Education/Utopias
TRUE or FALSE
Many Ideal Communities and Utopias that were started in America did very well.
FALSE
Women were not allowed to do in America this until 1920.
Vote
Define the word Abolish
To get rid of something
In the 1800's many prisoners had this done to them in prison.
Beaten, chained, whipped, or put in a cage.
TRUE or FALSE
Transcendentalists were the 1800's version of hippies
TRUE
He was the leader in fighting for a free public education in America.
Horace Mann
She became the leader of the Women's Rights movement and was arrested for voting.
Susan B. Anthony
He was a runaway slave, author, public speaker and met with President Abraham Lincoln.
Frederick Douglass
There were very few asylums in the 1800's, so most of these people were thrown into jails or prisons.
Mentally Ill
This Transcendentalist lived out in the woods for several years by himself.
Henry David Thoreau
Horace Mann believed that this should be used to pay for school buildings and teacher salaries.
Taxes
Women's rights leaders also spoke out against this horrible institution.
Slavery
William Lloyd Garrison wrote this antislavery newspaper.
The Liberator
Children that committed crimes had to go to this in the 1800s.
Adult Prisons
This Transcendentalist was a famous author.
Emerson
George Ripley started the Ideal Community of Brook Farm where everyone shared in these three things.
Work, food, housing, clothing and money
This was the first Women's Rights Convention held in America.
Seneca Falls
She was a former slave who changed her name, spoke out against slavery and fought for women's rights.
Sojourner Truth
She visited state prisons in Massachusetts and wrote prison officials. She wanted reforms for prisoners
Dorothea Dix
Transcendentalists believed that most people were born _________ but society made them ________.
good, bad
These two groups of people were excluded from most public schools and universities in the 1800s.
Women and blacks
Name 3 rights that women were denied in the 1800's.
Vote, own property, divorce their husbands, and sit on juries.
These sisters sold their plantation and gave all their slaves freedom.
The Grimke Sisters
This was a prison for people who could not pay their bills, but they were eliminated.
Debtors Prisons
What were two concepts that Transcendentalists believed in?
Not conforming to society
Becoming one with nature
Trusting your emotions and idividualality