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The Second Great Awakening fired up people's emotions and religious feelings. Christians were told that if they do good deeds, they could be saved. Many optimistic ideas were brought up.
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William Lloyd's abolitionist newspaper made many people angry. Pro-slavery groups destroyed his printing press and house
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However, African-Americans had little chance for education.
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The women at the convention were forced to sit on the balcony behind a curtain. They were forbidden to speak. Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton started the Seneca Falls Convention.
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Dorothea Dix discovered that childern accused of minor crimes were locked up in the same cells as adult criminals. Prisoners were chained and put into cages. Also, many prisoners in debtors' prisons owed less than $20. They didn't even have a way to pay their debt.
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Residents of Brook Farm lived in a "brotherly cooperation". They helped one another and didn't compete.
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The Declaration of Sentiments was presented. The convention pushed for women's right to vote.
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Although most white children could attend free public schools, hoghschools and colleges didn't accept girls.