An Era of Reform

1. An Era of Reform Chapter 18 Pgs.245 - 255

2. 18.1 Introduction • Sojourner _____________ helped woman gain ____________ rights like _________

3. 18.2 Planting the Seeds of Reform The ______________ Great Awakening: • People gathered in _________ to hear about _________ • People started to ________ better ___________ • Still did not ____________ the ___________ Optimistic Ideas: • Henry _____________ Thoreau told people to follow their _______________ and do ______________ • The ________________ of Andrew ____________ showed people that ________________ could get far in ___________

4. 18.3 Reforming the Treatment of Prisoners and the Mentally Ill Observing ________________: • ________________ Dix started __________________ in ____________ • She ______________ that jails ___________________ prisoners • Many prisoners were there for ___________ of less than ______ dollars and could _______ get out because they _____________ not earn ________________ in ________________

5. Plight of the Mentally Ill • They locked ________________ Ill patients in _______________ and ______________ them when they misbehaved • She said _______________ should be treated as a ______________ not a crime • She collected ________________ on how they were being mistreated and ____________ it to the _____________________ State Legislature.

6. Establishing Better Conditions • Because of Dix’s ______________ they built ______________ and ______________ hospitals • She helped change ___________ and showed that _______________ could make ________________ in the _________________

7. 18.4 Improving Education The Need for _______________ Schools: • ____________________ established public schools (___________ for by _____________) • Many ________________ could not go to _______________ that did _____________ and were very __________ • _____________ Mann fought for public schools and ________________ pay and he got them with the ______________ of the _______________

8. Improving Education Cont… An ______________________ Reform: • Most ________________ opened ______________ but mostly just for ________ • The _____________ wouldn’t let _____________ Americans go to __________ • _______________ Crandall had an all African __________________ school and was forced to _____________ it • Horace ________ opened ______________ College in ___________ for men and woman

9. Questions • Who helped women gain equal rights like men? • What helped people to live better lives? • Which event showed people that anything is possible? • Who helped fight for the rights of the mentally ill in prisons? • What were built to help those who were mentally ill? • Who fought for schools and teachers? • Who were still not allowed to attend school?

10. 18.5 Fighting Slavery • ___________________ wanted freedom for all • People who favored _________________, the ending of _________________ The Struggle Begins: • The Slave _____________ ended but ______________ did not • The _______________ did not have ____________ but many accepted it as __________________ • William ______________ Garrison started a newspaper “The ________________” that spoke _____________ about slavery • _______________ pro-slavery groups burned his _______________ and destroyed his __________________ press

11. Fighting Slavery Cont… Fredrick Douglas Speaks Out: • __________________ Douglas an ________________ slave ______________ out about slavery and became a _______________ in the _______________________ movements • He created a ____________ called the “__________ Star” that talked about ________________ for all Women Get Involved: • The _________________ sisters spoke in ______________ about ending _______________ and started a path of ________________ speakers in the U.S • ________________, Douglas and _______________ teamed up to _________ slavery

12. Equal Rights for Women • Women wanted to end ________________ and let them ____________, stop ________________, and let them own _________________ even though they themselves could not do those _______________ The Struggle Begins: • ___________________ Mott and Elizabeth Cady __________________ met in ________________ and joined together to stop slavery and give ______________ equal rights Unequal Treatment of Women: • Women started to _____________ to pay taxes because they had no _______________________ • Elizabeth __________________ was the first female ________________ but no hospital would __________ her because she was a _______________

13. 18.7 The Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of Sentiments The Declaration of Sentiments: • They came up with a __________________ that stated that all ___________ and ____________ were created ______________ and told of the ________________ that the country was doing to the women of _____________________ Debate about the Right to Vote: • During the __________________ it was passed to have a ____________________ for women ______________ rights The Legacy of Seneca Falls: • _____________ started given women rights __________________ but surely

14. Questions • Who are abolitionists? • What is the name of the newspaper William Lloyd Garrison started about slavery? • Who was the leader of the abolitionist movement that created a paper called the “North Star?” • Which 3 leaders teamed up to end slavery? • What was the goal women wanted to achieve? • What was the Declaration of Sentiments? • What was the legacy of Seneca Falls?