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Antebellum Period
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Women's Rights: Moral Reform
In 1834 middle class women in NYC founded theFemale Moral Reform Society. By 1840 the society had 555 chapters and 40,000 members. -
Fredrick Douglass
Formerly a slave, Douglass was one of the main abolitionist figures in the mid 1800's. In 1845 he published "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave" which became an immediate bestseller. He was also an active supporter of women's suffrage. -
Westward Expansion
Westward expansion was extremeply prevalent in the mid-1800's with the annexation of Texas and the winning of the California Region. This caused a disagreement over if these new areas should be slave free or not. -
Seneca Falls Convention
A convention designed to "discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". It was seen as an important step in the effort by women to gain for themselves a greater proportion of social, civil and moral rights. -
Gold Rush
Gold was discovered in California and people came from all over to strike it rich. Many who went over suffered from cholera, scurvy, and near starvation. -
Racial Warfare in California
Whites sought to exterminate the Indian population from California.This was done by undertaking systematic campaigns of extermination. -
Resistance to Fugitive Slave Act
In Christiana, PA in September of 1851, 20 African Americans exchanged gunfire with Maryland slave catchers killing two of them. This resistance was also backed by Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin". -
Rise of Radicalism
Southern democrats divided into moderates and fire-eaters.This paved the way for an easy Lincoln victory in the election of 1860 -
William Lloyd Garrison
An abolitionist friend of Fredrick Douglass, Garrison was the editor of the abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator". He was also one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
