Temperance Movement
Who started the Temperance movement?
Churches
What was the first group of people to fight slavery?
Abolitionists.
What protected the common needs of workers.
A union.
Did men attend the first women's rights meeting?
Yes.
Did most children attend school or work in the poorer classes?
Work.
What was the pledge they made called, and what was it used for?
The abstinence pledge and it was used to make an oath to quit drinking alcohol.
What was the first church group to take a stand against slavery?
The quakers.
What does a union do?
A union fights for better wages, hours, and work conditions for employees.
Who were the women running the first women's rights meeting?
Elizabeth Stanton and Lucretia Mott.
Did most children have access to public schools?
No and if they did they would rarely go.
Who was one of the better known members of this group?
Carrie Nation.
Who created an anti-slave paper?
William Lloyd Garrison.
What group led several successful strikes?
Knights of Labor.
When did the first women's rights movement begin?
1848.
Who began the Education Reform Movement?
Horace Mann.
What would Carrie do to try to prevent the consumption of alcohol?
Go and ruin/destroy taverns/saloons.
What was the first anti-slavery society called?
Promoting the Abolition of Slavery.
When was the first work related law made?
1836.
What amendment did the National Women's Suffrage Association want to alter?
The 15th amendment.
What did Horace Mann believe every child should do and why?
Go to school because he thought it would improve society.
In what year did most churches adopt this way of thinking?
1833.
Who was the man who was a slave and then escaped and became a prominent activist, author and public speaker?
Fredrick Douglass.
How many months of school must children under the age of fifteen attend every year?
Three months.
What convention did Susan B. Anthony make and when?
The Falls Convention in Seneca Falls, NY in 1848.
What position did Horace Mann have in Massachusetts?
Secretary of the board of education.