USA HISTORY

THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774

THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Dorothea Dix was to prison reform as ____ was to public school reform.
A
Lucretia Mott
B
Louissa May Alcott
C
Horace Mann
D
Charles Grandison Finney
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dorothea Dix played an instrumental role in the founding or expansion of more than 30 hospitals for the treatment of the mentally ill. She was a leading figure in those national and international movements that challenged the idea that people with mental disturbances could not be cured or helped.

Detailed explanation-2: -Known as the “father of American education, ” Horace Mann (1796–1859), a major force behind establishing unified school systems, worked to establish a varied curriculum that excluded sectarian instruction.

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