REFORM REVIEW Connect 3
What was the final victory for the women’s suffrage movement?
The 19 th Amendment which gave women the right to vote.
The death of this major crop, ________, led to a mass migration from _______ to the United States.
Potato and the Irish
Name this abolitionist: I was raised on a South Carolina plantation and grew to believe that slavery was a sin that must eliminated.
Angelina Grimke
Explain the term interchangeable parts.
Parts that can be switched out. This helped manufacturing be more efficient.
What was the goal of the Temperance Movement?
The goal was to limit and educate people on the problems associated with drinking.
Name this abolitionist: I was a Boston newspaperman who believed that the U.S. needed to change people’s hearts and minds regarding slaves, not just the laws.
William Llyod Garrison
What effects did massive immigration have on the United States?
Urbanization, the country and its population expanded, overcrowding in cities, and more pollution.
How did many SGA preachers, such as Charles Finney, get their message to the masses?
Through revivals outside in nature
What occurred at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London that led to the first women’s rights convention?
Women still weren’t allowed to speak in front of men (even amongst fellow reformers). Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were forced to sit behind a curtain while the men held the conference. Mott and Stanton then talked about the need for reforms in women’s rights.
How did the Embargo Act & eventual War of 1812 impact the Industrial Revolution?
The War of 1812 led to the Embargo act which stopped trading with all countries (no exporting or importing). This caused America to be a more self- sufficient country and make their own goods. This helped prepare the country and helped the Industrial Revolution succeed.
What is the term used to describe a fear of immigration that stems from the belief that immigrants will ruin U.S. culture?
Nativism- An attitude of superiority and resentment towards immigrants and foreign people. “They will take jobs, money, and cause overcrowding”. “They will ruin everything”!
How did the SGA impact society in the long term? Fully explain your answer.
The SGA spread the message that if you make a positive change in society and help fix society you will get into heaven. This caused church attendance to spike, new denominations to be created, and several reform movements to happen. We still see reform movements in todays society.
What was the major victory for the Temperance Movement? Major defeat?
18 th amendment- Made alcohol illegal-18 is not a legal drinking age today! 21 st amendment- Made alcohol legal again- 21 is a legal drinking age today!
How did the invention of the Cotton Gin impact slavery?
The cotton harvesting process became easier and more productive. This caused the demand for southern cotton to increase and the number of slaves increased.
What reasons were given to justify enslaving African-Americans?
“We’ll protect them because they can’t survive on their own”. “They aren’t smart enough to survive on their own”. “They will go wild and become cannibals if they go back to Africa”.
Why were normal schools created?
They were created to help train teachers to teach in the newly created common schools.
What effect did the Industrial Revolution have on transportation in this country?
The goods produced in factories caused the need for improved transportation methods to be created. This caused the Erie Canal, National Road, and Railroad production to occur.
What myth regarding slavery did the South put forward?
The myth portrayed about slavery was that it wasn’t that bad. The picture shows a family community type setting where they are being treated as people. This obviously isn’t true, but people from the North didn’t do down to the South and see for themselves which created a big challenge for the abolitionist movement.
What took place at the Seneca Falls Convention?
The first Women’s right convention.
In what ways did the abolitionist movement get their message out?
They used as many different ways as they could to reach different types of people and levels of education. They used poems, songs, pictures, speakers, and books to name a few methods.
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, how and by whom were most finished goods made?
By artisans and at home.
Explain one reason that most factories were located in the New England.
They needed to water to power the factories.
Name this abolitionist: I was a former slave who escaped slavery and became a famous speaker, businessman, and author.
Frederick Douglass
What were the characteristics of a common school?
Free and public for all. Funded by taxes. Secular.
In what ways were women treated like second-class citizens in the mid-1850s?
They couldn’t go to college. They didn’t have legal rights to their the children. They weren’t supposed to exercise (except cook or clean). They couldn’t speak in front of groups.
How were the mentally ill treated prior to reform?
Like animals and second class citizens. They were being punished by god for their mental illness.
Describe the document ratified at the Seneca Falls Convention.
It was based on the Declaration of Independence and laid out all the grievances against men and not having the equal rights.
What is deinstitutionalization and how did it effect the mentally ill?
De-institutionalization: the policy of moving severely mentally ill people out of large state hospitals and then closing part or all of those hospitals. A lot of mentally ill people ended up in prison because they couldn’t function in society.
How did Horace Mann reform education?
He created common schools, normal schools, made schools secular, and made schools for people who didn’t have them at the time. (African-Americans and women).
Describe the goals and results of mental health reform by Doretha Dix ?
She wanted better treatment and care for the mentally ill. She campaigned presented information to government leaders until they would listen. Smaller state hospitals were created and care for the mentally ill improved until budget issues caused them to be shut down.