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Labor Unions
They wanted safe and fair working conditions for workers. -
Abolistionists
Abolistionists wanted to end slavery in America. They demanded the immediate emancipation of slavery. -
Transandentalists
Called for a “return to nature” & believed man should rely upon himself, not society -
Temperance
They wanted moderation in the consumption of intoxicating liquors or press for complete abstinence. -
Free Soils
They opposed slavery in the new territories and sometimes worked to remove existing laws that discriminated against freed African Americans -
Seneca Falls
They wanted equality for women. -
Radical Republicans
They demanded harsh policies for reconstruction. -
Populists
They wanted federal control of railroads and fairness for farmers. -
Progressives
They wanted laws regulating tenement housing and child labor, and other things, like sanitary condtions.
