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6 The election of Jackson As president was proof That society could Change for the better And that the common Ordinary citizen could Rise to the top

7 Reformer: Harriet Beecher Stowe

8 Category: Abolitionist And Literature

9 Accomplishments [What did she do?]: Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin about The horrors of Slavery

10 Significance: Her books Told about The evils of Slavery, she Caused People to Support the Abolishment Of slavery

11 Reformer: Elizabeth Blackwell

12 Category: Women’s Rights

13 Accomplishments: First woman To graduate From medical School, Founded a Women’s Medical college

14 Significance: Gained Recognition And support For women In the medical Field

15 Reformer: William Lloyd Garrison

16 Category: Abolitionist

17 Accomplishments: Published “the liberator” favoring the immediate end of slavery. Strong Words often Caused controversy

18 Significance: His paper was Very Influential in Getting people to support or be Against slavery.

19 Reformer: Horace Mann

20 Category: Education

21 Accomplishments: Instituted minimum school year, doubled funding, increased the number of schools, and Introduced new Methods of Teaching.

22 Significance: His ideas had a Huge effect on The expansion Of education In America

23 Reformer: Susan B. Anthony

24 Category: Temperance, Abolitionist, And women’s rights

25 Accomplishments: Traveled and Spoke all over The country Against Slavery and For women’s suffrage [Right to vote]

26 Significance: Active for Over 50 years In Women’s rights Movement- One of the Most Important Leaders.

27 Reformer: Frederick Douglass

28 Category: Abolitionist

29 Accomplishments: Born a slave; Escaped, spoke Out against Slavery. Advisor to President Lincoln during The Civil War.

30 Significance: One of America’s First great Black Speakers and writers. He was a Powerful Voice For human rights

31 Reformer: Dorothea Dix

32 Category: Prisons/ Mental institutions

33 Accomplishments: Played a major Role in founding Mental Hospitals in America and Europe

34 Significance: One of the Busiest and Influential of Social Reformers – Her influence Is still felt Even today.

35 Reformer: Henry David Thoreau

36 Category: Literature

37 Accomplishments: Wrote “Walden” And Other works About Respect For nature. Also wrote “Civil Disobedience” About civic protest

38 Significance: A Transcendentalist [believed in nature, Free thinking, and Non materialism] One of the first Truly American Thinkers – A Philosopher of Nature, free Thinking, and Civil rights

39 Reformer: Harriet Tubman

40 Category: Abolitionist

41 Accomplishments: Famous “conductor” of The Underground Railroad (300 Slaves led to Freedom) Worked for the Union [North] Army during the Civil war

42 Significance: Her work Encouraged The abolitionist Cause; gave Hope to Countless slaves

43 Reformer: Sarah Moore Grimke And Angelina Emily Grimke

44 Category: Abolitionists And women’s Rights

45 Accomplishments: Wrote Extensively [a lot] And Campaigned To End slavery And Establish Rights for women.

46 Significance: “Trailblazers” [led the way] For women And African Americans in The United States

47 Reformer: Sojourner Truth

48 Category: Abolitionist And women’s rights

49 Accomplishments: Traveled the Country to Speak Out for Abolitionism and Women’s rights

50 Significance: Helped to Spread the Word about the Evils of Slavery and the Need for rights For women

51 Reformer: Elizabeth Cady Stanton

52 Category: Women’s Rights And Abolitionist

53 Accomplishments: Helped organize Seneca Falls Convention – Spoke out her Entire life for Women’s Suffrage [voting rights]

54 Significance: One of the Great Organizers and Spokespersons For women’s Rights in the 19 th century [1800’s]

55 Reformer: John Greenleaf Whittier

56 Category: Literature and abolitionist

57 Accomplishments: He not only Wrote anti-slavery Poems, but Poems about his Own region, New England

58 Significance: One of America’s Best known Poets and Abolitionists.

59 Reformer: Walt Whitman

60 Category: Literature And abolitionist

61 Accomplishments: He abandoned Regular Rhythm And rhyme in Favor of free Verse that Followed no set Pattern. His Most famous Work is “leaves Of Grass”

62 Significance: Known by many As the Father Of modern American poetry

63 Reform Movement: Temperance

64 Category: Temperance

65 Accomplishments: Women and Business Owners urged Men to not Drink – sign Pledge not to Spend money Needed for the Family on alcohol

66 Significance: Many signed Pledge, laws Passed making Sale of Alcohol Illegal This Was later Appealed.

67 Reformer: Washington Irving

68 Category: Literature

69 Accomplishments: Created the Short story. Also wrote Humorous works

70 Significance: Wrote The Ledged of Sleepy Hollow, and Rip Van Winkle

71 Reformer: Mark Twain

72 Category: Literature

73 Accomplishments: Legendary Writer of satire, historical fiction, short stories, and nonfiction

74 Significance: Wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, & Huck Finn, The Prince and The Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court

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