This day in History

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This day in History

• Sept 26, 1789 Thomas Jefferson appointed 1st
  Secretary of State

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Chap 8

• Religion and Reform during the 1800s

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• Roots of Reform
• A. Societies problems
• Overcrowding, Illiteracy, Immigrants
• B. Second Great Awakening
• Mormons-- 1844 Joseph Smith killed, Brigham Young
  leads to Utah.

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• C. Public school movement (Horace Mann)
• 1800s public schools.

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• II. Reform Movements
• A. Anti Slavery movement (abolitionist)
• 1. 1822 Vesey revolt and 1831 Turner revolt.

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• 2. William Lloyd Garrisons The Liberator.
  Founds the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1833.
• 3. Fredrick Douglas most influential African
  American

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• 4. Harriett Beecher Stowes 1852, Uncle Toms
  Cabin
• 5. Underground Railroad begins.

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• B. Womans Restrictions
• No voting, serving on juries, or hold public
  office.
• Could not own land.
• Limited jobs with Low wages

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• C. Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
• 1. Lead by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Stanton
• 2. Goal of meeting was Womens rights. (
  Suffrage- right to vote)

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• This Day in History September 28th, 1928
  Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin