chapter 14 timeline By morganhenson23 Dec 24, 1800 some Americans took part in the Christian renewal movement called the Second Great Awakening Dec 24, 1817 Thomas Gallaudet founded the first free American school for hearing impaired people Dec 24, 1821 Emma Willard opened Female Seminary Dec 24, 1830 Americans consumed an average of seven gallons of alcohol per year Dec 24, 1830 Americans support abolition!! Dec 24, 1831 Samuel Howe opened the Perkins School for the Blind Dec 24, 1832 New York City suffered cholera epidemics that killed thousands Dec 24, 1833 William Garrison helped found the American Anti- Slavery Society Dec 24, 1837 Mann became Massachusetts's first secretary of education Dec 24, 1840 Potato Blight brought the Irish to the U.S. Dec 24, 1840 Elizabeth Cady Stanton attended the World's Anti- Slavery Convention Dec 24, 1840 Some transcendentalists formed a community at Brook Farm, Massachusetts Dec 24, 1844 New York City created the first city police force Dec 24, 1848 First medical college for women opened!!! Dec 24, 1849 Harriet Tubman escaped slavery Dec 24, 1849 Nativists founded a political organization, the Know- Nothing Party