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The Second Great Awakening
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Improving Education
In the early 1800s most kids could not attend school. Those who could only went for 10 weeks. Since Horace Mann the supervisor of education in Massachusetts wanted more people educated for more inventors, skilled artisans and scientific farmers. He made public education possible. ((image from http://commons.wikimedia.org/ search engine CCsearch)) -
Fighting Slavery
People saw posters on walls throughout DC saying "How could the land of the free still allow slavery?" Most people would ask themselves the same question. They were called abolitionists. Most people in the South disagreed with the abolitionists. They hurt the abolitionists and more people starting becoming them. (( image from http://commons.wikimedia.org search engine- CCsearch, Publisher: Boston : Southworth and Hawes respectivley.)) -
Equal Right for Women
Women wanted to make slavery illegal. They organized a movement Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stattion, they met at a Convention in London for slavery. Men didn't want the women to speak when they got there so the women were angry. Mott starting preaching at white and black churches about Women Rights. After Motts speaches Lucy Stone was charged with higher taxes on her house. So, she decided to make public speaches about women not paying higher taxes.
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Reforming the Treatment of Prisoners and the Mentally Ill
Dorothea Dix went into a prison to teach Sunday School and she was horrified by the conditions. Inmates were beat, and underfed. She sent a letter to the Massachusetts Legislature, to attempt to get better conditions. (image By Samuel Bell Waugh (1814 - 1885) (Details of artist on Google Art Project) (Google Art Project: Home - pic) [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons) -
Seneca Falls Convection
300 people including 40 men arrived for the Seneca Falls Convection, Most of the people were abolitionists. The convection was for Women's Rights. Elizabeth Cady and Elizabeth Blackwell were both leaders in women's rights. Sojourner Truth was also very active in the campaign. (( image By Phrood of elizibeth blackwell at de.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons))
