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Abolitionist Movement
There were many individuals and events that led to the beginning of the Abolitionists movement. William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglas both wrote newspapers to expose the evils of slavery. In addition, the Grimke sisters fought to abolish the myth of the happy slave, indicted by Sen. John C. Calhoun. Various rebellions and slaves like Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth all helped to expose the injustices and save slaves from plantation life. -
Transcendentalists Emerge
Transcendentalists were men and women, usually intellectuals, sought for citizens to trust their instinct and find the truth themselves instead of believing gossip. They were commonly known through Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, and the Hudson River School of Artists. They also urged people to return to native. This was in conjuction with the Second Great Awakening. -
Free Soils Party Emerges
Emerging during Zachary Taylor's presidency, this political party formed on the basis of complete freedom and no slavery. This party was a threat because it stole botes from the Whigs and Democrats. -
Seneca Falls Convention
This event, led by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was to allow women to meet and discuss equality as well as fight for suffrage. This movement was in conjunction with the Women's Christian Temperance Movement as well as the Reform Era. -
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Zachary Taylor Presidency
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Temperance
In conjuction with the Women's Suffrage Movement, this movement was to abolish liquor so that men and husbands would stop the violence and beatings. Led by Mary Vaughn, alcohol was later abolished as the 18th amendment (now overturned). -
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Abraham Lincoln
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Andrew Johnson Presidency
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End of Reconstruction
Reconstruction Act of 1867 occurs and the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendment are passed to further help slaves. Also, the Freedmen's Bureau is formed; Radical Republicans begin to initiate their legislature in Congress. -
Labor Unions
The use of labor unions was to stop the cruel and destitute labor practices as well as improve working conditions. Many workers were threatened, fired, and forced to sign Yellow Dog Contracts to stop all use of labor unions. -
Radical Republicans
Radical Republicans were form of republicans who believed that Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction was too nice and that the real issue with the end of the Civil War was exterminating slavery. Radical Republicans later schemed in the Tenure of Office Act (Johnson's close impeachment) as well as civil rights for blacks. -
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Ulysses S. Grant Presidency
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Rutherford B. Hayes Presidency
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Chester A. Arthur Presidency
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Interstate Commerce Act
This is the first federal regulatory board saying that all goods have one rate. -
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Benjamin Harrison
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Populist Party
This political party piggybacked off the ideas of the Grange and Farmers' Alliance, both organizations working to improve the situation of farmers scammed by the railroads. They worked for the free silver standard, income tax, crop storage, and crop loans at 2%. Gold bugs, monopolies, and the Interstate Commerce Act all come into efect here. -
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William McKinley Presidency
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Progressivism Era
Muckrakers, nickelodeons, and newspapers all serve as ways to spread information. Social welfare and reform again emerges. The seventeenth and nineteenth amendment are passed. -
Progressivism
This era is capitalized by social reform and information spreading. Citizens now depend on muckrakers, nickelodeons, and newspapers to receive information from across the country.
