REFORMING SOCIETY Change People Chapter 8 Section 3 REFORMING SOCIETY Change People
FYI Society looked to the churches to fix problems of society
Temperance/Alcohol Problems a. poverty b. crime c. abuse d. disease
Why Drink West = isolation/loneliness East = social
Temperance Movement Alcohol is evil Hard Liquor = little beer and wine Maine= first prohibition law Option Law=each town decides-wet/dry Clay County, Alabama's Last No-Alcohol County, Votes Dry, Drinks Wet
Prison Problems a. Mentally ill/ Prisoners/ Orphans b. Mineshafts, Cages, Abandoned buildings
Improvements a. Rehabilitate b. Solitary Confinement c. Silence on work crews
Problems Education a. Educated public b. Trained teachers/ministers c. Rural children=no attend school d. One room for all ages
Improvements Trained teachers b. Double salary c. Mandatory attendance d. Reading, writing, arithmetic
Women’s Education a. Girls boarding school= Emma Willard b. Mary Lyon High School Women only c. Elizabeth Blackwell= 1st. Medical degree
Women’s Rights 1. Problems Property b. World is dangerous c. True Womanhood
Improvements a. Margaret Fuller = Equality b. Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth C. Stanton= Seneca Falls Convention c. Laws = women get property
General Idea of Something Taught/Learned GIST General Idea of Something Taught/Learned _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ 6. _____ 7. _____ 8. _____ 9. _____ 10. _____ 11. _____ 12. _____ 13. _____ 14. _____ 15. _____ 16. _____ 17. _____ 18. _____ 19. _____ 20. _____ ****Using only 20 words, you are to summarize the social reform movements. A date (January 10, 1831) and a proper noun (person’s name, organization)= 1 blank