote?
The property requirement was dropped
What is Prdestination?
The idea that God decided the fate of a persons soul even before birth
Define Utopian Communities.
The desire to create a more perfect society
What is this movement about?
The effort to end alcohol abuse
Public schools where a way to create more intelligent _____ and help _____ assimilate.
Voters and immigrants
All men should be able to...?
Vote and Hold Office
Who supported predestination?
American Protestants
Robert Owen founded what community and where?
New Harmony in Indiana
Why did many women support this?
They where being abused by husbands and fathers
Horace Mann thought the financing of _____ was essential for democracy.
Education
Others supported ____ ____ for women and spoke out against ______.
Legal rights and slavery
What two key religious beliefs where created during the Second Great Awakening?
The Doctrine of Free Will and Predestination
What where the basis of this community?
Raise food and manufacture goods
Most reformers preferred _______, which was a moderation on drinking
Temperance
In the south it was illegal to teach salves how to read, but in the North free black children were seldom admitted into ___ schools.
Same
Why did the early prisons have such harsh conditions? Why did many debtors stay in jail?
They where designed to keep people out and the debtors couldn't make money while in jail to pay back debt
The revival ministers tried to ______ people and urged them to ______ their lives.
Convert and reform
What year was this community built?
In 1825
How many states passed a law banning the sale of alcohol?
Nine states
Massachusetts was the first state to to admit African Americans into _____ _______.
Public Schools
Dorothea Dix wanted more _____ and _______ prisons. What did she create for the mentally ill.
Humane and sanitary
She also create asylums or separate prisons for the mentally ill
What did the Doctrine of Free Will state?
People's own actions determined their salvation
What was the end result of this community?
Argued among themselves about goals and actions
What major event in American history interrupted this movement?
The Civil War