American History: Ch. 6 Lessons 3-4

What social movement helped create a desire in individuals to reform society?

• the Second Great Awakening
• the Romantic Movement
• the Philosophical Movement
• the Enlightenment

_______ was a schoolteacher who became an advocate for people who were mentally ill.

• Daniel Webster
• Lyman Beecher
• Dorothea Dix
• Margaret Fuller

How did the treatment of people with mental illness improve in the mid-1800s?

• Prisons for people with mental illness were cleaned.
• Many people with mental illness were released from prison into the streets.
• The federal government provided funding for the study of mental illness.
• Many states created special institutions for the care of people with mental illness.

_______ sprang up in cities and towns in order to evangelize and address social problems.

• Asylums
• Benevolent Societies
• Know-Nothing meetings
• New political parties

What social problem did the temperance movement attempt to address?

• slavery
• woman suffrage
• treatment of prisoners
• alcoholism

The increase in the use of penitentiaries for prisoners emphasized the belief that criminals

• could be reformed.
• should be locked up forever.
• must spend time in isolation.
• were the property of the state.

Horace Mann worked to establish

• asylums.
• penitentiaries.
• public education system.
• a new electoral system.

What shift in American society spurred the beginning of the women's movement?

• the increase in immigration from Europe
• the introduction of suffrage legislation
• the development of the middle class
• the movement of work from farms to factories

The idea that women should be solely responsible for developing their children's characters was embodied in the idea of

• woman suffrage.
• true womanhood.
• temperance.
• Christian charity.

Margaret Fuller advocated the idea that, if men and women were treated equally, it would

• lead to the abolition of slavery.
• create an equal rights amendment.
• improve society.
• enliven the political process.