America and Reform Movements

  • 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

  • William Harrison publishes the "Liberator"

    This was a newspaper that was anti-slavery.
  • William Garrison founds the anti-slave society

  • 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.

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