Reform Movements

Two big social movements that were happening in the 1800s (Before the Civil War)

• Suffragist and Abolitionist

• Progressive and Reform

• Temperance and Political

• Necessary and Proper

Abolitionists believed that slavery was... (check three answers)

• Morally wrong

• Cruel and inhuman

• Should not end

• A violation of the principles of democracy

Which abolitionist led hundreds of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Harriet Tubman

• Susan B. Anthony

Which abolitionist wrote the North Star Newspaper?

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Susan B. Anthony

Which abolitionist wrote the Liberator newspaper?

• Frederick Douglass

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Elizabeth Cady Stanton

• Harriet Tubman

A two day conference where suffragists met in New York to discuss the social, civil, and religious rights of women

• Declaration of Independence Convention

• Constitutional Convention

• Second Continental Congress

• Seneca Falls Convention

Document written at the Seneca Falls Convention that declares "All men and women are created equal"

• Declaration of Independence

• Declaration of Sentiments

• Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

Suffragists believed that women were denied of

• The right to go to the market

• The right to purchase food

• Everything

• Basic rights

What are two of the main beliefs of Suffragists?

• Women were denied the right to vote

• Women were being treated fairly

• Women were denied educational opportunities

• Women were already getting their rights and nothing else needed to be done

What are two other beliefs of Suffragists?

• Women were denied equal opportunity in businesses

• Women were limited in their right to own property

• Women were not able to get married

• Women were already equal and needed no more rights