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Progressive Movement. A tradition of reform. 1) The R evolutionary Era A) Race/Age requirements to vote gradually eliminated B) Northern States led the need for change C) Most states began to support anti-slavery movements. A tradition of reform. 2) Abolition:
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A tradition of reform • 1) The Revolutionary Era • A) Race/Age requirements to vote gradually eliminated • B) Northern States led the need for change • C) Most states began to support anti-slavery movements
A tradition of reform • 2) Abolition: • A) Abolitionists spoke against slavery before anyone else did • B) Best know abolitionists • Frederick Douglas (A runaway slave) • Harriet Tubman (Moses) • C) Slavery formally eliminated by the 13th amendment
A tradition of reform • 3) Women’s rights: • A) Women’s rights convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, NY • Launched the women’s rights movement • Organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton • B) Women’s suffrage (vote) • Organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
A tradition of reform • 4) Civil Service Reform: To change the way people were hired. • A) People were being hired to reward loyalty and support • Called the “political machines” • B) President Garfield assassinated by someone who didn’t get a Govt. job. • C) The Pendleton Act: Started civil service exam for many Govt. jobs.
A tradition of reform • 5) The mentally ill • A) Dorothea Dix studied Mass jails, insane asylums, poorhouses • State rehabilitation built instead of state mental institutions.