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Eire Canal
The Eire Canal was completed October 26, 1825. It was the first and most successful of the artificial waterways. It was designed to link the western markets to the eastern manufacturing. It even lead to the building of over 3,000 miles of canals by 1840. -
American Temperance Society
The first American Temperance Society was founded on February 13, 1826. The purpose was to decrease the consumption of alcohol. The leader of the union was Lyman Beecher who was also a leader of the Second Great Awakening. It was the first U.S social organization to promote national support for a national cause. -
Sabbatarianism movement
Seventh-day Sabbatarianism is a movement that generally embraces a literal reading of the Sabbath commandment that provides for both worship and rest on the seventh day of the week. Seventh-day Baptists leave most other Sabbath considerations of observance to individual conscience. -
New England Anti-Slavery Society
Founded in 1832 by outspoken abolitionist and journalist William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), The Abolitionist Anti-Slavery Society of New England (AASSONE) was the first abolitionist society in the country to advocate immediate emancipation. -
Massachusetts Board of Education
The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is the state education agency responsible for interpreting and implementing laws relevant to public education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Public education in the Commonwealth is organized according to the regulations adopted by the Mass. Board of Education, which are good faith interpretations of Massachusetts state and federal law. -
World Anti-Slavery Convention (London)
The World Anti-Slavery Convention met for the first time at Exeter Hall in London, on 12–23 June 1840. It was organised by the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, largely on the initiative of the English Quaker Joseph Sturge. -
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German / Irish Immigration Boom
From 1840 to 1860, over 4 million immigrants came into the U.S. Most of them were from Ireland and Germany. A lot of them moved to America because of political and religious issues. Many Irish people died of malnutrition due to the potato famine, so over one million Irish people moved to the U.S. for better nutrition and resources. -
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"Know Nothing" Party
The Know-Nothing Party, also known as the American Party, was a prominent United States political party during the late 1840s and the early 1850s. The American Party originated in 1849. Its members strongly opposed immigrants and followers of the Catholic Church. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman".