Antebellum Reformers Chart Antebellum Area(s) of “Partners in Reformer Reform/Movement Crime” Achievements (Lasting Impact) Horace Mann Education McGuffey C. Beecher Lyon E. Willard F. Willard William McGuffey Education Catharine Beecher Education Horace Mann C. Beecher Lyon E. Willard F. Willard Mann McGuffey Lyon E. Willard F. Willard Brother-in-law to Nathanial Hawthorne; created teacher-training schools; adopted the German form of education (mandatory school); longer school years; kids must attend until 16; higher teacher pay; wider curriculum; Father of the “Common School” Movement (taught the 3 R’s-Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic) Wrote McGuffey Reader Primer- first textbooks in U.S. Mary Lyon Women’s Education Emma Willard Women’s Education Sojourner Truth Abolition Women Lucretia Mott Women Abolition (husband helped found American Antislavery society) Susan B. Anthony Women Temperance Abolition 1|APUSH Mann McGuffey C. Beecher E. Willard F. Willard Creative Way to Remember Worked to incorporate Kindergarten & P.E. into children’s education; campaigned for more schools & teachers in West Anti-Suffragist-believed women should be mothers & educators Started the Hartford Female Seminary; Western Female Institute Holyoake Seminary Troy Female Seminary Mann McGuffey C. Beecher Lyon Mott Anthony Grimke Douglass Garrison F. Willard Stanton Stowe Lovejoy Walker Weld Truth Anthony Grimke Douglass Garrison F. Willard Stanton Stowe Lovejoy Walker Weld Truth Mott Grimke Douglass Garrison F. Willard Stanton An’t I a Woman Signed Declaration of Rights & Sentiments at Seneca Falls Convention Co-founded 1st women’s temperance movement with EC Stanton; founded National Women’s Suffrage Association with EC Stanton Northwest Cabarrus High School K. DelliSanti Angelina & Sarah Grimke Women’s Rights Abolition Frederick Douglass Abolition Women (attended Seneca Falls Convention) Stowe Lovejoy Walker Weld Truth Mott Anthony Douglass Garrison F. Willard Stanton Stowe Lovejoy Walker Weld Truth Mott Anthony Grimke Garrison F. Willard Stanton Stowe Lovejoy Walker Weld Angelina married Theodore Weld; wrote a letter to The Liberator discussing women’s work in abolition paved way for work toward women’s rights; Sarah wrote Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women Wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; The North Star Antebellum Area(s) of “Partners in Reformer Reform/Movement Crime” Achievements (Lasting Impact) Abolition Wrote The Liberator, an antislavery newspaper; helped found the American Anti-Slavery Society William Lloyd Garrison Frances Willard Temperance Education Women Elizabeth Cady Stanton Women Henry Beecher Women’s Rights Abolition Temperance 2|APUSH Truth Mott Anthony Grimke Douglass F. Willard Stanton Stowe Lovejoy Walker Weld Truth Mott Anthony Grimke Douglass Garrison Stanton Stowe Lovejoy Walker Weld Truth Mott Anthony Grimke Douglass Garrison F. Willard Stowe Lovejoy Walker Weld Lyman Beecher (Father) Stowe Matthew Creative Way to Remember Founded Women’s Christian Temperence Union (WCTU); Leader of the National Prohibition Party; Drafted The Declaration of Rights & Sentiments; helped organize the Seneca Falls Convention Against bigotry of all kinds Against the Chinese Exclusion Act Raised $ to buy weapons to oppose slavery in Kansas & Nebraska-called Northwest Cabarrus High School K. DelliSanti S. Graham Tappan’s “Beecher Bibles” Elijah Lovejoy Helen Hunt Jackson (Unit 5) Wanted equal rights for African Americans & Native Americas; worked for citizenship for Native Americans Preacher who distributed “Beecher Bibles”; hated Catholics Irish-born Catholic Priest who came to the US and worked for Temperance in the US Rehabilitation Wendell Phillips Native American Rights Abolition Lyman Beecher 2nd Great Awakening Temperance Theobald Mathew Temperance Lyman Beecher Dorthea Dix Prison/Institution Reform Dr. Sylvester Graham Dr. Sylvester Graham Health Reform Temperance Dorthea Dix Henry David Thoreau Transcendentalism Utopia Abolition Anthony Grimke Douglass Garrison H. Beecher W. Phillips Thoreau Emerson Walt Whitman George Ripley, Robert Owen, Humphrey Noyes Stowe Lovejoy Walker Weld Tappan Researched the importance of healthy diet-invented the Graham diet (fresh fruit, veggies, wheat)-invented the Graham Cracker Wrote Walden & Civil Disobedience (inspired MLK, Ghandi, & Chavez), attacked Fugitive Slave Law, Environmentalist, defended John Brown Antebellum Area(s) of “Partners in Reformer Reform/Movement Crime” Achievements (Lasting Impact) Transcendentalism Utopia Abolition Led Transcendentalist Movement; Wrote Nature & Self-Reliance; gave first public anti-slavery address after Elijah Lovejoy was killed Ralph Waldo Emerson Margaret Fuller 3|APUSH Women Anthony Grimke Douglass Garrison H. Beecher W. Phillips Thoreau Emerson Walt Whitman George Ripley, Robert Owen, Humphrey Noyes Stowe Lovejoy Walker Weld Tappan Creative Way to Remember Wrote “Women in the 19th Century” Northwest Cabarrus High School K. DelliSanti Harriet Beecher Stowe Abolition Anthony Grimke Douglass Garrison H. Beecher W. Phillips Thoreau Emerson Walt Whitman George Ripley, Robert Owen, Humphrey Noyes Stowe Lovejoy Walker Weld Tappan Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin about the evils of slavery—one of the causes of the Civil War Elijah Lovejoy Abolition Anthony Grimke Douglass Garrison H. Beecher W. Phillips Thoreau Emerson Walt Whitman George Ripley, Robert Owen, Humphrey Noyes Stowe Lovejoy Walker Weld Tappan Murdered by pro-slavery mob for his abolitionist beliefs David Walker Abolition Anthony Grimke Douglass Garrison H. Beecher W. Phillips Thoreau Emerson Walt Whitman George Ripley, Robert Owen, Humphrey Noyes Stowe Lovejoy Walker Weld Tappan Wrote An Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World a call for black unity and self-help against oppression & injustice; urged slaves to kill their masters or be killed Theodore Weld Abolition Anthony Grimke Douglass Garrison H. Beecher W. Phillips Thoreau Emerson Walt Whitman George Ripley, Robert Owen, Humphrey Noyes Stowe Lovejoy Walker Married Angelina Grimke His book, American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses inspired Stowe to write Uncle Tom’s Cabin 4|APUSH Northwest Cabarrus High School K. DelliSanti Weld Tappan Arthur & Lewis Tappan Abolition Temperance Education Anti-Suffrage Anthony Grimke Douglass Garrison H. Beecher W. Phillips Thoreau Emerson Walt Whitman George Ripley, Robert Owen, Humphrey Noyes Stowe Lovejoy Walker Weld Tappan Brothers who worked with William Lloyd Garrison to co-found the American Anti-Slavery Society; gave $ to underground RR; supported freeing of slaves who overtook Amistad; left the Antislavery society to form their own which did not include women Antebellum Reform Movement Categories Categorize the people from the chart into the categories below. You WILL repeat people. Any repeats highlight in Pink. Women’s Rights-the idea that women had an important role to play in American society; worked for the right to vote (Suffrage) ____________________, _______________________, _________________________, _________________________ ____________________, _______________________, _________________________, _________________________ ____________________, _______________________, _________________________, _________________________ Abolition-the movement to free the slaves/stop slavery. ____________________, _______________________, _________________________, _________________________ ____________________, _______________________, _________________________, _________________________ ____________________, _______________________, _________________________, _________________________ ____________________, _______________________, _________________________, _________________________ ____________________, _______________________ Temperance-the movement toward removing alcohol from society. ____________________, _______________________, _________________________, _________________________ ____________________, _______________________, _________________________ 5|APUSH Northwest Cabarrus High School K. DelliSanti Education-reformers began to push for a system of public-education-government funded schools open to all Americans. ____________________, _______________________, _________________________, _________________________ ____________________, Health Reform-the spirit of reform also prompted Americans to improve the prison system & the way mentally ill were treated. ____________________, _______________________ Native American Rights-reformers wanted equal rights for Native Americans as well as citizenship. ____________________ The Second Great Awakening-revival of America’s commitment to religion which spurred many of these reform movements. ____________________ Utopian Communities-communities set up to seek human betterment. New Harmony-_____________________ Oneida Community-_______________________ Brook Farm -_______________________ Religion that believed in gender equality-______________________ ________________________, ______________________ Transcendentalism-social movement that urged people to transcend or overcome the limits of their minds and to let their souls embrace the beauty of the universe. ____________________, _______________________ Artistic Movement ____________________ 6|APUSH Northwest Cabarrus High School K. DelliSanti