1. Women in Society
-cult of domesticity
husband, children, home, church
-could not vote in most places
-could not own property or keep wages if husband lived

2. Reformers
-Abolitionists / Suffrage
Grimke sisters
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
-Temperance
move to ban alcohol

3. Women’s Reforms
-Abolitionists / Suffrage
Grimke sisters
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
-Temperance
move to ban alcohol

4. Women’s Reforms
-Abolitionists / Suffrage
Grimke sisters
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
-Temperance
move to ban alcohol

5. Women’s Reforms
-Abolitionists / Suffrage
Grimke sisters
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
-Temperance
move to ban alcohol

6. Women’s Reforms
-Abolitionists / Suffrage
Grimke sisters
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
-Temperance
move to ban alcohol

7. Women’s Movement
-women saw increased opportunities in reform movements
-Seneca Falls Convention, 1848
“Declaration of Sentiments”

8. Women’s Movement
-women saw increased opportunities in reform movements
-Seneca Falls Convention, 1848
“Declaration of Sentiments”

9. Reforms
-Women’s Education
Catherine Beecher
Oberlin College
-Health Reform
Elizabeth Blackwell
Amelia Bloomer

10. Markets Expand
-by the mid 1800’s people were no longer totally self-sufficient
produce one product, buy all others
-specialization
-capitalism
-standard of living rose for almost everyone

11. Transportation Changes
-Robert Fulton
steam powered ships
-many canals were built after Erie was completed
-growth of railroads

12. Transportation Changes
-Robert Fulton
steam powered ships
-many canals were built after Erie was completed
-growth of railroads

13. Inventions Improve Life
-Charles Goodyear
vulcanized rubber
-I.M. Singer
sewing machines
-Samuel Morse
telegraph
Morse code

14. Agriculture
-people began to move into the mid-western parts of the nation
-lots of available farm lands
-John Deere
steel plows
-Cyrus McCormick
mechanical reaper

15. Changing Workplace
-development of industry
-decline of skilled labor
-growth of urban areas
-cost of goods decreased and supply increased

16. Factory System Begins
-Lowell textile mills
-factory system
-company town for young girls
-strict control over the workers lives
-factory conditions would warn of future problems

17. Working Conditions
-long hours
-six days a week
-poor ventilation and lighting
-unsafe working conditions
-development of labor unions and strikes

18. Immigration
-lots of immigration in the mid 1800’s
-mostly Irish or German
-most immigrants settled in groups
-low wages of immigrants caused problems with other workers
-Growth of Nativism
-Know-Nothing Party