chap 14 By EverythingCounts1 Dec 24, 1800 Second Great Awakening is starting Dec 24, 1817 first free American school for hearing impaired people Apr 24, 1830 The abolition movement is starting May 24, 1830 Temperance movement is started May 8, 1833 American Anti Slavery Society is formed Apr 11, 1835 Oberlin college becomes first to accept African Americans Apr 12, 1837 Horace Mann becomes Massachusetts first secretary of education Dec 24, 1840 The Potato Blight Jun 16, 1844 New York created first city police Dec 24, 1848 A failed German Revolution Jul 8, 1849 low wages forced most immigrants to live in poor housing Jul 12, 1849 Harriet Tubman escapes slavery Dec 24, 1849 New York suffered cholera epidemics Dec 24, 1849 Know Nothing Party is founded Dec 24, 1850 Middle class is formed