Unit 4/Topic 1-Reforms-Women, Prisons, Education

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Who was the main leader of education reform during the mid-1800s?

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Horace Mann

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What was a normal school?

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a school created to train high school graduates to become teachers

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Schools that are paid for by taxes and managed by the local government for the benefit of the general public is called...

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public schools

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Who was responsible for reforming prisons?

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Dorothea Dix

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What did Dorothea Dix do to contribute to social reform in the early 1800s?

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spoke of the horrid conditions of prisons and inspired the building of separate facilities for the mentally ill

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Where was the convention held for women's rights?

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Seneca Falls, NY

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The "Declaration of Sentiments" was a formal statement about the inequality of women that was based on what American document?

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The Declaration of Independence

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What does the word "suffrage" mean?

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the right to vote

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A leader in educational reform.

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Horace Mann

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Before the reform, the primary purpose of prisons was to...

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Punish those who have committed crimes