Children
What was the name of the trains abducted children were placed on?
Orphan Trains
What was the name of the system Horace Mann developed?
Common School System
Most higher education included women. True / False
False, most higher education was only for men
Who conducted observations inside prisons, lunatic asylums, poor houses, and local jails across the state?
Dorothea Dix
What class were most reforms aimed towards?
The middle class
Children were often abducted from their homes and placed on trains. True / False
False, they were taken off the street
Horace Mann did not want the schools to be paid for with public taxes. True / False
False, he did want it paid for with public taxes
Between what age did students stop attending common schools.
12-14
Early on treatment in lunatic asylums failed. True / False
True
Poor Houses were considered welfare in the 19th century. True / False
False, there was no welfare
What type of people were the abducted children dropped off with?
Farmers
Horace Mann wanted state supported school systems only in the North. True / False
False, North and South
Name one of the many excuses schools used as to why they replaced men with female teachers.
Females learn better faster
Females were more qualified
Females are nurturers
What did Dorothea Dix argue for?
segregation; male and female prisons
What was Dorothea Dix's initial occupation before becoming a prison reformer?
She provided religious instruction to women in prison.
What was the name of the society that Charles Loring Brace was a part of?
New York Children's Aid Society
What dictated attendance in schools at this time?
Farm economy and season
Name one place where there was an early Common School system.
New Orleans, Savannah, Charleston
Who did Dorothea Dix have to convince to get asylums in the United States?
She first went to Massachusetts Law Makers
What reformer thought meat made people have less self control and also created an early anti-masturbation campaign?
Sylvester Graham
Why did the New York Children's Aid Society shut down?
No tracking, inhumane
Female teachers were replaced by male teachers because they were believed to have more educational backgrounds. True / False
False, women replaced men because it was cheaper
What is a Female Seminary?
A school that trains women in how to become teachers
What is the name of the first asylum in the US?
Worcester State Lunatic Asylum
What was the name of the Newspaper that included the names of men who visited brothels?
Advocate of Moral Reform