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The Temperance Movement Begins
The temperance movement was when alcohol was outlawed and it was illegal to have or purchase. -
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American and Reform Movements
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William Harrison publishes the "Liberator"
This was a newspaper that was anti-slavery. -
William Garrison founds the anti-slave society
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Dorothea Dix begins prison reform work
Her work that she did at these prisons ended up lead to the formation of mental hospitals. -
Harriet Tubman escapes slavery and joins the underground rail road
The underground rail road was a place that slaves hid underground in dungon basement type places to hide from their bosses, they would do this until they reached somewhere safe.