How did Harriet Tubman fight for the rights of enslaved African Americans?
Escaped from slavery and escorted more than 300 people to freedom
The right of women to vote
Women's suffrage
What did the Declaration of Sentiments state?
The declaration listed injustices women suffered such as being shut out from educational opportunities and good jobs. Also demanded full equality for women in every area of life.
How did Frederick Douglass fight for the rights of enslaved African Americans?
Learned to read, escaped to freedom in the North and described his experiences at antislavery rallies.
Idea based on nonviolence that people have a right to disobey a law they consider unjust, if their consciences demand it
Civil Disobedience
What is a Utopia?
An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect
Which two women met at the Seneca Falls Convention?
Elizabeth Cody Staton & Lucrecia Mott
Organized attempts to improve conditions of life
social reform
What is free will?
Your own actions determine your salvation
What was Dorthea Dix known for?
Prison reform- helped crate asylums for the mentally ill. She recognized that a lot of jailed people were in debt or mentally ill.
A person who wanted to end slavery
Abolitionist
A Network of people that helped enslaved people escape
Underground Railroad
Who was heavily involved in Education reform?
Horace Mann
Organized effort to end alcohol abuse and the problems created by it
Temperance movement
What is the Second Great Awakening?
Ministers challenge traditional ways of the church, they preached at revivals to encourage people to change their beliefs and reform their lives.