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Who was a leader of educational reform?
Lyman Beecher
Who began the crusade against the use of alcohol?
Lynan Beecher
The first American women's rights convention was held in which state?
New York
Which was the first college in the United States to admit women and African Americans?
Oberlin college of Ohio
Which abolitionist was shot and killed by angry whites while escaping his burning newspaper office?
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
What was the name of the formerly enslaved African American who attracted huge crowds to hear her eloquent speeches?
Sojourner Truth
Who was the Quaker woman who gave lectures calling for temperance, peace, workers' rights, and abolition?'
Susan B. Anthony
By 1830, what was the most pressing social issue for reformers?
The issue of anti-slavery
Why did many girls not attend school in the 1800s?
They thought someone who was likely to become a wife and mother did not need much education.
Who opened Hartford School for the deaf in Connecticut in 1817?
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
What were people called who stressed the relationship between humans and nature and the importance of the individual conscience?
Transcendentalist
Which famous African American abolitionist, speaker, and writer escaped from slavery as a runaway?
Frederick Douglass
Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
What was Horace Mann's opinion about education?
He believed education was a key to wealth and economic opportunity for all.
Which was the first state to allow women to divorce their husbands if their husbands had an alcohol problem?
Indiana
What compromise was made in the 1700s in regard to slavery?
At the end of the century slavery would be illegal
What was a person called who helped to guide the runaways through the Underground Railroad?
Conductors
Who was the first white abolitionist to call for the "immediate and complete emancipation" of enslaved people?
William lawyers
Which definition best fits the word abolition?
ending slavery
Founded by Mary Lyon, Mount Holyoke was a school for
institutions of higher education for women in the United States.