1. Slow progress Women’s Rights

2. Women’s Rights Movement 1840 American abolitionists attended the first World Anti-Slavery Convention (London) The Convention committee prohibited women from participating This humiliated and angered American women

3. Two to Remember Lucretia Mott & Elizabeth Cady Stanton Mott was a school teacher A Quaker minister Her and her husband sheltered fugitive slaves Stanton was the daughter of a U.S Congressman/ NY Supreme Court Judge Married an abolitionist lawyer Both would attend the 1840 convention in London

4. Seneca Falls Convention July 1848 First ever women’s rights convention (in U.S.) Passed 12 resolutions Signed by 68 women and 32 men 9 th resolution called for women’s suffrage Not all women agreed with the 9 th resolution and many pulled their support from the cause

5. Slow Progress Many still believed the view that women should influence public affairs from their home The convention marked the beginning of organized movements for women’s rights By 1890 more than 2,500 women a year graduated college August 1920 the 19 th amendment was passed and women gained the right to vote

6. Diversity and Differences Growing Divisions

7. Rising Immigration The new economy created a demand for cheap labor… Enter the immigrants here Most arrived to America hungry, with no money, and in need of a job Immigration grew from 129,000 (1820s) to 540,000 (1830s) to 2.8 million (1850s)

8. Irish and German Irish potato famine : 1845-1849 Irish immigration was at a high Became naturalized and sent for relatives to come join them Germans wanted political freedom… series of attempted rebellions in 1848 across Europe Most were farmers and settled in the Midwest Both groups would become a huge political force in upcoming elections

9. It’s Not Always Sunny Many immigrants were discriminated against Americans felt threatened or disapproved of their culture Immigrants took low paying jobs just as unions were going on strike for higher wages Many Protestants disapproved of the Catholic religion

10. North and South Tensions Slavery North against… South for it Women’s Rights South was not very involved… North ignited the movements Religion North saw what the southern churches were doing as wrong