Women
Organizer of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
Writer who published the unsigned article "Life in the Iron Mills" in the Atlantic Monthly in 1861
Was was Rebecca Harding?
First railroad bridge across the Mississippi River, built in 1856
What was the Rock Island Bridge?
Who was Noah Webster?
Section of the US Constitution that provides guidelines about education
What is no section?
Historic American document that includes the new phrase "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal"
What is the Seneca Falls Declaration?
Two American cities who stood to lose our/become less important by the extension of the railroad from east to west
what were New Orleans and St. Louis?
Words used to describe America as more and more people came from different backgrounds to become part of the nation
What is a "melting pot"?
Called the "Father of American Education", he helped set up a system of free, compulsory public education
Who was Horace Mann?
Trailblazing female advocate for the mentally ill and mentally handicapped
Who was Dorothea Dix?
First American woman to address a legislative body
Who was Angelina Grimke?
The number of days and hours Lowell mill girls worked
What were 6 days a weeks and 12 hours a day?
Name of the boat that ran into the Rock Island Bridge, setting itself and the bridge on fire.
What was the Effie Afton?
Founder of Mt. Holyoke College
Who was Mary Lyon?
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
The first two women's colleges in America
What were Wesleyan College (1836) and Mt Holyoke College (1837)?
Year of New York City's major fire that destroyed about 700 buildings in one night
When was 1835 (Decemner)
What was the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad?
Popular school for female students started by Sarah Pierce that taught a broader range of subjects and included Harriett Beecher Stowe as a student?
What was Litchfield Female Academy?
She found a lawyer and went to court to successfully win her child back who had been sold to a buyer in the South by her former master, against New York state law. Later, she helped other blacks go to court to fight for their rights and she became a famous traveling civil rights speaker.
Who was Sojourner Truth?
Medical school that accepted Elizabeth Blackwell
What is Geneva College (now Hobart College)?
Industries that made Pittsburgh rich in the 19th century
What are the coal and iron industries?
This was the world's largest singlespan bridge when it was built in 1849 across the Ohio River
What was the Wheeling Suspension Bridge?
The percentage of black children who attended school in the mid-19th century
What was 2%?
Who was Lyman Beecher?