Abolistionist
Define abolition and explain what the abolition movement aimed to accomplish in 1800's America.
Abolition is the system of removing something permanently. They aimed to remove slavery from the United States.
What was the traditional role that most women accepted in 1800's society?
They had to get married, get children, and care for their own children and family.
What was the Second Great Awakening?
It was a big religious movement in the USA.
What did Susan B. Anthony do in 1872 and what were the consequences?
She voted in presidential elections and got fined $100.
Suffrage -
Able to vote
Where were most abolitionists from, and why did many women support the abolition movement?
They were from the Northern States. They thought that if slaves could vote they could vote as well.
List five restrictions that women faced in 1800's America.
They couldn’t vote, own property, make contracts, control their own wages, have custody of their children in the cause of a divorce, limited education out of elementary school, and couldn’t work outside.
What were the main goals of the Education Reform/Common School Movement?
To give free public education for kids, “Americanize” immigrants, and teach morality and citizenship.
Who was Harriet Tubman, and what did she accomplish for the abolition movement?
She was an escaped slave who went back 13 more times and had saved 70 slaves.
Suffragette -
Someone who fights for woman's rights
How did Harriet Beecher Stowe contribute to the abolition movement?
She wrote the popular abolitionist novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and it is about the misery of slavery, made well aware of the mistreatment of slaves.
What did the 19th Amendment accomplish and in what year was it passed?
It had given women the right to vote and run for office. Passed in 1920.
Explain how free public education was seen as important to a democratic republic.
Reading, writing, and arithmetic were important in order to vote and elect officials.
What did William Lloyd Garrison do to support the abolition movement?
He had written and published the anti-slavery newspaper, “The Liberator.” Helped spread awareness through his anti-slavery newspaper.
Abolition -
Is the system of removing something permanently
How did the abolitionist movement contribute to divisions between the North and South?
Southerners felt it stored up northerners to oppose slavery, it divided the north and south over state rights, the division led to civil war.
Why did women abolitionists shift their focus to the women's suffrage movement after the Civil War?
It’s because women felt they should have freedom to vote because African American men had freedom.
Give two examples of utopian communities and describe what made them unique or different from mainstream society.
Hopedale, Massachusetts, Equality of the Sexes
Oneida, New York, experimental family relationships
New Harmony, Indiana - Study science/philosophy
Nashoba, Tennessee - Abolitionist/Equal races
How did Harriet Beecher Stowe contribute to the abolition movement?
She wrote the popular abolitionist novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and it is about the misery of slavery, made well aware of the mistreatment of slaves.
Utopia -
"Perfect Society"
Why did the abolition movement anger Southerners? Explain their perspective.
Southerners thought they encouraged people to break the law and take properties away. They relied on slavery because of hard labor. Abolitionists were stealing their property.
Describe the difference between the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association in terms of their strategies.
The National Woman Suffrage Association is focused on getting women the right to vote through constitutional amendments. The American Woman Suffrage Association was trying for rights to vote in individual states.
How did the second great awakening change American religion?
It differentiated American religion through:
Large revival meetings
Church membership soars
Deism of the Founding Fathers replaced by growth in Protestant churches like the Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians
Explain William Seward's contributions to the abolition movement and American politics.
He was an abolitionist who helped create the republican party and has served as Lincoln's secretary of state. The republican party was founded on the main principle of ending slavery.
Underground Railroad -
It was a network of secret trails, safe houses, etc.