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Age of Reforms - Coggle Diagram
Age of Reforms
Temperance movement
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Middle class women = biggest reformers; drunken husbands affected families; expanded roles in domestic sphere
Shifted to political arena as leaders began to see benefits of temp. movement due to reduced alcohol intake -> more productivity
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Education Reform
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Prepared students to work in industrial econ through disciplince by teaching American and moral values
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Abolitionists
Used moral suasion in anti-slavery societies; black and white women became activists in these groups
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Frederick Douglas: escaped slavery in maryland and began working in the political system to end slavery
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Religious movements
Church of latter day saints/mormons: followers migrated to the west to Utah after leader Joseph Smith was killed
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Aboltionism
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Free African American pop grew but North tried to restrict their civil rights; abolitionism grew as activism increased
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