1. Important Reformers Reformers – people who try to make a better world and repair social wrongs

2. Frederick Douglass Abolitionist - Anti-slavery speaker and author

3. Harriet Beecher Stowe Abolitionist Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a novel which changed people’s attitudes towards slavery Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a novel which changed people’s attitudes towards slavery

4. William Lloyd Garrison Abolitionist Published abolitionist newspaper The Liberator Published abolitionist newspaper The Liberator

5. John Brown Abolitionist Led attacks on slavery in Kansas and the raid at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia Led attacks on slavery in Kansas and the raid at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia

6. Harriet Tubman Abolitionist Led slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad Led slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad

7. Checking for understanding Who was the most noted African-American abolitionist? A. William Lloyd Garrison A. William Lloyd Garrison B. Lucretia Mott C. Harriet Beecher Stowe D. Frederick Douglass D. Frederick Douglass Answer: D

8. Elizabeth Cady Stanton Women’s Suffrage An important leader of the Women’s Right Movement An important leader of the Women’s Right Movement

9. Susan B. Anthony Women’s Suffrage Leader in the Women’s rights movement, later recognized on the dollar coin Leader in the Women’s rights movement, later recognized on the dollar coin

10. Dorothea Dix Help for the Mentally Ill Opened hospitals for the treatment of the mentally ill, blind and deaf Opened hospitals for the treatment of the mentally ill, blind and deaf

11. Checking for Understanding "I proceed, gentlemen, briefly to call your attention to the present state of insane persons confined within this Commonwealth, in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens! Chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience." — Dorothea Dix, Address to Massachusetts State Legislature, 1843 How did Dorothea Dix's speech to the state legislature help to reform prisons? A. Punishments for mentally-ill criminals were reduced. B. Treatments for many mental diseases were developed. C. Hospitals were persuaded to release mentally-ill patients. D. Politicians were convinced to create separate facilities for mental patients Answer: D

12. Horace Mann Public Education The “father of American Public Education” The “father of American Public Education”

13. Checking for Understanding Horace Mann Horace Mann Dorothea Dix Dorothea Dix William Lloyd Garrison William Lloyd Garrison The above are all associated with which type of reform? A. Democratic B. Social C. Economic D. Political Answer: B

14. Checking for Understanding Prison Reform Prison Reform Women's Suffrage Women's Suffrage Temperance Movement Temperance Movement All on the list above felt the impact of which of the following? A. Lincoln's election B. National Wake-Up Call C. Second Great Awakening D. Manifest Destiny Answer: C

15. Immigrant – people who settle in a new country. USA  Freedom  Economics  Opportunity  Land Europe  Population growth  Crop failures  Famine Irish flee to America Immigrants

16. Art & Literature Romanticism – stressed (talked about) the individual, imagination, creativity, and emotional. Romanticism – stressed (talked about) the individual, imagination, creativity, and emotional. Civil Disobedience – (By Henry David Thoreau) – Peacefully refusing to obey laws without violence. Civil Disobedience – (By Henry David Thoreau) – Peacefully refusing to obey laws without violence. Greensboro Sit-in = Civil Disobedience

17. Seneca Falls Convention – Women’s Rights convention. Declaration of Sentiments – Based on the Declaration of Independence. 19 th Amendment – gave women the right to vote.

18. Important Reformers DOL 1. Which reformer was apart of two different reform movements? 2. What is an abolitionist? 3. Explain the platform of the Women suffrage movement? 4. Who was the leader of the Education Reform? 5. Name the extreme abolitionist that was responsible for the rapid at Harper’s Ferry?