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Reforming Society
Section 142-145
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Public School Movement | Movement aimed at providing greater educational opportunities through the establishment of tax-supported public schools |
| Penitentiary Movement | Movement aimed at structuring prisons so that prisoners will feel penitent for their crimes |
| Temperance Movement | Movement aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the problems created by it. |
| Neal Dow | Had a reputation for lectures on alcohol abuse and succeeded in securing the passage of the "Maine Law," which restricted the sale of alcohol |
| Dorothea Dix | Reformer for the mentally ill, and the penitentiary movement |
| Horace Mann | prominent education reformer, politician, and senator |