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Causes, Education, Temperance, Prison & Mental Health Reform - Advanced

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11 questions

Instructions

Use your knowledge of history and the reading below to answer the following questions.

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Question 10

10.

Which woman fought to create legislation to help the people described in this excerpt?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Dorothea Dix

Sojourner Truth

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Question 11

11.

The reform efforts of
_______ during the mid-nineteenth century led to improved facilities for the mentally ill and disabled

Question 1

1.

Which statement shows how this excerpt is an example of transcendentalism in the early-to-mid 1800s?

Thoreau uses reason to explain natural events that happen in the world.

Thoreau focuses on the relationship between humans and the natural world.

Thoreau studies the relationship between nature and historical events.

Thoreau focuses on the role of science in changing the natural world.

Question 2

2.

Which movement did Emerson lead?

Temperance

Abolition

Transcendentalism

The Second Great Awakening

Question 3

3.

Which term best describes this excerpt?

Era of Good Feelings

Second Great Awakening

abolitionist movement

temperance movement

Question 4

4.

What was one major effect of the Second Great Awakening?

Religious leaders petitioned legislatures to extend suffrage to women.

Politicians were encouraged to promote states' rights rather than federal unity.

Churches turned away from public politics and focused on religious issues.

People were inspired to join reform movements to address social problems.

Question 5

5.

As the Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education, what did Horace Mann advocate for?

Keeping education only for the rich

Reducing the number of schools in Massachusetts.

Compulsory education and professional training for teachers

Making school optional for children

Question 6

6.

Why did free African-Americans start their own schools and fight for their rights to learn?

Because they believed education was not important

Because they preferred not to attend school

Because they recognized the power of education in achieving equality and freedom

Because they had too many schools already

Question 7

7.

How did Horace Mann's vision for education challenge the existing system?

Question 8

8.

The speaker quoted above was a supporter of the movement to -

discourage consumption of alcoholic beverages

expose corruption in the federal government

establish strict limits on immigration

end the international slave trade

Question 9

9.

What impact did the temperance movement have on American society according to the reading?

It resulted in the 18th Amendment, starting Prohibition and highlighted the complexities of controlling a person's actions through laws.

It led to the temporary increase in alcohol consumption.

It made alcohol more popular among Americans

It had no lasting effect on American society and was quickly forgotten.