Education Reform
What type of people went to school or were tutored in the early 1800's?
Rich kids mostly boys
Who produced the idea and when?
Churches in the early 1800's
When did the movement begin?
1848
What age did Harriet Tubman escape?
29
Who led the movement?
Dorothea Dix
When do boys and girls attend school?
Girls attended in the summer and boys attended in the winter.
Who supported the movement?
Mostly women but some men did too.
Who were the first two meetings in New York organized by?
Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott
When did Congress ban the importation of African slaves in the US?
1807
True and False. Prisons had rules and were clean.
False
Who is the "Father of American Public Schools"?
Horace Mann
What is the movement?
To limit or stop drinking alcohol.
Who passed the women's suffrage law and when?
Wyoming in December of 1869.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
One of the first abolitionists to fight against slavery and became the leader of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
When Dorothea Dix visited the prisons who did she present her findings to?
The legislature of Massachusetts.
What did children in private schools study?
The Bible, Latin, English, and Greek
When and where was the Women's Christian Temperance Union founded?
1874 in Cleveland, Ohio
What is another name for this reform?
Women's Liberation Movement
What did the Abolitionist Movement lead to?
The Civil War and eventually the end of slavery in the US.
What did Dorothea Dix find when she visited the prisons?
That the prisoners were being starved, chained up, physically and sexually abused by their keeps, etc.
What are dame schools?
Schools ran by women in their homes for families that couldn't afford private schools.
Who is Carry Nation?
A strong advocate in this movement.
When did the 19th amendment, granting women the right to vote, happen?
1920
When did the American Anti-Slavery Society start?
1833
Who was the founder of the Boston Prison Discipline Society?
Louis Dwight