history test 8 guided reading 3&4 Flashcards
(15 cards)
Key leaders of abolitionism
Stanton, Mott, Grimke sisters
How were women’s options limited in the early 19th century?
- couldn’t vote
- couldn’t sit in juries
- weren’t legal guardians of their children
- had to work only in their home, teach
- often lost property and money to their husband
- few educational opportunities
- earned lower pay than men for the same job
Efforts of abolitionism
Published literacy, petitions, conventions, brought awareness
Key leader of temperance (alcohol)
Vaughan
Efforts of temperance (alcohol)
Spoke at meetings, gave lectures, published literacy, evils of alcohol (women and children relied on the man of the house,coho sometimes were drunk)
Efforts of women’s education
Opened schools for women and girls, education opportunities
Efforts of health reform for women
Opened infirmaries for women and children, took national surveys for women’s health, popularized pants
Key leaders of women’s rights
Stanton, Mott, Truth
Efforts of women’s rights
Seneca Falls Convention, “Declaration of Sentiments” which spoke about women’s equality, lectures
C:new manufacturing techniques, entrepreneurs
E:the cottage industry system declines and dies
C:the industrial revolution sparks the rapid spread of factory production
E:things like household items are cheaper and more consistent
C:the industrial revolution brings about the use of production processes dependent on new machines and interchangeable parts
E:allowed unskilled artisans to work in an assembly line
C:people need work➡️there becomes better paying options in factories
E:young farm girls and women flock to Lowell and other mill towns
C:worked long hours with unsanitary conditions, less pay, strict rules
E:workers strike at Lowell in 1834 and 1836
Women went on strike, but
Things weren’t met
