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Vocabulary

Vocabulary. Reform Movements. Reform. To change. Period of time in U.S. history where groups and individuals sought to change social problems. Abolition. To end Movement to abolish(end) slavery in the U.S. Temperance. Movement to outlaw the use of alcohol.

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Vocabulary

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  1. Vocabulary Reform Movements

  2. Reform • To change. Period of time in U.S. history where groups and individuals sought to change social problems.

  3. Abolition • To end • Movement to abolish(end) slavery in the U.S.

  4. Temperance • Movement to outlaw the use of alcohol. • Argued that alcohol destroyed families, led to violence and crime and kept people in poverty.

  5. Transcendentalism • American literature, art, and music movement that focused on nature and American culture.

  6. Prison Reform • Movement to change the treatment of prisoners.

  7. Public Education • Open more institutions of higher learning • Open schools to more people including women and poor people.

  8. Religious • New religious groups were formed in the U.S. & others grew • Mormons* • Shakers • Baptists • Methodists • Adventists • Presbyterian

  9. Treatment of mentally ill, disabled, sick • Mentally ill, disabled, and sick people were often treated the same as criminals and locked away. • Began a movement to treat people humanely.

  10. Labor • Work • Labor unions attempted to improve the working conditions and wages of employees. • Child labor was their main concern.

  11. Click on link to view pictures of child labor • http://www.retronaut.co/2011/05/american-child-labour-c-1900-1937/

  12. Suffrage/Women’s rights • The right to vote. • Women’s rights groups advocated for equal treatment on women in all areas.

  13. Click link to view suffrage video clip • http://youtu.be/Kvk1NZDFvZU

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