Social Reform
What was the second great awakening?
A wave of religious fervor
What does it mean to be an abolitionist?
It means that you want to get rid of slavery.
What convention took place in July 1848?
The Seneca Falls Convention
Who started the public-school system as we know it today?
Horace Mann
The drinking of little to no alcohol.
Temperance
What were religious camp meetings called?
Revivals
What is the underground railroad?
A network of safe-houses used by slaves to escape captivity.
What was the fight for the right to vote called?
Suffrage
What were some of the troubles of the early public-school system?
Corporal punishment, unqualified teacher, and a small curriculum.
Religious camp meetings
Revivals
Who led the charge against the consumption of alchohol?
Lyman Beecher
Who is the most famous conductor on the underground railroad?
What were some of the reforms the Women's movement called for?
They wanted temperance, peace, worker's rights, and abolition.
What college eventually allowed the admission of women and African Americans?
Oberlin College of Ohio, founded in 1833.
A growing band of reformers who worked to abolish, or end, slavery.
Abolitionist
In what state was the first law passed to ban the production and consumption of alcohol?
Maine
What society was formed to buy back slaves, and sent them to what country in Africa?
The American Colinization Society, sent slaves to Liberia.
What changes in law and government took place due to the movement?
The government inputed the 19th amandment.
What were the main three reforms to help with hearing, vision, and special needs education?
Thomas Gallaudet-deaf
Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe-blind
Dorothe Dix's-special needs
A network of escape routs from the South to the North.
Underground Railroad
The temperance movement of the mid 1800's led to what constitutional amendment banning the production and transportation of alcohol?
The 18th amendment.
How did southerners try to justify slavery?
They said that it was vital to their economy.
How did the Women's movement connect with other social movements of the time?
They wanted equal rights, pay, the abolishment of slavey, and equal education.
Early school houses were run by under trained teachers, what schools came about to train teachers?
"Normal Schools"
The fight for the right to vote
Suffrage