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1. Easily the most popular of the reform movements was the effort to suppress alcohol consumption. What was the movement called?
2. Among anti-alcohol crusaders in the 1830's a fierce debate erupted over whether to replace wine in communion services with which of these?
3. The most controversial of antebellum reforms was abolition. What were the reformers trying to abolish?
4. Abolitionists who wanted to use political power to obtain their goal created a new political party in 1840. What was it called?
5. Another popular reform of the era was the effort to provide better treatment of the mentally ill. Which reformer was most involved in this crusade?
6. Prison reform emerged during the era with the design to make criminals into model citizens. One reform system, the Philadelphia System, imposed solitary confinement on all prisoners and cut them off from all contact with relatives, friends, etc. Its major rival was a system that called for prisoners to work in prison factories during the day and produce goods that could be sold to defray prison expenses. What was it called?
7. The anti-alcohol movement received a new burst of energy in the 1840 when an organization made up of former drunkards emerged. With mass meetings where reformed drinkers told the audience about the horrors of alcoholism, this group spread their influence throughout much of the nation during the 1840's. By what name was it known?
8. That no alcohol would be manufactured or sold was the goal of prohibitionists who emerged in the 1840s to petition legislatures to pass laws to this effect. Which state took the lead in this new phase of the anti-alcohol crusade?
9. Efforts to improve the condition of women also surged forward during this era. The most inspiring--and the most controversial--feminist work was published in 1838 and was entitled, "Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women." Who wrote it?
10. The women's rights movement's organizational beginning came in 1848 at this town in New York. What is its name?
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