Antebellum Reforms and Education Movement

The video discusses Antebellum reforms in America, focusing on school and prison reforms. It highlights the influence of evangelical Protestantism and the European Enlightenment on these reforms. The school reform movement aimed to provide free public education, facing resistance from property holders and Catholics. Prison and asylum reforms sought to rehabilitate rather than punish, with new institutions like penitentiaries and mental hospitals. Despite high expectations, these reforms struggled to address poverty and crime effectively.

What were the two main influences on Antebellum reforms in America?

• Colonialism and Mercantilism

• Evangelical Protestantism and European Enlightenment

• Industrial Revolution and Romanticism

• Renaissance and Scientific Revolution

What was the primary goal of the working men's movement in the 1820s?

• To promote vocational training

• To abolish compulsory education

• To demand free, tax-supported public education

• To establish private academies

Which state was the first to establish a centralized control over schools?

• Virginia

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts

Why did some families resist compulsory attendance laws?

• They disagreed with the curriculum

• They preferred homeschooling

• They needed their children to work

• They wanted religious education

What was one reason manufacturers supported school reforms?

• To increase child labor

• To reduce taxes

• To create a more obedient labor force

• To promote religious education

What was the main focus of prison reform during the Jacksonian era?

• Economic exploitation

• Isolation and segregation

• Moral redemption and rehabilitation

• Punishment and execution

What belief underpinned the establishment of new penitentiaries?

• Punishment is the only solution

• Crime is a genetic defect

• Environments shape character

• Criminals are beyond redemption

What was the primary goal of workhouses during the reform period?

• To provide shelter for the homeless

• To cure the poor of moral defects through labor

• To offer free education

• To serve as a temporary refuge

How did reformers view the role of asylums?

• As places for punishment

• As centers for medical research

• As environments for ordering lives

• As temporary shelters

What was the outcome of reform institutions by the mid-century?

• They were abandoned entirely

• They successfully eliminated poverty

• They failed to notably check poverty and crime

• They became centers of innovation