Lesson 18: Era of Reform Flashcards
What is a transcendentalist?
to go beyond what your told, to believe in your own gut feeling
Henry David Thoreau’s philosophy is…
to question society’s rules
Dorothea Dix was involved with improving what?
prisons
Horace Mann was a part of which movement?
education reform
Horace Mann believed that a way to get out of poverty was through what?
education
Problem with education was that it only benefited who?
boys
What does abolitionist mean?
someone who wants to end slavery
What was the name of the newspaper that Frederick Douglas made to spread his abolitionist message?
The Northern Star
What led many people, including William Lloyd Garrison, to join in a reform movement?
religion (Second Great Awakening)
Women wanted someone in office that would give women the right to vote, however, women could not ________ for a person like this, they still did not have that right yet.
vote
What two reform groups shared something in common?
Women’s Rights & Abolitionist (both denied rights to women and African Ameriicans)
Who had a difficult time getting into medical school?
Miss Blackwell
Most medical schools would __________ accept women
not
Who became a part of the women’s rights movement when she was refused the right to speak at a convention?
Stanton
Where did the women’s rights movement begin?
Seneca Falls
