societies such as the “African Abolition Freehold Society” and the African Female Anti-Slavery Society were soon about to make a huge impact on many people’s views. The main figures of this society were‚ William Lloyd Garrison‚ Wendell Phillips‚ Lucretia Mott‚ Lydia Marie Child‚ Marie Chapman‚ Sojourner Truth‚ Robert Purvis‚ James Forten‚ Frederick Douglass‚ Abigail Kelley Foster‚ and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Since there was a good amount of people in
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US History 7.1 Industry and Transportation The Transportation Revolution Improving the Roads Turnpike Roads - users had to pay a toll only a few made a profit‚ didn’t do the intended purpose National Road - only decent road‚ made of crushed rock The Steamboat Goes Commercial main advance in transportation made it easier and faster to travel Canals Boom canals made it easier to transport between farms and cities Erie Canal - best known canal of the era Railroads Further Ease Horses
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be a woman and a citizen in the United States. Suffrage Movement Gets Organized It was not until 1848 that the movement for women’s rights began to organize at the national level. In July of that year‚ reformers Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized the first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls‚ New York (where Stanton lived). More than 300 people—mostly women‚ but also some men—attended‚ including former African-American slave and activist Frederick Douglass (1818-95). In
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“Reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals” Throughout the years of 1825-1850 America had undergone a dramatic conversion. These changes led to a tense relationship between the states and the federal government. During this period in America the education system was ineffective and religion was branching out in unorthodox ways that went against the norms of society. America was also experiencing an awe-inspiring reform that proved that the pen was truly indeed mightier
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A new agenda for woman had them thinking about the courses of their futures‚ as individuals‚ mothers‚ wives‚ and a sex altogether. In 1840 a group of American women emerged and formed the first women rights movement. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott organized conventions the first in the history of the world that drew up demands for equality with men before the law‚ the right to vote‚ and equal opportunities in education and employment for women. In 1869‚ along with other activists Susan B
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In the period from 1825-1850‚ a majority of the reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals. However‚ some did so indirectly and unintentionally. The reform movements were spurred by the Second Great Awakening‚ which began in New England in the late 1790’s‚ and would eventually spread throughout the country. The Second GA differed from the First in that people were now believed to be able to choose whether or not to believe in God‚ as opposed to previous ideals based
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This convention was held by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. Elizabeth Stanton was the forerunner for the fight for the rights of women. She also worked very closely with Susan B. Anthony‚ both women were very strong-minded on securing the voting right of women. The women of these groups were starting
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she wished to start a new revolution for women‚ and she did. She has given people the courage to stand up for what they believe in because of the risks she took to get her voice out. Wollstonecraft’s work carried on to inspire Susan B. Anthony and Lucretia
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Although America up to the nineteenth century is a nation full of bustling people living their own separate and original lives‚ people today look at the past with a narrow and romanticized perspective. It is easy to stereotype and stigmatize people who live in certain eras because they will never be known-- they are defined by the events they live through. However‚ it is possible to rediscover that time does not change what makes everyone human. Americans of the past defend themselves through their
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In 1851 Susan B Anthony discovered a sort of liberating partnership they could forge. Anthony found that the temperance movements they confined themselves and did not expect an unequal rights. In 1869 Anthony and Stanton was distinct from equal rights movement. During the civil war Elizabeth Cady Stanton concentrated her efforts on abolishing slavery‚ afterward she was more out spoken in promoting women suffrage. In the 1860s‚ the feminist movement moved to New Zealand. Muller noted that men
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