Potpourri
Health and Prison Reform
This is Our Country
Knowledge is Power
Terms
100
someone who worked for an end to slavery was called this
What is an abolitionist?
100
the medical care of this group was particularily crude during the early years of the U.S. - Patrick Henry knew this
What is the mentally insane?
100
the first half of the 19th century saw a large flow of immigrants from these two countries
What are Ireland and Germany?
100
this is how public schools are funded
What is through taxes?
100
someone who cannot repay money he/she owes to another party
What is a debtor?
200
this reform movement called for a ban on alcohol sales and consumption
What is the temperence movement?
200
two problems facing the prison system in the first half of the 19th century
What is overcrowding and unsanitary conditions?
200
two northern coastal cities where many immigrants settled in the first half of the 19th century
What are New York / Boston / Philadelphia?
200
this was the first state to call for mandatory education for all children
What is Massachusetts?
200
organized attempt to improve what is unjust or imperfect in the world around us
What is social reform?
300
three main reasons some Americans reacted negatively towards immigrants during the first half of the 19th century
What are fears about job losses, language and other cultural dislikes, and anti-Catholic feelings against the Irish immigrants?
300
this women helped get legislation passed that brought reform to both insane asylums and prisons
Who is Dorthea Dix?
300
this party emerged as the defender of "Americans" and pledged to fight the flow of immigrants
What is the Know-Nothing Party?
300
two ways in which education opportunities were extended to those with disabilities during the first half of the 19th century
What is the first schools for the deaf and the blind were opened?
300
movement opposed to immigration
What is nativism?
400
this religious movement helped spur the social reform movements of the first half of the 19th century by preaching that salvation is gained by helping others
What is the Second Great Awakening?
400
care was greatly improved when legislation was passed that regulated insane asylums under these guidelines
What is medical guidelines?
400
one political party of the early 19th century hoped to limit foreigners' desire to come to the United States by extending this
What is the length of time before an immigrant could attain citizenship?
400
even after the states adopted changes to improve public education, most Americans only received an education up to this point
What is through 8th grade?
400
a skilled craft worker
What is an artisan?
500
The 1848 meeting of womens' suffrage movement leaders was named after this upstate New York town where they met
What is Seneca Falls, NY?
500
prison overcrowding problems dramatically improved when legislation was passed that changed the criminal status of these individuals
What are debtors?
500
those opposed to immigration wanted to institute these, which would put a strict limit on the number of immigrants that could arrive from every country
What are quotas?
500
his reforms helped earn him the distinction of being called the "father of American public education"
Who is Horace Mann?
500
the belief that God decided in advance which people would achieve salvation after death
What is pedestination?