Reforming Reforming American SocietyAmerican Society
Reforming Reforming American SocietyAmerican Society
Efforts to Make America a Better nation,Efforts to Make America a Better nation,1800 - 18501800 - 1850
Efforts to Make America a Better nation,Efforts to Make America a Better nation,1800 - 18501800 - 1850
Reforming American Reforming American SocietySociety
Reform - To change something, to try to make it better
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Slavery & Slavery & AbolitionAbolition
Abolition - The call to outlaw [abolish] slavery in America
William Lloyd GarrisonAbolition
ist
Goal: an immediate end to slavery. Enslaved persons
emancipated [set free], with no payments to the slave owners
Started an ant-slavery newspaper called “The
Liberator”Founder -
“American Anti-Slavery Society”
Frederick DouglassFrederick DouglassDouglass was an escaped slave
that supported Garrison and The Liberator
He often spoke at meetings held by the American Anti-
Slavery SocietyWould publish his own anti-
slavery newspaper, “The North Star”
Douglass published his paper in Rochester, NY. He is buried
in that city
Temperance Temperance MovementMovement
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Americans in the 1800s drank an excessive amount
of alcohol
1830 - consumption of alcohol reached its all-
time high: 3.9 gallons per person
American Temperance Society was formed in
1826.It was dedicated to total
abstinence
Rights for WomenRights for WomenFor much of America’s early history, women were “second-class
citizens”
For much of America’s early history, women were “second-class
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Chapel,site of 1848 convention
The Women’s Rights Movement began with a
convention in Seneca Falls, NY
July 19 - 20, 1848
Declaration of Declaration of SentimentsSentiments
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“We hold these rights to be self-evident; that all
men and women are created equal; that
they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights; that among
these are life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness . . .
Elizabeth Cady StantonElizabeth Cady Stanton
Stanton was one of the main organizers of the
Seneca Falls Convention
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Stanton, circa 1856
She spent the rest of her life fighting to help women gain equality.
She died in 1902
Stanton and her husband had been
active in the abolition movement