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Northerners Accept Slavery
Although the Northeners had ended slavery, they were fine with the South having slavery. They liked this because they were able to get cheap goods from the South. But not everyone was pleased with this. The abolitionists wanted slavery to end, and were fighting for it. Both blacks and whites were abolitionists trying to either end slavery peacefully or to get slaves to revolt. -
The Beggining of the Improvment of Education
Before the reform, there weren't any public schools. Most children couldn't afford school so they would go to school a few weeks each year. The kids who couldn't afford school spent their time stealing, destroying property, and setting fires. In Massachusetts, Horace Mann became the supervisor of education, and noticed the need for schools and spoke out. The citizens where he spoke agreed and began to pay higher taxes, pay teaschers more, and establish schools for teachers to be trained better. -
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The Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening was the revival of the religious community across the nation. People would gather in big groups, in tents and churchs, to hear preachers such as Charles G. Finney. Charles was the leader of the movement, when preaching he hoped to fill the people with the spirit of god. Unlike the first awakening, people were now told that everyone could be forgiven of their sins. Transcendalists were also part of the reform, trying to get people to question society's rules. -
Women Get Involved Fighting Against Slavery
Women began getting involved in the reform by speaking out. Some of the women speakers were Angelina and Sarah Grimke. The first time they spoke to people they had stones thrown at them. The buiding they spoke in was even burned. They spoke mostly to women, but eventually gained the confidence to speak in front of men. Another abolitionist at the time was Sojourner Truth, a former slave. Truth, Sojourner. Photograph. Britannica Online for Kids. Web. 10 Mar. 2013. <http://kids.britannica.com/el -
William Lloyd Garrison and Fredrick Douglass Fight for Slavery
William was a very religious man fighting for slavery. He began to write an abolitionist newspaper called The Liberator. He continued to write even though he knew Northeners would not like it. One day he heard an ascaped slave named Fredrick Douglass speaking to people. He was a great speaker and soon became a leader in the abolitionist movement. "William Lloyd Garrison." 2013. The Biography Channel website. Mar 10 2013, 09:00 http://www.biography.com/people/william-lloyd-garrison-9307251. -
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Stanton Meet
Lucretia and Elizabeth met at the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. When they arrived they were very dissapointed that women couldn't speak at the convention. Lucretia was inspired by the Grimke sisters, she became a womens rights activist. When Elizabeth she met Lucretia they agreeed that they needed to do somthing about womens rights. Image: "Lucretia Mott." 2013. The Biography Channel website. Mar 10 2013, 09:30 http://www.biography.com/people/lucretia-mott-9416590. -
Dorothea Dix Starts The Reform of the Treatment Prisoners And The Mentally Ill
When Dorothea Dix went to teach Sunday school at a jail, she saw the cruel punishments that the inmates were subjected to. Even the mentally ill were abused and beaten. Dorothea gathered information on the subject and went to the state legislator to rid the jails of cruel punishments and terrible conditions in the cells. She had helped make conditions much better then they were. For example, many places stopped branding people. Image: This work is in the public domain in the United States. -
Women's Rights Meeting at Seneca Falls
Around 300 people arrived for the meeting at Seneca Falls. Many were abolitionists, quakers, and other reformers. The organizers of the convention wrote the Declaration of Sentiments, which was a statement of the injustices suffered by women. The women for fighting for their right to vote, property rights, owning wages, and practicing things like medicine and law. All of these injustices ended up being resolved.Image: http://www.senecafallsfilm.org/about_stills.html -
Educational Improvents Made But More is Needed
Many states in the North and West used Horace Mann's ideas. Many white children (mostly males) attended public schools. This was a step up, but many more adjustments were needed. Most high schools and colleges did not accept women. African Americans did not attend public school. When they did, they went to seperate schools from the other students. By 1837, there were more rights for women but still no't many options for African Americans. Image http://ecologyofeducation.net/wsite/?p=2436
