American Reformers Study Guide

2. a rule or belief in many religions that encourages people to treat others as you want to be treated (sometimes called the "_______ rule")
4. What did Dorothea Dix want for people with mental health problems? special __________
5. a hospital for people with mental illnesses
8. Lucretia Mott first tried to convince Elizabeth Cady Stanton to go slowly in her fight to win women’s right to ___________
10. Which state became the model for school reform?
12. Which behavior did the temperance movement focus on?
13. a promise
18. Which was a problem in free public schools during the early 1800s? short school “year,” poorly ________ teachers, and run-down and unheated school buildings
19. What did the reformers of the 1830s and 1840s hope to win? better ______ for Americans
20. In the 1800s, reformers worked to improve the lives of Americans because they believed that in America a better life was ___________
23. a formal gathering of people for a purpose
25. An important abolitionist was William Lloyd ______________.
28. Which reform movement of the early 1800s tried to persuade people to drink little or no alcohol?
29. a teacher who teaches only one student, usually in the student’s home

1. Why did business people support free public education? to get well-trained __________
3. Which two reformers were once enslaved workers? Sojourner Truth and Frederick ___________
6. Which statement expressed most people’s feelings about those with mental health problems during the early 1800s? "Get them out of ________."
7. What famous document was used as a model by people who worked for women’s rights? The Declaration of ______________
9. Which reformer led the movement to provide free public school education for all? (no space between first and last name)
10. In American jails, reformer Dorothea Dix was surprised to find people with ________ illnesses
11. In the 1800s, most enslaved workers lived in __________ states.
14. to end, to stop something completely
15. Where were women welcome to listen and learn but not to speak? At temperance and _________ meetings
16. a sense or belief a person has that a certain action is right or wrong
17. Which person is most likely to need an advocate, someone to speak for him or her? A person with mental ________
21. Who marched in the Cold Water Army?
22. the part of state government responsible for making laws for the state is called the state ____________
24. the practice of drinking little or no alcohol
26. the freedoms and legal protections guaranteed to all citizens (equal __________)
27. In order to obtain reforms for people with these illnesses, Dorothea Dix had to get the attention of