abolition
Define abolition and explain what the abolition movement aimed to accomplish in 1800's America.
Abolition = The act of abolishing a system or practice; to get rid of something permanently. It aimed to end slavery in the US
What was the traditional role that most women accepted in 1800's society?
That their role was to Mary and have children, and care for their home and family.
What was the Second Great Awakening and how did it change American religion?
A big religious movement in the USA
What was one of the main goals of the Education Reform/Common School Movement?
Provide free public education to all children and
what were Utopian Societies
Efforts to set up a “perfect society”
Where were most abolitionists from, and why did many women support the abolition movement?
Most abolitionists were from the Northern states
Many were women who felt that if the slaves were freed and given the vote then women would also be given the vote
List five restrictions that women faced in 1800's America.
In the 1800’s women could not:
Vote (nationally)
Own property
Make contracts
Control their own wages
Have custody of their children in the event of divorce (which was very rare)
how did the second great awakening change American religion?
New religious movements
Lead large revival leading
Growth in Protestant churches.
Explain how free public education was seen as important to a democratic republic.
Teach basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills
Teach morality and responsible citizenship
Creates a shared history and common culture and values
Enshore they have smart people to vote and be in congress.
what were some Christian/religious communities
Shakers, Harmonites, Hopedale, Fruitland, and many others
Describe the Underground Railroad and explain why it was dangerous to help slaves escape.
The “Underground Railroad” was a network of secret trails, safe houses, and people that would help escaped slaves get to freedom in the North and It was dangerous to help slaves escape. It was against the law and you could be fined, jailed, have you property taken, or even killed by angry slave hunters
Why did women abolitionists shift their focus to the women's suffrage movement after the Civil War?
After the Civil War many women who had been involved in the Abolitionist Movement now began to use those skills as part of the Women’s Suffrage Movement
what were some New religious movements
7th Day Adventists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Christian Scientists
why does a democratic republic needs educated citizen
A democratic republic needs educated citizens
Helps to “Americanize” immigrants
Creates a shared history and common culture and values
what was one of the socialist/common ownership town or utopian society
Brook Farm in Massachusetts; Oberlin in Ohio
What did William Lloyd Garrison do to support the abolition movement?
William Lloyd Garrison wrote & published the anti-slavery newspaper The Liberator
Define suffrage and explain why women felt gaining the right to vote was their primary goal.
Suffrage = Right to vote
Women focused on the right to vote
Felt that the other issues could only be changed if they had a say in government
Many women did not support the other changes and felt their role WAS in the home with family
what was church membership soars
Deism of the Founding Fathers replaced by growth in Protestant churches like the Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians
What was another one of the main goals of the Education Reform/Common School Movement?
Helps to “Americanize” immigrants (simulation)
what was the utopian society in New Harmony, Indiana
to Study science/philosophy
Why did the abolition movement anger Southerners? Explain their perspective.
Abolitionism greatly angered the South, the southerners felt they encouraged people to break the law and take away their property (slaves). Southerners felt they stirred up the north to oppose slavery
Describe the difference between the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association in terms of their strategies.
National Woman Suffrage Association
Focused on gaining women the right to vote through a Constitutional amendment
Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton
American Woman Suffrage Association
Focused on gaining women the right to vote in individual states thinking if enough states allowed it the national law would change
Lucy Stone & Henry Blackwell
Name three new religious movements that emerged during the Second Great Awakening.
any of the above
jehovah’s Witnesses, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Christian Scientists
what does a democratic republic needs educated citizens
Helps to “Americanize” immigrants
What were three other utopian towns.
Nashoba, Tennessee - Abolitionist/Equal races
Hopedale, Massachusetts - Equality of the sexes
Oneida, New York - Experimental family relationships