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OCS AmHist 1 Unit 6 Social Reforms

Social Reform Movements of the mid-1800s

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NativismThe policy of favoring people born in America over immigrants to hire for jobs
2nd Great AwakeningA religious movement that stressed salvation was possible for everyone. It also highlighted the power of the individual.
Dorothea DixSought to reform prisons and pushed public health treatments for mentally ill patients.
TranscendentalismIt stressed the importance of examining a person's own thoughts, emotions, and imagination.
Catherine BeecherCreated elementary schools and pushed for mandatory education for all white, male children
Elizabeth StantonLeader of the temperance movement, or the effort to ban the drinking of alcohol
Lucretia MottThe leader of the women's suffrage movement, or the right for women to vote.
Utopian communitiesSought to create a perfect society by sharing equally the work and the items produced in the communities.
American DreamThe belief that every American can work hard to get what they want.
Abolition movementReform movement that sought to end slavery

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