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Unit V: The Ambiguous Democracy in America: 1800-1848

Question/Problem 6: What were the goals and outcomes of the reform movements that took place between 1800 and 1848?


Reform Movement: Student Guide

Directions: There were many reform movements between 1800 and 1848. Your assignment is to research one of the movements and describe its goals and outcomes. As you gather information, look for important people involved in the movement. Below are seven areas of reform and some suggestions for beginning your research.


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Reform Movements	|	Suggestions for Research
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utopian communities			New Harmony
					Brook Farm
					The Shakers


helping the disabled			Rev. Thomas Gallaudet
					Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe
					Dorthea Dix


women's rights				Seneca Falls Convention
					Elizabeth Cady Stanton
					Susan B. Anthony


education				Horace Mann
					William McGuffey
					Noah Webster

	
temperance				American Society for the 
					Promotion of Temperance
					Neal Dow


abolition of slavery			American Colonization Society
					William Lloyd Garrison
					Frederick Douglass


women's education			Mount Holyoke Female Seminary
					Emma Willard
					Elizabeth Blackwell

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