In 1848, what happened in Seneca Falls?
The first large meeting about women's rights
Who opened the first free school for Deaf children in America?
Thomas Gallaudet
How did Frederick Douglass fight to end slavery?
He gave antislavery speeches to large crowds
What did Dortothea Dix help reform?
She helped reform prisons and helped people with mental illness
What did Horace Mann want reformed?
public schools
What did public schools look like in the early 1800's?
Most schools had one room with all different grade levels
Name THREE types of reform that you learned about in chapter 16
education reform, women's rights, prison reform, abolitionists movement
What did Mary Lyon want reformed?
education for women and girls
Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for the right for women to do what?
Vote
What are abolitionists?
abolitionists were people who fought to end slavery in America
Did children have to go to school in the early 1800s?
no, there were no laws that required children to go to school