School
Were woman able to go to school?
Yes, but only till elementary.
Define abolition and explain what the abolition movement aimed to accomplish in 1800's America.
Abolition= the act of removing slavery permanently
13. What was the traditional role that most women accepted in 1800's society?
Marry, have children, care for home and family
22. How many states allowed women to vote by 1919?
11 states
What were utopian societies?
Christian/religious communities
True or False
Was public education important?
True
Describe the Underground Railroad and explain why it was dangerous to help slaves escape.
Network of safe houses, and trails; was dangerous, was against law, and could be fined.
19. What did Susan B. Anthony do in 1872 and what were the consequences?
Tried to vote in a national election, got arrested and fined $100.
20. Which state was the first to give women the right to vote, and in what year?
Wyoming, 1890
what did utopian societies hey attempt to accomplish?
tried to be the perfect society.
What is the movement called for school?
Education Reform/Common School Movement
2. Where were most abolitionists from, and why did many women support the abolition movement?
They were from the northern states, so they could be able to vote
14. Why did women abolitionists shift their focus to the women's suffrage movement after the Civil War?
African american men could vote but women couldn’t still, felt unfair
23. What did the 19th Amendment accomplish and in what year was it passed?
All women had the right to vote and hold office in 1920
26. What was the Second Great Awakening and how did it change American religion?
A big religious movement in the USA,and growth in protestant churches
24. What were the main goals of the Education Reform/Common School Movement?
Provide free public education to all children, teach mortality and responsible citizenship, and americanize immigrants.
9. How did Harriet Beecher Stowe contribute to the abolition movement?
Wrote popular abolitionist novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, it's about the misery of slavery
12. List seven restrictions that women faced in 1800's America.
Vote nationally, own property, make contracts, control their wages, work outside of the home, go to school past elementary, Have custody of their children in the event of divorce
21. Who was Jeannette Rankin and why was her election historically significant?
First women elected to congress in 1916, also was a suffragette
27. Name four new religious movements that emerged during the Second Great Awakening.
7th Day Adventists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), Christian Scientists
25. Explain how free public education was seen as important to a democratic republic.
It was important to a democratic republican because teaching basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills were important in order to vote and elect officials.
10. Why did the abolition movement anger Southerners? Explain their perspective.
Felt they encouraged people to break the law, and abolitionist were taking away their property
Describe the difference between the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association in terms of their strategies.
National Woman Suffrage, wanted to change the constitution through an amendment; American Women Suffrage, give women the right on a state to state basis.
18. Who led the American Woman Suffrage Association and what was their approach?
Lucy Stone and Henry Blackwell, wanted to give women the right to vote in individual states
29. Give examples of utopian communities and describe what made them unique or different from mainstream society.
New Harmony, Indiana - Study science/philosophy
Nashoba, Tennessee - Abolitionist/Equal races
Hopedale, Massachusetts - Equality of the sexes
Oneida, New York - Experimental family relationships
Many were Christian/religious communities
Shakers, Harmonites, Hopedale, Fruitland, and many others
Some were socialist/common ownership
Brook Farm in Massachusetts; Oberlin in Ohio