The Reformers

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The Era of Reform 1820 - 1850 Education Women’s Rights SLAVERY Religion

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Religion 2nd Great Awakening

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REVIVAL OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS Christians challenged to do good works… Improve society West and North Most wanted to end slavery 2nd Great Awakening

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Transcendentalism A philosophy that says people should go beyond logical reason, and put trust in emotion and intuition. Question society’s rules and institutions

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Henry David Thoreau

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Dorothea Dix Reform for Prisoners & The Mentally Ill

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Education Horace Mann Horace Mann… father of American public education

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COMPUTECH 1837

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OBERLIN COLLEGE ANTIOCH COLLEGE

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Fighting SLAVERY Primary source: BROADSIDE

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The AbolitionistS People who want to end slavery. 1808 Slave trade ends Northern attitude Garrison, Douglass and Truth

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Primary source: NOTICE

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Equal Rights for Women Can’t vote Can’t hold office Can’t control own money Can’t own property No laws to protect them from domestic abuses

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A historic friendship… Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucretia Mott

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Primary source: NOTICE Primary source: photo Seneca Falls Convention