An Era of Reform

What is an abolitionist?

• Someone who wants to abolish or end slavery.
• Someone who wants to give women the right to vote.

• Someone who wants to make changes to the prison system.

The North Star was a newspaper that spread news of slavery and was written by

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• John Brown

• Frederick Douglass

Which of these was the model for the Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments?

• The Declaration of Independence

• Preamble to the U.S. Constitution

• Monroe Doctorine

• Bill of Rights

What played a key role in inspiring thousands of Americans to try to reform society?

• politicians
• new religious movements
• education
• healthcare

With which reform movement was Dorothea Dix involved?

• education reform
• movement to end slavery
• women's rights
• prison reform

How did Dorothea Dix become aware of issues in prison and become involved with prison reform?

• She went to visit her brother in a jail.
• She spent time as a prisoner.
• She taught Sunday school at a jail.
• She was a former jail warden.

How were people suffering from mental illness treated?

• They were locked in dirty, crowded prison cells.
• They were put in hospitals.
• They were allowed to live with family members.

Who was behind the 19th Century effort to make attendance in public schools a requirement for every child in the U.S.?

• Horace Mann

• Dorothea Dix

• Susan B. Anthony

• John James Audubon

The network of people who arranged transportation & hiding places for fugitive slaves was known as the --

• Freedom Road

• Underground Railroad

• Reform Movement

• Liberator

Define the following term: reform

• to make change to something in order to improve it

• first co-ed college

• the time period directly after a major war

• the right to vote