U4T1:Reform Movements

Match the vocabulary term to its definition.

• make changes to improve something

• suffrage

• person who favors ending slavery

• reformer

• right to vote in political elections

• abolitionist

Organize the economies of the North and South of the United States into the right categories.

Groups:

(a) Northern Economy

,

(b) Both

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(c) Southern Economy

• Utilized Women and Children as Primary Workforce

• Primary Focus: Agriculture

• Utilized Overseers or Managers during working hours 

• Sundays were days of rest of worship 

• Limitations and rules were set before and after work hours

• Primary Focus: Industry

• Provided Living Quarters or Boarding Houses

• Utilized Slavery as Primary Workforce

• Mass Production

• Longer Production Rates due to Nature

Drag and Drop the right answer in the answers below.
​ (a)   + ​​ (b)   =​ (c)  

• textiles
• corn
• gold
• manufacturing
• cotton
• factories

How was the relationship between women and the workplace was most likely affected by industrialization?

• Women began to have paying jobs to contribute to their family.

• Women started making more money than men.

• Women were finally allowed to keep their earn wages and spend the money however they wanted to.

• Women were only seen has housewives; therefore, their job was to take care of the home.

Why did women working in factories begin to protest during the 19th century?

• They demanded shorter working hours and better pay .

• They wanted to abolish child labor

• They wanted to seek the right to vote in elections

• 1. They demanded better education for themselves and their children

Match the statement to the reformer that it applies too. 

Groups:

(a) Horace Mann

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(b) Dorthea Dix

• Father of Public Education

• Documenting/sharing what was seen in asylums to bring awareness

• Led Reformer for the Prisoner Reform Movement

• Laid the groundwork for how the imprisoned and insane would be treated by society

• Required attendance (fighting for required attendance)

• Separation of mentally ill from prisoners

• Education for all regardless of class and gender status

• Lead Reformer for Education Reform Movement

• Founded many mental hospitals

• Schools for girls, African Americans, blind, etc. 

How did early social reformers improve conditions for Americans? Select two.

• Advocating for increased taxation for southern plantation owners

• 1. By promoting stricter laws for immigrants

• 1. By establishing public education systems and teacher trainings

• 1. By encouraging lower wages for immigrant workers

• changing the way the imprisoned and mentally ill were treated by society

What were the goals of the women's rights movement in the United States? Select four.

• Equal Education

• Right to Fair Trial

• Right to Vote (Suffrage)

• Right to Own Property

• Right to Run for Office

what was one of the primary goals of the Declaration of Sentiments?

• Legal protections and right to vote for women

• To abolish slavery in the southern states

• To establish the first women's college

• To establish the first women's political party

What actions did women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Sojourner Truth take to advance women's rights?

• organizing boycotts of products made by men

• filing lawsuits against discriminatory employers

• traveling and hosting women's rights conventions regularly all over the country

• writing letters to government officials