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Dreams of Shaping Society
The Puritans went to the USA to build a new society based on the free practice of religion. The American Revolutionaries wrote a constitution to reshape society and to change the country. -
A Historic Convention
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucrecia Mott organized the Seneca Falls Convention, to discuss woman´s rights. They introduced a resolution to pursue the right to vote. The resolution passed. -
The Crisis of Slavery
About 88% of the African American people in the country were enslaved. Many people cried for change. The abolitionists campaigning against slavery helped for this to stop. -
Civil War
Abraham Lincoln is elected president. -
Civil War
Civil War war began, pitting North against South. -
Civil War
After many years of devastation, the North won the war. Their victory set the nation's future and the end of slavery. They made an economy based on agriculture and not in slavery. -
Expansion and Progress
The country continued growing after the war. Inmigrants were provided with work. Electricity was being used for the first time on a large scale. -
Reform Movements
Reformers were attempting to transform society. Pioners championed public education, and activists pushed forward reforms of the justice system. Womans began to participate in politics and the economy. -
The Movement of Women´s Rights
Reformers campaign vigorously for women´s rights. They lobbed politicians, held public lectures, published newspapers, and marched to get this goal. -
Social Progress
Laws gave women their own property and rights in some states. Women were allowed to vote in some states -
A Nation Comes of Age
The USA grew up as an agricultural society and then became a modern industrial giant. Freedom and African Americans' rights were discussed at that time. In the end, society was reshaped by reformers. -
Social Progress
The right to vote was granted after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution. -
A Legacy of Protest
The issues of power and racism raised during this period. New eras of protest were born to end racial discrimination. The literature in this age was about the struggle for social justice.
