New Movements in America By JDArePurple Dec 24, 1817 Samuel Gridly Howe founded the first free American school for hearing impaired Dec 24, 1817 Robert Finney started the American Colonization Society Dec 24, 1821 Charles Gradison Finney becomes leader of the Second Great Awaking Dec 24, 1821 Troy Female Seminary opened by Emma Willard Dec 24, 1830 The start of the Underground Railroad Period: Dec 24, 1830 to Dec 25, 1839 Underground Railroad Dec 24, 1831 Samuel Gridly Howe opened the Perkins School for the Blind Dec 24, 1832 Epidemic in New York Killed Thousands Period: Dec 24, 1832 to Dec 25, 1849 Epidemic killed thousands in New York Dec 24, 1833 William Lloyd Garrison founded the American Anti-Slavery Society Dec 24, 1835 Oberlin College allowed Blacks in Period: Dec 24, 1836 to Dec 25, 1844 House of Representatives used a gag rule Dec 24, 1837 Horace Mann became Massachusetts's first secretary of education Dec 24, 1841 Dorothea Dix visited prisons to help reform Period: Jan 1, 1844 to Dec 31, 1847 Irish moved to America Dec 24, 1844 New York created the first city police force Jul 7, 1848 Germans had a staged a revolution against harsh rule Dec 24, 1848 First medical college for women Dec 24, 1848 Seneca Falls Convention was made