
Social Reform Movements Intro Day 1/2
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Casey Ainsworth
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Social Reform Movements
To what extent did the social reform movements of the 19th century, 1800's, improve life for Americans?
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Multiple Choice
What is Social Reform?
the ability to act at one's own discretion
idea that God decides the fate of a person's soul even before birth
organized attempts to improve conditions of life
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Poll
Which of the following were targets of the reform movement era? (click on all that apply)
Education
Religion
Prisons/Mentally Ill
Women's Rights
Slavery
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Religion
Second Great awakening: a "revival" of Christian beliefs
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Prison Reform
Treatment of Prisoners, overcrowded prisons and the treatment of the mentally ill.
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Multiple Choice
What did reformer Dorothea Dix do to contribute to the prison reform movement in the early 1800s?
She spoke of the horrid conditions of prisons and inspired the building of separate facilities for the mentally ill.
She founded an organization of women that worked together to provide education for imprisoned criminals.
She organized many protest in hopes of motivating the government to build separate facilities for child offenders.
She brought American's attention to the need for prison reform by writing novels detailing the condition of prisons.
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Multiple Choice
Sojourner Truth was...
a former slave, women's rights activist, and abolitionist
a pastor during the 2nd Great Awakening
the first women to earn a degree from Harvard
founded the first black church
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Multiple Choice
What did Dorothea Dix do?
She helped the mentally ill.
She was an abolitionist.
She saved slaves.
She helped the poor.
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Multiple Choice
What was the name of the large gatherings where preachers shared ideas
Sunday Service or Mass
Church
Revival or Camps
Baptism or Salvation
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Multiple Choice
This was a time of renewed vigor for religious feelings.
Renaissance
Enlightenment
Second Great Awakening
Revival Movement
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Multiple Choice
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Abolitionist Movement - abolish slavery, movement to end slavery
William LLoyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
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Equal Rights for Women
Sojourner Truth
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Grimke Sisters
Seneca Falls Convention
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