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What did the reformers of the 1830s and 1840s hope to win?
a) more land for the United States
b) freedom of religion
c) better lives for Americans
d) a presidential election
c) better lives for Americans
Where were women welcome to listen and learn but not to speak?
a) at temperance and abolitionist meetings
b) on plantations
c) in schools
d) in almshouses
a) at temperance and abolitionist meetings
Which state became the model for school reform?
a) Delaware
b) Georgia
c) New York
d) Massachusetts
d) Massachusetts
Which was a problem in free public schools during the early 1800s?
a) short school “year”
b) poorly trained teachers
c) run-down and unheated school buildings
d) all of the above
d) all of the above
asylum
a hospital for people with mental illnesses
In the 1800s, reformers worked to improve the lives of Americans because they believed that in America a better life was
a) hard.
b) possible.
c) impossible.
d) guaranteed
b) possible.
Which statement expressed most people’s feelings about those with mental health problems during the early 1800s?
a) “Get them out of sight.”
b) “They deserve kind treatment.”
c) “They can be made well.”
d) “They need their own special hospitals.”
a) “Get them out of sight.”
Which person is most likely to need an advocate, someone to speak for him or her?
a) a well-paid worker
b) a person with a mental illness
c) the owner of a farm
d) the father of a large family
b) a person with a mental illness
Which two reformers were once enslaved workers?
a) Dorothea Dix and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
b) Angelina and Sarah Grimké
c) Lucretia and James Mott
d) Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass
d) Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass
state legislature
the part of state government responsible for making laws for the state
An important abolitionist was
a) George Washington.
b) Horace Mann.
c) William Lloyd Garrison.
d) Dorothea Dix.
c) William Lloyd Garrison.
Which reformer led the movement to provide free public school education for all?
Horace Mann
Why did business people support free public education?
To get well-trained workers
In American jails, reformer Dorothea Dix was surprised to find
People with mental illnesses.
temperance
the practice of drinking little or no alcohol
Which reform movement of the early 1800s tried to persuade people to drink little or no alcohol?
Temperance
In the 1800s, most enslaved workers lived in
Southern states
Which behavior did the temperance movement focus on?
Drinking
Who marched in the Cold Water Army?
Children
abolish
to end, to stop something completely
What famous 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 right to
Vote
In order to obtain reforms for people with these illnesses, Dorothea Dix had to get the attention of
Lawmakers
What did Dorothea Dix want for people with mental health problems?
Special hospitals
equal rights
the freedoms and legal protections guaranteed to all citizens