Reform Movements

Do Now SWBAT identify women’s suffrage and abolitionist

movements

Do Now question: what types of things does society need to change?

On your Do Now How was the development of the Know-Nothing Party in 1849 a reflection

of the attitude of most Americans in the mid-1840s?

a. Americans believed that immigrants should live in the country for one year before being granted citizenship b. Most Americans thought that immigrants had a positive effect on the economy and industry in America c. Most Americans feared the effect of immigration on the jobs and culture of native-born Americans d. Americans felt that immigrants were not educated enough to be involved in the political process

“Look at the . . . thieves and vagabonds [tramps] roaming our streets . . . monopolizing [taking] the business which properly belongs to our own native and true-born citizens.” 1844 Election Flyer

2. The election flyer quoted above was most likely created by a. a political party which opposed slavery. b. a political party which opposed women’s suffrage. c. a political party which opposed immigration. d. a political party which opposed secession.

Reform Movement Reform movement: a group of people who get together

to change a part of society

Current examples: ______________

The reform movements of the 1800s happened in response to the way that industrialization was changing society

Abolitionists Abolitionists wanted to end slavery

This was mainly argued by people in the north, who said these ideas through speeches, lectures, sermons, and newspaper articles

Said that it denied blacks freedom and equality of which the country was founded upon

Fredrick Douglass was an escaped slave who became a leader in the abolitionist movement

Women’s Suffrage Women were not allowed to vote

Women’s suffrage: trying to get women the right to vote

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and other suffragettes met at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 to demand equal rights for women in education, marriage, career and politics

Reform Movements, Industrial Revolution, abolitionists, Fredrick Douglass,

women’s suffrage

There were many effects of the ____________________. More people started moving into cities and more jobs were created. However, it gave rise to the fact that there were many social problems. Groups who wanted to change society (____________________) started to form.

One of these was the ______________. They wanted to get rid of slavery in the south. A leader was a former slave, __________. A movement to get women equal rights (especially to vote) was the __________________ movement. A group of women led by ___________ got together in ______________ to talk about getting women the right to vote and being equal in families, politics, and careers.

Which should come first?

Who should get freedom first – for women or African Americans?

Your group will:

-find a related video on the topic to convince us in a presentation

-who has been helping this group, and what they have been doing for change

-current conditions of that group as of 1848

-convince us that this topic is the most important and why

-create a Powerpoint for us to take extra notes

-you will present and be graded on this

Resources: use the internet and the TCAP Coach book

Evaluate in paragraph form

What was a reform movement?

What were two we talked about, and what are they?

Which do you think was more important to society, and why?

Exit Ticket 1. A group of people that get together to work for changing

society is called _______________.

2. The group that wanted to get rid of slavery is called _____________.

3. Women’s suffrage wanted:

a. Women were suffering from poor health and they wanted to change hospital care. B. getting women the right to vote. C. a change in diet by women d. men being the head of the household

4. The temperance movement, efforts at prison reform, and the abolition movement were all elements of: a.social reforms of the mid-1800s. b.the Second Great Awakening. c. transcendentalism. d.the women’s rights movement.