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Erie Canal completed
The Erie Canal was fully completed on October 26,1825 -
American Temperance Society founded
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Sabbatarian Movement
Evangelicals wanted to sending mail on Sundays because it wasn't a church activity -
New England Anti-Slavery Society founded
William Lloyd Garrison helped find the New England
Anti-Slavery Society, was a leading figure in the abolitionist
movement, and wanted racial equality. -
Massachusetts School Board Established
Horace Mann demanded that Massachusetts assume the centralized control over schools. -
World Anti-Slavery Convention (London)
Refused to allow women delegates from the U.S. and that started a movement for women's equality -
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German/Irish Immigration Boom
4.2 million immigrants came to the U.S. and majority of them came from Germany and Ireland -
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“Know Nothing” Party Active
Limited the immigrants political right and wanted to curb the mass of immigration -
Seneca Falls Convention
First convention ever to devote women's suffrage and voting rights
