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In the1800s, most enslaved workers lived in
Southern States
What did the temperance movement focus on?
Drinking
What was Dorothea Dix surprised to find in American jails?
People with mental illnesses
Asylum
A hospital for people with mental illnesses
A sense or belief a person has that a certain action is right or wrong
Conscience
Why did business people support free public education?
To get well-trained workers
Which state became the model for school reform?
Massachusetts
What did Dorothea Dix want for people with mental health problems?
Special hospitals
To end, to stop something completely
Abolish
Tutor
A teacher who teaches only one student, usually in the student's home
List the three problems in free public schools during the early 1800s?
1. Short school year
Poorly trained teachers
Run-down and unheated school buildings
Where were women welcome to listen and learn but not to speak?
At temperance and abolitionist meetings
Reformer that led the movement to provide free public school education for all
Horace Mann
The practice of drinking little or no alcohol
Temperance
Pledge
A promise
Who marched in the Cold Water Army?
Children
In order to obtain reforms for people with mental illnesses, Dorothea Dix had to get the attention of?
Lawmakers
Two reformers who were once enslaved workers
Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass
Convention
A formal gathering of people for a purpose
The freedoms and legal protections guaranteed to all citizens
Equal rights
Which important document was used as a model by people who worked for women's rights?
The Declaration of Independence
Lucretia Mott first tried to convince Elizabeth cady Stanton to go slowly in her fight to win women's rights to_______.
Vote
Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
An important abolitionist
The part of state government responsible for making laws for the state
State Legislature
A rule or belief in many religions that encourages people to treat others as you want to be treated
Golden rule