Cultural Changes
The wave of religious interest in the US in the 1800s was called the what?
Second Great Awakening
What did the South begin to grow that increased slavery in the 1800s?
cotton
How were women discriminated against in terms of pay in the 1800s?
They were paid half what men were paid.
The teaching of males and females together.
coeducation
What writing method was developed for the blind in the 1800s?
Braille
True
Where was the first women's rights convention held?
Seneca Falls, New York
The right to vote.
suffrage
Other than the deaf and blind, what other group of disabled people were given education opportunities in the 1800s?
mentally ill
Who wrote the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The most famous women's rights activist to push for women's suffrage was who?
a person who sought to end slavery in the early 1800s
abolitionist
A new movement in literature where writers wanted readers to see the importance of nature and inner conscience.
Transcendentalism
Who were the daughters of a slaveholding family who spoke out for abolition and women's rights?
The Grimke sisters
Which amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920?
Nineteenth Amendment
a perfect society
utopia
Who inspired the formation of "normal school" to train high school grads to be teachers?
Horace Mann
This society planned to send free African Americans back to Africa to start new lives.
American Colonization Society
Which women's rights activist called for equal pay, college training for women, coeducation, and temperance?
Susan B. Anthony
The push to ban alcohol.
Temperance