Social Reform
This wave of religious fervor dominated the early 1800s in the United States
The Second Great awakening
What is an Abolitionist
A person that is against slavery
What convention took place in July 1848
Seneca Falls Convention
Who started the public-school system as we know it today
Horace Mann
Temperance
abstinence from alcoholic drink.
Religious camp meetings on the frontier that saw the presence of great speakers and preachers of the era
Revivals
What is the underground railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of people, African American as well as white, offering shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people from the South.
What was the fight for the right to vote called
What is Women's Suffrage
What were some of the troubles of the early public-school system
Classroom size, and Indian Attacks
Revivals
a reawakening of religious fervor, especially by means of a series of evangelistic meetings.
This Connecticut minister was a crusader against the production, distribution, and consumption of alcohol
Lyman Beecher
Who is the most famous conductor on the underground railroad
Harriet Tubman
What were some of the reforms the Women’s movement called for
They fought for the right to vote, and Workers rights
What college eventually allowed the admission of women and African Americans (Give college names and years only)
Oberlin college in 1835
Abolitionist
a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery.
This Northern state was home to one of the first laws banning the manufacture and sale of alcohol
Maine
What society bought slaves and sent them to what country
American Colonization Society sent them to Liberia
What changes in law and government took place due to the movement
Eventually women gained the right to vote, and the got equal pay
What were the main three reforms to help with hearing, vision, and special needs education (match the name to the reform)
Thomas Gallaudet (deaf)
Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a network of people, African American as well as white, offering shelter and aid to escaped enslaved people from the South. It developed as a convergence of several different clandestine efforts. The exact dates of its existence are not known, but it operated from the late 18th century to the Civil War, at which point its efforts continued to undermine the Confederacy in a less-secretive fashion.
The temperance movement of the mid 1850s lost steam after several years the movement was revived however and led to the passage of this amendment in 1917
18th amendment
How did southerners try to justify slavery and thwart the abolitionist movement
The south used violence and they tried to used verses of the Bible to justify the beliefs
How did the Women’s movement connect with other social movements of the time?
Women's movement was intertwined with the abolitionist movement because they both fought against suffrage
Early school houses were run by under-trained teachers, what schools came about to train teachers
What is Normal school
Suffrage
the right to vote in political elections.