Unit 8: Reform Movement

Question 1

Unit 8:
Who was Dorothea Dix and what did she do ?

Answer 1

Dorothea Dix was a social reformer who worked to improve Mental hospital conditions and funding hospitals and schools.

Question 2

Unit 8:
What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton do?

Answer 2

Elizabeth worked to secure women’s right to vote

Question 3

Unit 8:
What did the Gimke sisters do?

Answer 3

The Gimke sisters fought for the abolition of slavery and women’s rights.

Question 4

Unit 8:
what did Henry David Thoreau do?

Answer 4

he wrote books that influenced a new form of peaceful protest.

Question 5

Unit 8:
what did Horace Mann do?

Answer 5

he instituted a minimum school year old 6 months, a doubling of educational funding, 50 additional schools, increased public support, higher teacher salaries, new curricula, new teaching methods, professional training of teachers, and professional standards overseen by one central authority.

Question 6

Unit 8:
What did Susan b Anthony do?

Answer 6

She traveled and lectured across the nation for the vote, she fought for the abolition of slavery, women’s rights, and women’s labor organizations.