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The Shakers
The Shakers were the most successful religious community as they had a significant impact on the outside world. The Shakers believed in dual personality (equality of men and women). They were the first Utopian community to be established. -
American Colonization Society
The American Colonization Society promoted the gradual abolition of slavery and the settlements of black Americans in Africa. It established countries in Africa so black Americans can settle in Africa. -
Robert Owen's Purchase
Owen purchased the Harmony Community in Indiana where he then established New Harmony, he hoped to create a "new Morale world". Owen believed in communitarianism to ensure workers receive full value in labor. -
The Temperance Movement
The American Temperance Society directed its efforts to redeem habitual drinking. Its purpose was to renounce drinking to Americans. The temperance movement aroused considerable hospitality. -
American Anti-Slavery Society
Many people around the time when the American Anti-Slavery society joined local groups devoted to abolition. More than 100,000 joined the groups of anti-slavery. -
Female Moral Reform Society
Thanks to Dorothea Dix, 28 states constructed mental hospitals before Civil War. This led to the formation of the Female Moral Reform society, which sought to redeem prostitutes from lives of sin -
Moral Susaion
Moral Susaion began in the 1830s and what it did was slaveholders were to be convicted of their ways, and the North. They were among the first to appreciate key roles of public opinion. -
Abolitionism riot in Boston
Led by "gentlemen of property and standing", mobs had disrupted abolitionist meetings in northern cities. They were after William Lloyd Garrison. -
Establishing Brook Farm
The Brook Farm was established to help demonstrate that manual and intellectual labor could coexist. It modeled the community as a whole from the ideas of social reformer Charles Fourier. -
The Oneidas
The Oneidas were another utopian community where they believed that men could achieve moral perfection and didn't believe in the equality of sexes. John Humphrey Noyes believed that they were as perfect as they come. -
The Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Fall Convention marked the beginning of women's suffrage. Voting, owning land, and divorcing was still in debate after the convention. Feminism was becoming a worldwide topic as feminists were fighting for women's rights. -
Release of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin modeled the autobiography of a fugitive slave named Josiah Henson. It portrayed slaves as sympathetic men and women looking or freedom. -
Summary
The turning point in the 1820s-1840s were the formation of societies that were fighting for a cause. The Anti-Slavery and Colonization society led the way for women's rights to be in place. This timeline was basically like a cause and effect. It impacted the U.S as slavery would be banned and blacks would therefore get rights. This was all because of the societies forming to fight a cause