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The court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony decided to give populous towns a school. This was the foundation of public education for the United States.
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The Eight Amendment is ratified, prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment for inmates. This later becomes reinforced by prison reform movement groups in the later future.
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The sale of alcohol to drunkards is outlawed in Indiana, in addition to licenses needed to purchase alcohol.
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The first public high school in the United States opens.
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The first move to prohibiting the consumption of alcohol. It was seen as immoral and irreligious as it sometimes ruined families.
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The founding of the Abolitionist group led by William Lloyd Garrison with Fredrick Douglass as a popular speaker. Although it had support, it often faced opposition resulting in violence.
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Horace Mann, the secretary of Massachusett's board of education, created many of the modern styles of education, including separated grade levels and providing text books.
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Dorothea Dix begins her reform movement for treating the poor mentally insane, and improve jail conditions for the mentally unstable. She also helped develop mental asylums.
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The founding of the most well-sustained Utopian community focused on the lack of child-bearing. Its economy was supported by metal production.
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Michigan becomes the first state to dismiss the death penalty for all crimes, except treason.
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The first large women's rights convention in Seneca Falls. The Declaration of Sentiments gave a list of tasks that outlined the future of women's rights.
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The proclamation announced by President Lincoln that freed slaves in the United States. However, it only freed the areas that were not in rebellion against the union at that time.
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A very popular, but controversial, political cartoonist that focused on exposing New York City's political machine.
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The merging of the two largest women's rights groups to form the NAWSA. Focused on individual states, rather than the entire country, to help guarantee rights for women.
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The general beginning of the Progressive Era, involving a number of social reforms that worked to solve the negatives of American society.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was formed to promote the education opportunities for African Americans to advance their chances for equal rights.
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The women's suffrage amendment, originally written by Susan B. Anthony, is ratified by congress. It gave women the right to vote.
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The official start of national Prohibition, resulting in the banning of consumption and production of alcohol. It was, however, later revoked.
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An act of Congress is released which deems Native Americans as citizens of the United States.
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