Abolition
Define abolition and explain what the abolition movement aimed to accomplish in 1800's America.
The act of abolishing a belief or practice, they aimed to abolish slavery.
Who led the National Woman Suffrage Association and what was their approach?
Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Which state was the first to give women the right to vote, and in what year?
Wyoming 1890
What were the main goals of the Education Reform/Common School Movement?
Provide free education.
What were utopian societies and what did they attempt to accomplish?
They were societies aiming to make perfect society.
Where were most abolitionists from, and why did many women support the abolition movement?
The North, because they thought if this worked their reform movement would also work.
Who led the American Woman Suffrage Association and what was their approach?
Lucy Stone & Henry Blackwell
What did Susan B. Anthony do in 1872 and what were the consequences?
Voted nationally, she got fined 100 dollars & jailled.
Explain how free public education was seen as important to a democratic republic.
Because if the public isn’t educated, the decision they make aren’t good.
Why are Utopias impossible to accomplish?
Because nothing is perfect.
Who was Harriet Tubman, and what did she accomplish for the abolition movement?
She was one of the major roleplayers in the underground railroad, she would also be a forehead in the movement.
Describe the difference between the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association in terms of their strategies.
The NWSA wanted to pass an amendment to get to women's rights, & AWSA focused on individual states allowing to vote, so that every other state would follow.
Explain William Seward's contributions to the abolition movement and American politics.
He helped create the Republican party, Lincoln’s secretary of state, & the republican party was built on ending slavery.
What was another thing that the Social reform on school wanted to accomplish?
They would be able to teach kids basic morality & americanize immigrants.
Give two examples of utopian communities and describe what made them unique or different from mainstream society.
New Harmony, Indiana - Study science/philosophy
Nashoba, Tennessee - Abolitionist/Equal races
Hopedale, Massachusetts - Equality of the genders
Oneida, New York - Experimental family relationships
Describe the Underground Railroad and explain why it was dangerous to help slaves escape.
It was a network of safehouses that allowed slaves to escape to Canada, because if they were caught helping the slaves they would get jailed.
Define suffrage and explain why women felt gaining the right to vote was their primary goal.
Suffrage is the right to vote, because if they could affect the government the could ultimately complete their ultimate goal.
How did the abolitionist movement contribute to divisions between the North and South?
It gave a divide in a belief, and made a path towards the civil war.
What was the Second Great Awakening and how did it change American religion?
Large revival meetings, church membership, soars, & deism of the founding fathers replaced by growth in protestant churches.
Many Christian/religious communities were:
Shakers, Harmonites, Hopedale,& Fruitland
Why did the abolition movement anger Southerners? Explain their perspective.
They thought it encouraged the breaking of the law, as they saw slaves as property so if they freed them they thought they were stealing property.
Why did women abolitionists shift their focus to the women's suffrage movement after the Civil War?
This was because they thought that if the civil war helped the Africans Americans they could also get this freedom.
Who was Jeannette Rankin and why was her election historically significant?
It gave more of a push for women rights, and was the first women in congress 1916, & was a suffragette.
Name three new religious movements that emerged during the Second Great Awakening.
Baptist, Methodist, & Presbyterians churches.
Some socialist/common ownership were:
Brook Farm in Massachusetts; Oberlin in Ohio