Social Reform

What is Social Reform?

• reshaping culturally accepted laws and norms

• reforming social media

• changing how people interact

• reshaping society

What is the abolition movement?

• a movement to give women more rights

• a movement to abolish (get rid of) slavery

• a movement to increase labor laws

• a movement to abolish (get rid of) child labor

Who was Fredrick Douglas?

• an escaped slave who became an abolitionist and journalist

• a women's rights activist

• an escaped slave and trade union worker

• a prominent painter

Who was Horace Mann?

• a person who argued for trade unions

• a person who lived during the 1800's who looked like a horse

• someone who argued for improved education reform

• an abolitionist

Who was Dorothea Dix?

• Educated those on labor unions

• an escaped slave and abolitionist

• a journalist who educated those on child labor

• Educated those on the poor conditions of prisons and those suffering from mental illness

Who was Harriet Tubman?

• An escaped slave who led those on the underground railroad

• An escaped slave and abolitionist

• An education reformer

• A labor reformer

Who was William Loyd Garrison?

• One of the first white abolitionist journalist

• An escaped slave and abolitionist

• A journalist who promoted education reform

• A journalist who spoke out against child labor

Who was Elizabeth Blackwell?

• First woman to get a medical degree

• A journalist who spoke out for women's rights

• A suffragette

• An escaped slave

What did the suffrage movement hope to gain?

• Promote the suffering of women

• A women's right to vote

• Getting rid of slavery

• Getting rid of slave codes

Why was the Seneca Falls Convention important?

• A cool convention with people

• The first women's rights convention

• It was an abolitionist convention

• The first labor union convention