1. Sept 26, 1789 Thomas Jefferson appointed 1st Secretary of State
This day in History
Sept 26, 1789 Thomas Jefferson appointed 1st Secretary of State

2. Religion and Reform during the 1800’s
Chap 8

3. Roots of Reform
A. Societies problems
Overcrowding, Illiteracy, Immigrants
B. Second Great Awakening
Mormons Joseph Smith killed, Brigham Young leads to Utah.

4. C. Public school movement (Horace Mann)
1800’s public schools.

5. II. Reform Movements
A. Anti Slavery movement (abolitionist)
Vesey revolt and 1831 Turner revolt.

6. 2. William Lloyd Garrison’s “The Liberator”
2. William Lloyd Garrison’s “The Liberator”. Founds the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1833.
3. Fredrick Douglas most influential African American

7. 4. Harriett Beecher Stowe’s 1852, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
5. Underground Railroad begins.

8. B. Woman’s Restrictions
No voting, serving on juries, or hold public office.
Could not own land.
Limited jobs with Low wages

9. C. Seneca Falls Convention (1848) 1
C. Seneca Falls Convention (1848) 1. Lead by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Stanton 2. Goal of meeting was Women’s rights. ( Suffrage- right to vote)

10. This Day in History September 28th, 1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin