Reforms and Social Changes
This form education grew rapidly in the 1820's and 1850's
Free public education
This famous asylum reformer publicized the inhumane treatment of mental institutionalized patients:
Dorthea Dix
He was considered the “manifest destiny” president
James Polk
This was the first national meeting held to discuss women’s rights
Seneca Falls Convention
Placing the interests of a region over the interests of the country
Sectionalism
This reform movement led to 15 states changing their policies regarding penitentiaries, hospitals and asylums,
Asylum Reforms
He was a former slave who wrote an anti-slavery newspaper called the North Star
Frederick Douglas
What slogan demanded the Oregon territory from Great Britain
54 40 or Fight
These two women were prominent figure during the Seneca Falls Convention
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This term refers to people that are against slavery:
Abolitionists
This reform movement hoped to end alcohol abuse:
Temperance Movement
He led an unsuccessful slave rebellion killing 60 whites:
Nat Turner
This term means to add a state to the United States:
annexed
What document came out of the Seneca Falls Convention?
Declaration of Sentiments
The discovery of this in San Francisco led to a flood of Americans to California:
Gold
This religious revival stressed salvation through repentance:
The Great Awakening
He wrote an anti-slavery newspaper and became the most popular abolitionist in the North
William Lloyd Garrison
This term means the belief that God wanted the United States to acquire all lands to the Pacific Ocean:
Manifest Destiny
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Sentiments? (2)
To get women the right to vote
To gain gender equality
As America spread west, sectional issues over this grew:
Slavery
This movement called for the immediate end of slavery
The Abolition Movement
This reformer thought creating free public schools would "save" immigrant children from their parents' bad influence
Horace Mann
What three things the U.S. did to acquire all lands to the Pacific and achieve its manifest destiny?
Acquire Oregon from Great Britain
Acquire Land held by Mexico
Annex Texas
Where did the concept for the Declaration of Sentiments come from?
The Declaration of Independence
A disputed over land borders led to the United States fighting in this w
Mexican American War