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1. Describe each of the following reform movements that arose in the early 1800s. Include each movement’s leaders, their motivations and goals, and your assessment of whether each movement succeeded (pp. 291-296): a. Alcohol (temperance movement) b. Public schools c. College education d. Mental illness e. Crime f. Poverty

1. What was Lyman Beecher's main goal with the public veiw of alcohol? To eliminate it compleetly.

2. Did prohibition follow through to all the states? no, onley a few states followed this, along with some communities. after this the alcohol rate declined substantually.

3. What was Horace Mann's main goal in terms of education? to establish a model for free public elementary school education.

4. Why did many southern states not approve of Horace Mann's plan? because many northern educational reformerssupported slavery, this made southerners suspicus of educational reforms.

5. What was the first college to accept men' and women? Oberlin college

6. What races did Oberlin college accept? caucasion, african american, men and women

7. What did the Massachusets legaslature do after Dorothea Dix's emotional speech? establishing institutions in where people with mental illnesses could be treated humaly, apart from criminals.

8. Why was it importaint to keep children separate from adult prisons? to prevent overcrowding

9. Why was it importaint to rehabilitate prisoners, along with punishing them? so they can function in a normal society, once they get out of prison.

10. Why were poorhouse's created? to give work to the poor