We reactivated prior knowledge and began studying the major reform movements during the period of time from 1820 - 1860. This included the Temperance Movement, which blamed society's problems on liquor and wanted a ban on alcohol, and the Prison-Reform Movement - led by Dorothea Dix - who encouraged the creation of mental institutions so that the mentally ill wouldn't be imprisoned with criminals anymore. It was interesting to learn that this was also the time when the juvenile justice system also began. We engaged in an interesting dialogue about the treatment of the mentally ill in America. Tomorrow we will continue reading about 3 other major reform movements of the time.