Women's Rights
What was the first gathering that talked about rights for Women?
Seneca Falls Convention
Who was the male slave that escaped and wrote a autobiography about his life?
Fredrick Douglass.
How many gallons of alcohol a year was the average man drinking?
Over 5 gallons a year.
Who is known as the "Father of Public Education" and pushed for free public schools and well educated teachers?
Horace Mann
How did the Market Revolution cause the Second Great Awakening?
The market revolution created a community that was more focused on themselves instead of others.
Who was the woman who fought for rights of the mentally insane and wanted better living environments for asylums and prisons?
Dorothea Dix
Who was most well known women who was a slave but helped other slaves escape through the underground railroad and also nicknamed Moses?
Harriet Tubman.
Why did women want the prohibition of alcohol?
They wanted their children and themselves to be safer from domestic violence and financial ruin.
Who was Horace Mann mainly trying to get free education for?
Children in poverty.
What helped Christians realize that everyone is equal and that slavery was wrong?
The Second Great Awakening.
What other reform movement went hand in hand for the women's rights movement?
The Temperance reform movement.
What were the network of safety routes and houses used to help enslave people to freedom called?
The Underground Railroad.
What was the constitutional amendment that banned the manufacture and sell of alcohol?
The 18th amendment.
Why were education reform movements happening?
To give the new generations more education on the things around them and what they will need in the future.
What preacher was one of the most well known revival leaders during the Second Great Awakening known for his emotional sermons and anxious bench?
Charles Finney
What were the rights that the women were protesting for?
Getting the same opportunities as men like owning property, same wages as men, and the right to vote.
What was the political party that was formed to stop the expansion of slavery in the Western territories?
The Free Soil Party.
What woman was famous for intruding and attacking saloons with a hatchet as part of protesting the drinking of alcohol?
Carrie Nation.
What was the system of training teachers called so they could give the kids a better education?
Normal Schools
What was the religious group that was founded by Joseph Smith and faced discrimination so they moved to Utah?
The Mormons
Who were the woman that put together the Seneca Falls Convention?
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
What male abolitionist co-founded the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833 and asked for the instant end of slavery?
William Lloyd Garrison.
What did Temperance supporters think that reducing alcohol would do for the country?
Help raise the economy.
Who is the woman that advocated for females education and trained women to become teachers?
Catharine Beecher
Who led the Mormons to settle in Utah?
Brigham Young