Questions to Answer Ch. 9 Sec. 2

The Crusade Against Alcohol Why did people join in the religious revivals? What was the goal of the temperance movement? Why were women so involved in the temperance movement? How did immigrants feel about the temperance movement? What is prohibition? What impact did the temperance movement have on society?

Women and Reform Describe the type of women that joined the reform movement? How did they find time to become involved? How did the role of women change during this time? Why? Who was Catharine Beecher, Emma Willard, and Mary Lyon?

Reforming Education Why did education need reforming? What did reformers believe schools should teach? Who was Horace Mann and what did he do for education? Why weren’t there public high schools before 1821? What impact did education reform have on the south? Why?

Education Reform (con’t) How did college opportunities for women and African Americans change in the early 1800s? Why is Oberlin College considered the leader in college reform?

Reforming Institutions In the early 1800s, how were the mentally ill treated? How did Dorothea Dix go about improving treatment for the mentally ill? In the early 1800s, what was the most common way to punish a criminal? What did prison reform focus on? How did it impact prisons and society? How were children initially treated in the criminal system and how did it change during this reform period?

Reforming Institutions (con’t) Why was their an increase in poverty in the early 1800s? How would a network of poorhouses and almshouses improve conditions for the poor?