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Causes, Education, Temperance, Prison & Mental Health Reform - Advanced
By Ray Fortune
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Instructions
Use your knowledge of history and the reading below to answer the following questions.
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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.
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Which movement did Emerson lead?
Temperance
Abolition
Transcendentalism
The Second Great Awakening
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Which term best describes this excerpt?
Era of Good Feelings
Second Great Awakening
abolitionist movement
temperance movement
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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.
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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
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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
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How did Horace Mann's vision for education challenge the existing system?
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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
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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.
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Which woman fought to create legislation to help the people described in this excerpt?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dorothea Dix
Sojourner Truth
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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11.
The reform efforts of
_______ during the mid-nineteenth century led to improved facilities for the mentally ill and disabled
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