History Unit 6 Section 2 A Reforming Society Flashcards
What did Horace Mann do
Creates state board on education in MA Tax supported public schools 6 month school year Knowledge=economic growth Doubled teacher salary-->normal schools All children required to attend
What were some effects of the religious awakening
Put religious ideals into practice
Sacred responsibility to improve life on earth
What was education like at the tie
Most were homeschooled
Public school movement
-tax supported public schools
-knowledge=economic growth
What were some of the education reforms
6 month school year
Doubled teacher salary
Teacher training
Effects of education reforms
Well educated professional teachers
School attendance doubles
Who was Dorothea dix
Sunday school teacher in MA
discovers mentally ill in prison with criminals
How did Dorothea dix succeed
Travels nation campaigning for rights for mentally ill
First humane mental hospitals created
What was the penitentiary movement
Dorothea Dix looks to change prisons
Questions their goals, punishment or rehabilitation?
Most prisons punish inmates with violence
Movement to make criminals feel sorrow for crimes —>Auburn Model Prison
What was the temperance movement
Crime, sickness, poverty rampant across us
Attributed to alcohol use
Attempt to end abuse of alcohol
Temperance or prohibition?
Temperance=moderation
Prohibition=illegal
What did the introduction of temperance lead to
Maine law of 1851 Women's Christian temperance union Neal Dow, mayor of Portland Maine Issue remaining unresolved for years Volstead Act (1919) 21st Amendment (1933)
