past three centuries? In the beginning‚ patients with a mental illness were treated as if they had a physical illness. Mental patients were subject to living in horrific conditions‚ and were treated brutally. In the late 1800s‚ a pioneer named Dorothea Dix fought to improve the conditions for the mentally ill. She was responsible for founding state hospitals in nine
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ESSAY PROMPTS (1) In what ways did the development in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1820-1860? During the periods of 1826 through 1860‚ United States saw a dramatic economic and social change due to the development in transportation such as the railroad and the steamship. A major difference that caused a change in transportation was the railroad. The transcontinental railroad wasn’t completed until 1869‚ but it was expanding exponentially
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States‚ 1773-1982 by Frank Rider‚ National Federation of Families (05-11) 1773: The first hospital for the mentally ill in the US opened in Williamsburg‚ Virginia. 1840: There were only eight “asylums for the insane” in the United States. Dorothea Dix crusaded for the establishment or enlargement of 32 mental hospitals‚ and transfer of those with mental illness from almshouses and jails. First attempt to measure the extent of mental illness and mental retardation in the United States occurred
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reforms. These controversial issues were tackled by eloquent speakers like Charles Finney‚ who commenced the Second Great Awakening‚ and individuals who noticed that the American society was dehumanising large affinity groups‚ like a woman named Dorothea Dix‚ who noticed that the living conditions for the mentally ill resemble prison cells‚ and led a crusade to change mental hospitals across the United States (Newman 212). The people in the antebellum era made a difference by being the change they
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The Antebellum period occurred through dynamic a time of religious renewal and advancements in industry. The Market revolution transformed self-sufficient farms into an industrial society. The Second Great Awakening made America into a more religious nation. Before the Second Great Awakening and the Market Revolution women were deemed only to be satisfied by playing with their children in a park‚ dressed in beautiful dresses as depicted in the painting “The Happy Mother” (Document G). After the awakening
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DBQ Reform movements relating to temperance‚ abolition‚ and women’s rights ‚ etc. were put into operation during the time period of 1825-1850. The instability of America caused democratic leaders to change America and transform it to accommodate democratic ideals. Numerous utopian societies such as brook farm‚ the shakers‚ and the Oneida community accepted the fact that men and women were able to live equally and peacefully. Unfortunately‚ these utopian societies eventually failed to
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The United States during the early decades of the nineteenth century sought to reform the United Staes and expand democratic ideas. There were many major reform movements that looked to expand democratic ideas‚ which include: establishing free (tax supported) schools‚ improving the treatment of the mentally ill‚ controlling or abolishing the sale of alcohol‚ gaining equal rights for women‚ and abolishing slavery. The reformers went out to “reform” the time period to greater the democratic ideals
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DBQ The United States has gained a reputation of equality and social democracy. Religious tolerance and freedom of speech were rights that were said to be revolutionary. However‚ an entire section of the population was excluded from these promises of social and economic improvement—women. After the American Revolution‚ “republican motherhood‚” the idea that women were responsible for guarding the nation’s values and passing them on to the countries youth‚ had taken hold in American society. The
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From 1825 to 1850‚ reform movements in the U.S sought to expand democratic ideals by Religion‚ morals‚ women’s rights and abolitionism‚ which in the main part worked. However‚ Nativism did not support the idea of democratic ideals‚ and some didn’t support the reforms. Morals were used to expand democratic ideals by reform movements. Document A‚ according to the Fourth Annual Report which was influenced by the second great awakening claims that prisons should be reformed. If it is‚ this would be
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People like Elizabeth Cady Stanton were able to make significant advances in womens’ rights movements‚ while people like Dorothea Dix helped to establish reforms for prisons and mental asylums‚ providing safety for the mentally unstable and those who could not help themselves (“Prison and Asylum Reform”). The American Dream was advanced by these people due to a large feeling
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