Reform Movements

13th Amendment (1865)

abolished (ended) and prohibited slavery

18th Amendment

prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages

19th Amendment (1920)

gave women the right to vote in the Constitution

Abolition Movement

organized effort to abolish or ban (get rid of) slavery

consumption

the act of taking in; in this case the use of alcohol

Education Movement

organized effort to led by Horace Mann; hoped to establish free, compulsory (required) public schools and provide teacher training

Labor Reform Movement

organized effort to improve working conditions and working hours, limit child labor; led by the Lowell Mill Girls who initiated the first strike

Prison Reform Movement

organized effort to improve condition and treatment of prisoners and to provide humane treatment for mental illness

reform

change society for the better

Second Great Awakening

religious revival in the US in the early 1800's that helped inspire social reform movements

suffrage

right to vote

Temperance Movement

organized effort to reduce the amount of alcohol Americans drank in the mid- to late-1800's

Women's Rights Movement

organized effort to improve political, legal and economic status of women in American society in the mid 1800's to early 1900's. Focus was on suffrage, or voting rights