Prison Reform/Education
Who is Dorthea Dix?
Abolition was a movement that sought to end this labor system.
What is slavery?
This substance was considered a problem during the Temperance Movement.
What is alcohol?
This leader is credited for writing the Declaration of Sentiments and fighting for women's rights.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
The founder of Transcendentalism.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Who is Horace Mann?
This man published the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator. His stance or belief about slavery was “I will not retreat a single inch - and I will be heard.”
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
This artist is famous for painting American birds.
Who is Audubon?
The Declaration of Sentiments written at Seneca Falls echoed the words of this famous document from American history.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This leader was inspired by Transcendentalism. He applied these ideas in the later Civil Rights Movement in America. "I have a dream..."
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
Dorthea Dix fought to end this in prisons; one example had inmates tied on pulleys that painfully stretched their limbs.
What is torture?
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this novel that illustrated the evils and horrors of slavery in the South.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This style of painting featured natural landscapes and humans settling peacefully.
What is Hudson River School?
This convention was held on July 19, 1848 to declare that women should have equal rights.
This person believed it was the duty of people to disobey unjust government policies and take action instead of just speaking out.
Who is Henry David Thoreau ?
Name one of the basic ideas that the education reform movement supported.
What is...
free education supported by taxes, teachers should be trained, or children should be required to attend school?
This was a secret passage for runaway slaves to the North where they could be free. Not an actual train...
What is the Underground Railroad?
Alcohol was blamed for ________ at home, in the streets, and lack of productivity. (check your notes!)
This word means the ability to vote.
Transcendentalists believe that everyone is born with one of these. Always let it be your guide!
What is a conscience?
Name 2 causes of the education reform movement
What is...
schools poorly funded, teachers lacked training, or females received little schooling and many children didn't go to school at all
Name 3 individuals who spoke out against slavery in the abolition movement.
Who is..
Frederick Douglas, Sojourner Truth, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman
What is west?
What is 1920?
This 19th century reform movement relied heavily on the ideas of Transcendentalism. They wouldn't see changes until after the Civil War.
What is the abolition movement?