Social Reform

"an attempt by a group of people who attempt to make positive change in society"

• Enlightened

• natural rights

• soical reform movement

• William Wilberforce

the social/political movement whose goal was to end slavery

• abolition movemen

• enlightened despot

• natural rights

• women’s rights movement

those who wanted to end slavery

• abolitionists

• despot

• parliament

• suffrage

"the right to vote"

• abolition

• enlightenment

• suffrage

• petition

English abolitionist who, along with Thomas Clarkson led the movement to end slavery in the British empire

• William Wilberforce

• Isaac Newton

• Copernicus

• Mary Wallstonecraft

"an attempt to bring social, political, and economic rights to women"

• women's rights movement

• abolition movement

• natral rights

• immoral

Describe the role of Dorothea Dix in the context of social reform.

• She was a leader in the women's suffrage movement.

• She advocated for improved institutional mental health care.

• She founded the first settlement house in New York.

• She was a famous labor union organizer.

How did Dorothea Dix's work influence later social reformers?

• By establishing the first public school system

• By setting a precedent for advocating for the mentally ill

• By creating the first labor union

• By writing a famous novel about poverty

Who founded Hull House in Chicago in 1889?

• Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch

• Dorothea Dix

• Jane Addams

• Florence Kelley

What was the primary purpose of settlement houses during the Progressive Era?

• To provide luxury housing for the wealthy

• To serve as political headquarters for local elections

• To improve conditions for impoverished immigrants

• To offer military training for young men