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Education reform
Before the reform, only wealthy, white children (mostly males) could go to school. Going to school was very expensive and most common people could not afford it. And if they could, the kids would usually only go for half the year.
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The Slave Trade ends
Nothern States had ended slavery in 1792, but Southern states still had slavery. Northern states didn't mind that the Southern states still kept slavery because they liked the cheap cotton that the south sold to the north.
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The Second Great Awakening
The Second Great awakening brought back religious beliefs. People gathered in churches and listened to preachers. That helped the people gain back their relgious feelings and thoughts. -
The Liberator is Started
The Liberator was a newspaper that an abilitionist, William Lloyd Garrison, started. He wrote about freeing slaves and promised he wouldn't back down. People who were pro slavery destroyed his printing press and burned down his house. Many escaped slaves incuding Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass spoke out against slavery.
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Lucretia Mott and Elziabeth Stanton meet for the first time
In 1840, at an anti-slavery convetion, Lucretia Mott and Elzabeth Stanton were found sitting next to each other. They were very different, but both of them wanted the same thing. More rights for women. They started campaigning for womens rights and influenced many other women, and some men, to join in.
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Dorothea Dix agrees to teach sunday school at a jail.
Before the reform, conditions for prisoners and the mentally ill were very bad. Their cells were small, dirty, and they were treated very badly. When Dorothea Dix went and taught at one of the jails, she was appalled and decided that something needed to be done. She started to campaign for better conditions for the pisoners and mentally ill.
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Seneca Falls
In 1848, aconvention met in Seneca Falls to discuss women's rights. Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Stanton led the convention that consisted of 300 people, includind 40 men. During the convention, organizers proposed the Declaration of Sentiments which was based on the Declaration of Independence. It stated all the rights that men had and women did not.
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Horace Mann is the man
By 1850, Horace Mann really influenced the education reform. By then, most white children attended public schools. Horace Mann was the superintendent and was the one who convinced the government to biuld the public schools in the first place
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Dorothea Dix dies
By the the time Dororthea Dix had died, states decided to make living conditions for the prisoners better and created special asylums for the mentally ill. Both of which were treated much better. They also had special facilities for children in trouble.
