People
Who was Dorothea Dix?
Led the prison reform movement due to her own personal experiences after being shocked by prison conditions
What is Civil Disobedience?
A refusal to comply with laws, pay taxes, or pay fines as a form of peaceful political protest
True or False: Transcendentalism is based in religion and spirituality
True
What is the Second Great Awakening?
Evangelical religious movement that spread through the United States in the early 1800s
What were two problems in education
Classrooms were too large, school day was too short, teachers weren't paid enough, etc
Who was known as the "Father of American Public Schools"?
Horace Mann
How did Henry David Thoreau participate in Civil Disobedience?
He refused to pay taxes that would support the Mexican American war.
Who were two leaders of transcendentalism?
Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson
Which religious denomination believed only those who are old enough to understand Christian beliefs should be baptized?
Baptists
What is a penitentiary?
An isolated and structured environment for convicted criminals that was intended to reform them
Who coined the term "civil disobedience"?
Henry David Thoreau
Name three examples of people who participated in Civil Disobedience (besides Henry David Thoreau)
Answers may vary: Greta Thunberg, Rosa Parks, MLK Jr, Colin Kaepernick, Muhammad Ali
Name three groups who transcendentalists worked to bring equal rights to
enslaved people, women, poor people, people with mental and physical disabilities, imprisoned people
Who is Charles Finney?
Evangelical preacher who drew large audiences in the 1820s and 1830s
Name 3 education reforms
He argued the economy needed educated workers.
Created the Common (public) Schools; every child could receive a basic education funded by local taxes.
Expands public schools; leads to secondary education and education for the disabled.
United local school districts into a state system.
Development to teacher training schools to professionalize teaching.
Quality of rural schools had to be raised.
Women were most likely to be the new teachers for Common Schools.
Better pay for teachers
Multi-room and multi-grade schools.
Updated curriculum, emphasis outside of the basic subjects (reading, writing, arithmetic).
Lengthened school year; for students to be in school from 6 months to 9 months.
A leader of transcendentalism from Concord who believed that people need to be optimistic and self-reliant and that the individual has unlimited potential.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Name four ways that someone can participate in civil disobedience
Walkouts, sit-ins, boycotts, non-violent protests, marches, debt refusal
Which transcendental belief means to "always work to improve yourself and society"
reform
Which became the largest protestant denomination in the US by 1850?
Methodists
Which two main groups of people led the temperance movement?
Women and religious figures
What did Charles Finney believe? (two things)
Believed he was overwhelmed by God, and the individual could achieve salvation by an act of “free will”
Make up a scenario where you could use civil disobedience (Ex. Ms. M thinks her students aren't listening and holds a march with teachers).
Student answers will vary
Which transcendental belief means "Do the right thing and be a good person"
Morality
What does it mean to be evangelical?
Conservative Christian who places a strong emphasis on the first four Gospels and emphasizes being saved and saving others
What is an asylum?
An institution offering shelter and support to people who are mentally ill