Slavery & Abolitionists
When was the abolition period?
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What is before the Civil War (or the middle of the 1800s)
In the Antebellum era, married women were seen under the law as property of this person:
Who is the husband?
This words means "to get rid of"
What is abolish?
This woman, a fugitive slave, rescued many people on the Underground Railroad.
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Who is Harriet Tubman?
Name one thing a woman couldn't do in the Antebellum era.
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What is? --keep their wages or get good jobs
-go to college
-vote or hold office
-become doctors
-keep the kids in a divorce, etc.
this word means extremely new and different
What is radical?
This invention led to an increase in the demand for slave labor
What is the cotton gin?
This was the area of reform that Horace Mann was working in:
What is education?
This is someone who works hard for a cause
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What is an activist?
He founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church and preached that slavery was evil
Who is Richard Allen?
Name one of several main ideas for how to end crime in the 1800s
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What are:
-professional police forces
-improved prisons
-ending the drinking of alcohol
-educating people about crime
This word means "to free"
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What is to emancipate?
This caused the wider period of reform, especially around ending slavery
What is the Second Great Awakening or anything about religion?
Name one specific improvement made to education in the Antebellum era
What is: standardized curriculum, teacher training, tax-funded public schools
this word means to treat people unfairly based on their race, gender, religion, etc.
What to discriminate?