Know Your VO
to make change in order to bring about improvement, end abuses and/or correct injustices
reform
In this reform movement, many effected people were denied or had very limited rights to vote, own land, manage their own money, divorce, education, protection from abuse.
Women's Rights
What was the focus of Horace Mann’s reform movement?
public education
Who was an organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention?
Lucretia Mott
What was used as a model for the "Declaration of Sentiments", drafted at the Seneca Falls?
Declaration of Independence
What is the term of the group that was focused on eliminating slavery?
abolitionists
In this reform movement, many effected people were denied rights to sanitary conditions, clothing, heat, food or water
Prison or Mental Illness reform
Dorothea Dix dedicated her life to ...
Helping people in the prison system/mentally ill.
What motivated William Lloyd Garrison to join the antislavery movement?
religious beliefs
Who benefited most from early efforts to establish public schools?
boys
What is the term used to describes a person who followed a philosophy that taught people to trust their emotions and intuition?
transcendentalism
In this reform movement, many effected people were denied rights to a free education.
Free public education
How did Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison spread their message of freedom for all people?
through newspapers
Name the two newspapers that William Lloyd Garrison and Fredrick Douglas had and who had which one?
William Lloyd Garrison ~ The Liberator
Fredrick Douglas ~ The North Star
Name 2 rights being denied to women in 1848?
control over property and wages
right to vote
divorce
education
to obey established rules and patterns; to do things as others think you should do them
conform
In this reform movement, many effected people were denied rights to vote, freedom, education, protection from abuse, life.
anti-slavery reform
Who were the sisters that were influential to both, the abolitionist movement and womans rights?
The Grimke sisters
Why did Elizabeth Blackwell have a difficult time getting into medical school?
Most medical schools would not accept women.
What was the main obstacle for women who were working to end slavery in the United States?
They were not allowed to vote.
What was the immediate effect of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848?
It created an organized campaign for women's rights.
In this reform movement, many effected people were brought back to the church to be saved.
(be specific to the name of the movement)
The Second Great Awakening
Who's approach to individualism, questioned society's rules and institutions?
Henry David Thoreau
What event motivated Elizabeth Cady Stanton to become active in the women’s rights movement?
She was not allowed to speak at a convention.
How were the lives of slaves and women similar?
Both were denied rights.