Trivia 1
This term describes the use of machines to produce goods instead of making goods by hand
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This invention removed seeds from cotton faster by hand
What is the Cotton Gin
North Star
Name of papers written by Frederick Douglas
What is abolition?
Movement to end slavery
Movement to ban alcohol
Temperance Movement
what did the second great awakening do?
made more people do good deeds.
Killed master and family to rebel against slavery
Nat Turner
What did the prison reform do?
Helped the mentally ill in prison
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Wrote the Declaration of Sentiments by revising words in the DOI to seek equality for women
What effect did the growth of factories have on farming and rural life
Farming decreased and urbanization took place
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Expose on slavery written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Underground railroad
Network of escape routes run by Harriet Tubman
Who reformed prison reform?
dorothea dix
What role did William LLoyd Garrison play in the abolition?
William Lloyd garrison wrote the Liberator, an anti slavery paper
why did they start the women's movement?
because they felt the women's laws were unfair.
what are slave codes
slave owners used to control slaves
why did he make education?
to help the kids in preparing for adulthood
why did prison reform become an issue?
She wanted to help the mentally ill people who were thrown in jail and not treated.
Geraldo Rivera
exposed the horrific conditions at Willowbrook
How did the cotton boom affect slavery
Slavery increased because farmers needed more workers
What did the second great awakening do for women?
Gave them a sense of leadership and identity
what is urbanization
A fast increase in people moving from the country to the city, leading to overcrowding
Fugitive Slave Act
Law signed by George Washington allowing for the capture of free or runaway slaves in the United States
Willowbrook had none for the children
toothbrushes
3 main movements in the reform era
Temperance, women's rights and abolition
Massachusetts
First state to set up public schools
Prudence Crandal
Opened girls school for African Americans in Connecticut
Difference between Northern and Southern attitudes on slavery
North relied on machines, no need for human slave labor. South needed slaves to keep their agricultural work increasing
What rights were denied women in the 1800's
Right to vote, to play a part in politics or keep their own money
What are 2 negative and 2 positive effects of the Industrial Revolution
Negative: Pollution/overcrowding/poverty/disease
Positive: Easier industry/increased product availability/urbanization/better living for some/