Westward Expansion SOL US1.8d

Major Ideas The Abolitionists worked to end slavery. The Suffrage Movement helped women gain equal rights.

The Abolitionists worked to end slavery.

The Suffrage Movement helped women gain equal rights.

Abolitionist Movement Most demanded immediate freeing of slaves. They felt that slavery was morally wrong, cruel and inhumane, and a violation of democracy.

Most demanded immediate freeing of slaves.

They felt that slavery was morally wrong, cruel and inhumane, and a violation of democracy.

Abolitionist Movement Abolitionist leaders included both men and women. (Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass.) http://www.celdf.org/Portals/0/Images/William%20Lloyd%20Garrison.bmp http://americancivilwar.com/pictures/harriet_tubman.jpg

Abolitionist leaders included both men and women. (Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass.)

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Suffrage Movement Declared “all men and women are created equal.” Believed women were deprived of basic rights, such as the right to vote, educational opportunities (especially higher education), equal opportunities in business, and limited in rights to own property. http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/96/117396-004-342305F7.jpg

Declared “all men and women are created equal.”

Believed women were deprived of basic rights, such as the right to vote, educational opportunities (especially higher education), equal opportunities in business, and limited in rights to own property.

Suffrage Movement The movement was led by strong women who began their campaign before the Civil War and continued after the war had ended. Important leaders of the Suffrage Movement include Isabel Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

The movement was led by strong women who began their campaign before the Civil War and continued after the war had ended.

Important leaders of the Suffrage Movement include Isabel Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Suffrage Movement http://www.nps.gov/wori/historyculture/images/sojourner_truth.jpg Isabel Sojourner Truth http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton.jpg/434px-Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton.jpg Elizabeth Cady Stanton http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/Susan_B_Anthony_Older_Years.png Susan B. Anthony