1. CH. 5-3: BIRTH OF THE AMERICAN REFORM MOVEMENT Women were not permitted to vote in federal elections until 1920. They were very active in reform movements.

4. SENECA FALLS CONVENTION (1848) Led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott Preached “all men and women are created equal.” Women become active in the abolitionist movement. Declaration of Sentiments- called for equality for men and women.

5. STANTON AND MOTT

6. MENTALLY ILL Led by Dorothea Dix Mentally ill were treated like animals Asylums were created by the states and began to supervise the care of the mentally ill

7. DOROTHEA DIX

8. CONFLICT OVER SLAVERY South- slaves were viewed as property North- felt it was morally wrong Abolitionist- northerners who wanted slavery abolished.

10. ABOLITIONIST LEADERS Harriet Beecher Stowe- wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin (account of slavery) Very controversial in the south Lincoln described her as the “little women whose book made such a great war.”

11. HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

12. HARRIET TUBMAN Escaped from slavery Leader of the Underground Railroad Helped free hundreds of slaves during the Civil War

13. HARRIET TUBMAN

14. ABOLITIONISTS LEADERS Frederick Douglas was a former slave who wanted to abolish slavery William Lloyd Garrison was a white northerner who also wanted to abolish slavery Both wrote articles and newspaper preaching abolitionism

15. FREDERICK DOUGLAS

16. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON

17. JOHN BROWN (MARTYR) White abolitionist who used violence Harpers Ferry 1859- attacked a federal arsenal to lead an armed revolt but failed and he was captured Tried & hung but seen as a hero

18. JOHN BROWN