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A Protestant revival movement in the United States during the early 19th Century
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This American women's rights activist founded the Troy Female Seminary, now named the Emma Willard Schools, in Troy, New York.
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The predominant religious tradition of the Latter Day Saint movement founded by Joseph Smith Jr.
Religious Reform -
Nat Turner led over 70 enslaved and free blacks in the killing of around 60 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.
Abolition -
William Loyd Garrison printed The Liberator, an abolitionist newspaper, to give hope to slaves nationwide.
Abolition -
Horace Mann, American education reformer, became the Superintendent of Massachsuetts schools after serving in the Massachusetts senate and before serving in the US House of Representatives.
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After two failed attempts, Fredrick Douglass finally reaches freedom by boarding a train to Havre de Grace, Maryland.
Abolition -
After traveling from state to state, Dorthea Dix pushed for better treatment for the mentally insane and handicapped because she saw the current treatment as unfit and unfair.
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Founded by former Unitarian minister George Ripley as a joint stock company, the Brook Farm promised participants a portion of the profits from the farm in exchange for equal amount of work.
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Considered the first full-time American female book reviewer in journalism, Fuller's book, Woman in the 19th Century, is considered to be the first major feminist work in the US
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Held in Seneca Falls, New York, this convention played a big role in the beginning of the fight for women's suffrage with such women in attendance as Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Women's Rights -
Published in 1849, in this essay, Thoreau argues that individuals should not let governments rule their consciences and that "they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice."
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A year after attending the Seneca Falls Convention, Amelia Bloomer starts to publish her views on temperance and social issues in The Lily.
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After trying to escape with her brothers, Harriet escapes on her own, taking a 90 mile journey on foot through the Underground Railroad being led by the North Star.
Abolition -
Temperance activist Neil Dow passed this law prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, other than those used for medicinal uses.
Temperance -
This anti-slavlery novel depicting the life for blacks under slavery "helped lay the ground work for the Civil War."
Literature -
After being passed by the Senate and House of Representatives, this amendment abolishing slavery was officially adopted by Secretary of State, William H. Seward.
Abolition -
This act granted property rights to married women, allowing them to own and control their own property.
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This amendment established prohibition in the US but was later ratified in 1933 by the 21st amendment.
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The 19th amendment finally granted women suffrage by prohibiting anyone in the US to be denied their right to vote based on sex.
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