American Reformers Review

What did the reformers of the 1830s and 1840s hope to win?

• a) better lives for Americans

• b) a presidential election

• c) more land for the United States

• d) freedom of religion

Which behavior did the temperance movement focus on?

• a) gambling

• b) shopping

• c) drinking

• d) cursing

Who marched in the Cold Water Army?

• a) abolitionists

• b) soldiers

• c) former slaves

• d) children

In American jails, reformer Dorothea Dix was surprised to find

• a) women prisoners.

• b) criminals.

• c) people with mental illnesses.

• d) children.

Which statement expressed most people’s feelings about those with mental health problems during the early 1800s?

• a) “Get them out of sight.”

• b) “They deserve kind treatment.”

• c) “They can be made well.”

• d) “They need their own special hospitals.”

Which person is most likely to need an advocate, someone to speak for him or her?

• a) a well-paid worker

• b) a person with a mental illness

• c) the owner of a farm

• d) the father of a large family

In order to obtain reforms for people with these illnesses, Dorothea Dix had to get the attention of

• a) people with mental illnesses.

• b) lawmakers.

• c) the people in charge of jails.

• d) hospital workers.

What did Dorothea Dix want for people with mental health problems?

• a) separate jails

• b) better almshouses

• c) special hospitals

• d) freedom

Which was a problem in free public schools during the early 1800s?

• a) short school “year”

• b) poorly trained teachers

• c) run-down and unheated school buildings

• d) all of the above

Which reformer led the movement to provide free public school education for all?

• a) Horace Mann

• b) Thomas Jefferson

• c) Frederick Douglass

• d) Lucretia Mott