The Mighty Pen!
Transcendentalism was centered on writers and thinkers from which region?
New England
People creating reform movements related to abolition and women's rights was a result of the Second _______ _______.
Great Awakening
Where was the Declaration of Sentiments Introduced?
Seneca Falls Convention
This abolitionist had his hand branded with the letters SS after he was caught trying to help runaway slaves.
Jonathan Walker
Who inspired later reformers by introducing civil disobedience?
Henry David Thoreau
The goal of the temperance movement was to
outlaw the drinking of alcohol
Describe the Seneca Falls Convention.
The site of the first women's rights convention in history
Why did many plantation owners not want to educate their slaves?
Because an educated slave would be more difficult to control
Which group of people believed study and self-reflection would reveal better answers than science.
Transcendentalists
Who was a key figure in ensuring all American children received a proper education.
Horace Mann
This women escaped slavery and was a leader/speaker for both abolition and women's rights.
Sojourner Truth
How did Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin support anti slavery reform efforts?
It stirred outrage against slavery.
The Transcendentalism movement most directly affected the development of American
literature
______ and _____ children had little outside support and didn't learn to communicate well.
deaf and blind
What two key reform movements gave rise to the women's suffrage movement?
Anti-slavery and temperance
Who led a rebellion that led to laws being put into effect that prevented freeing of slaves?
Nat Turner
The writings of Transcendentalists had the greatest influence on which later movement in history?
Civil rights movement
Describe how orphaned children were treated in the 1800's before Charles Brace founded the Children's Aid Society.
Orphaned children led very difficult lives and usually lived in orphanages run by religious groups.
The women's rights movement was put on hold for a while due to people focusing more on what other reform movement AND major historical event.
anti-slavery reform / civil war
Which three abolitionist that we discussed published newspapers with anti slavery messages?
Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Elijah Parish Lovejoy