Social Reform
What was the religious camp meetings called?
Revival
What does it mean to be an abolitionist?
The group that sought to end slavery.
What convention took place in July 1848?
The Seneca Falls Convention
Who started the public-school system as we know it today?
Horace Mann
Drinking little or no alcohol
Temperance
In the early 1800s, a wave of religious fervor stirred the nation
The Second great Awakening
A system of safe houses and antislavery sympathizer that helped enslaved people reach freedom in the north
The Underground Railroad
What was the fight for the right to vote called?
Suffrage
What were some the troubles of the early public-school system?
Some of the Children could not afford school, Low salaries to teachers, lack of training for teachers
The new religious movement began with frontier camp meetings
Revivals
Who led the charge against the consumption of alcohol?
Lyman Beecher
Who is the most famous conductor on the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What were some of the reforms the Women's movement called for?
Equal pay for women, college training for girls, and coeducation.
What college eventually allowed the admission of women and African Americans?
Ashmun Institute opened 1854
Members of the growing band of reformers who worked to abolish, or end, slavery
Abolistionists
In what state was the first law passed to ban the production and consumption of alcohol?
Maine
What society was formed to buy back slaves and send them to this country in Africa?
American Colonization Society
What changes in law and government took place due to the movement?
The women's declaration called for an end to all laws that discriminated against women.
What were the main three reforms to help with hearing, vision and special needs education?
Hearing: Thomas Gallaudet Vision: Dr. Samuel Gridley Ill persons: Dorothea Dix
The network of escapes routes from the South to the North
The Underground Railroad
The temperance movement of the mid 1800s led to what constitutional amendment banning the production and transportation of alcohol
The 18th Amendment
How did southerners try to justify slavery and thwart the abolitionist movement?
They claimed that slavery was essential to the south, and slave labor had allowed southern whites to reach a high level of culture.
How did the Women's movement connect with other social movements of the time?
Education, Temperance movement, Abolitionist movement
Early school houses were run by under trained teachers, what schools came about to train teachers?
Normal School
The right to vote
Suffrage