WorksheetsDorothea Dix
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 22mins
What was Dorothea Dix's occupation?
A social practitioner
She worked at her local bank
She held a position in the US Senate
An educator and social reformer
Who/what did she want to improve?
Education within public schools
Living conditions in prisons
Her internet
The treatment and curing of patients
Where and when was Dorothea Dix born? (Choose Both Options)
Birmingham, Alabama
1802
Hampden, Maine
1798
When did Dix first become interested in the conditions of prisons?
1828
1860
1841
1776
Dorothea Dix devoted herself to help people who were _____________ ______.
(a)
How many acres of land did Dorothea Dix get Congress to grant as public endowment?
700 thousand
> 12 million
2 million - 6 million
< 500 thousand
At what age did Dorothea Dix first begin teaching?
30
14
26
45
What did Dorothea Dix do during the Civil War?
She snuck into the war as a male
She continued to fight for better prison conditions
She was a tactician for the North
She volunteered and became a nurse
What disease caused her to stay in Trenton, New Jersey?
Measles
Malaria
Cholera
Influenza
DO NOT PICK THIS!!!! This option is to tell you that she was the on who actually founded the hospital she had to stay in 40 years earlier!
Dorothea Dix died on...
A bed
July 17th, 1887
August 5th, 1891
May 7th, 1901
