Vocabulary Ch.8 Sec 1 Horace Mann Social Reform Temperance
movement Prohibition Dorothea Dix
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Reform Movement Horace Mann believed that public education is
essential for democracy to work. Free will is the idea that people
are able to make their lives and society better. During the 1800s
people believed they could improve themselves and society. This led
to a wave of reform movements.
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Ch.8 The Fight Against Slavery Abolitionist Reformers who
wanted to end slavery. William Lloyd Garrison Forceful voice to end
slavery without violence Frederick Douglass Born into slavery,
escaped and started an antislavery newspaper called the North Star.
Harriet Tubman Escaped slavery then helped over 300 slaves escape
in the Underground Railroad.
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The Fight Against Slavery Alexander Hamilton and Ben Franklin
opposed slavery. They believed slavery violated the most basic
principle of the Declaration of Independence, that all men are
created equal. In 1780, Pennsylvania became the first state to pass
a law that gradually eliminated slavery.
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Warm Up What is a reform movement? What was the name of the
Abolitionist newspaper Frederick Douglass published?
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Antislavery Movement William Lloyd Garrison 1. Favored full
political rights for all African Americans 2. Cofounded the
American Anti-Slavery Society. Frederick Douglass 1. He would speak
at Anti slavery rallies 2. Published an antislavery newspaper
called the North Star.
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Opposing Abolition Northerners profited on the existence of
slavery Northern workers feared that freed slaves would take their
jobs.
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The Underground Railroad Abolitionists that dedicated
themselves to helping people escape slavery. A network of people
black and white, northerners and southerners who secretly helped
slaves reach freedom Stations were homes of abolitionists, caves or
churches. Harriet Tubman escorted more than 300 people to freedom
via the Underground Railroad.
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Quilt Codes Secret messages in the form of quilt patterns were
made to aid slaves in escaping through the Underground Railroad.
Most slaves could not read or write, therefore codes were used as a
form of communication. Quilt patterns were used in certain patterns
to create a message. This assignment is worth 100 points 25 points
per square
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Vocabulary Ch.8 Sec 3 Womens Suffrage Womens rights
movement
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A man and his son were in a terrible accident, the man died.
The son was rushed into emergency surgery. The doctor walked into
the room looked down at the boy and said "I can't operate on this
boy, he's my son". Who was the doctor?
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A call for Womens Rights In 1820 women could not serve on
juries, attend college, become lawyers or medical doctors. Most
Americans believed that a womans place was in the home. Women began
to demand rights as equal citizens
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Chapter 8 Sec 4 American Literature and Arts Transcendentalism:
A cultural movement that explored the relationship between people
and nature. Henry David Thoreau He urged people to live a simple
life Wrote the book Walden, about his time alone living in the
woods.
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Art and Music in the Mid 1800s A group of artists focused on
the landscape of America. Artists painted pictures of American
landscapes.
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Warm Up Name two things women could not do in the 1820s? Become
lawyers or medical doctors What is transcendentalism? A movement
that explored the relationship between people and nature. What were
American artists painting in the mid 1800s? The landscape of
America Who wrote the book Walden? Henry David Thoreau
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Warm Up 2/27/2014 What is prohibition? Name a key figure in the
Anti-Slavery Movement(not Harriet Tubman). What contributions did
this person make?
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Group Work You can work in groups of two. Write a one paragraph
biography on each of the women below. Include in each biography
what contributions each woman made to the womens rights movement.
Provide a picture that summarizes each womens achievement.
Sojourner Truth 301 Lucretia Mott 301 Elizabeth Cady Stanton 302
Susan B Anthony 303 Also Include a definition of womens suffrage.
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