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Women in Society
-cult of domesticity
husband, children, home, church
-could not vote in most places
-could not own property or keep wages if husband lived
Reformers
-Abolitionists / Suffrage
Grimke sisters
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
-Temperance
move to ban alcohol
Women’s Reforms
-Abolitionists / Suffrage
Grimke sisters
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
-Temperance
move to ban alcohol
Women’s Reforms
-Abolitionists / Suffrage
Grimke sisters
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
-Temperance
move to ban alcohol
Women’s Reforms
-Abolitionists / Suffrage
Grimke sisters
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
-Temperance
move to ban alcohol
Women’s Reforms
-Abolitionists / Suffrage
Grimke sisters
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
-Temperance
move to ban alcohol
Women’s Movement
-women saw increased opportunities in reform movements
-Seneca Falls Convention, 1848
“Declaration of Sentiments”
Women’s Movement
-women saw increased opportunities in reform movements
-Seneca Falls Convention, 1848
“Declaration of Sentiments”
Reforms
-Women’s Education
Catherine Beecher
Oberlin College
-Health Reform
Elizabeth Blackwell
Amelia Bloomer
Markets Expand
-by the mid 1800’s people were no longer totally self-sufficient
produce one product, buy all others
-specialization
-capitalism
-standard of living rose for almost everyone
Transportation Changes
-Robert Fulton
steam powered ships
-many canals were built after Erie was completed
-growth of railroads
Transportation Changes
-Robert Fulton
steam powered ships
-many canals were built after Erie was completed
-growth of railroads
Inventions Improve Life
-Charles Goodyear
vulcanized rubber
-I.M. Singer
sewing machines
-Samuel Morse
telegraph
Morse code
Agriculture
-people began to move into the mid-western parts of the nation
-lots of available farm lands
-John Deere
steel plows
-Cyrus McCormick
mechanical reaper
Changing Workplace
-development of industry
-decline of skilled labor
-growth of urban areas
-cost of goods decreased and supply increased
Factory System Begins
-Lowell textile mills
-factory system
-company town for young girls
-strict control over the workers lives
-factory conditions would warn of future problems
Working Conditions
-long hours
-six days a week
-poor ventilation and lighting
-unsafe working conditions
-development of labor unions and strikes
Immigration
-lots of immigration in the mid 1800’s
-mostly Irish or German
-most immigrants settled in groups
-low wages of immigrants caused problems with other workers
-Growth of Nativism
-Know-Nothing Party