Category Archives: Early 1800s Reform

APUSH – Dorothea Dix speaks out on behalf of the Insane (1848)

Posted on January 20, 2015 by pmaienknecht

Antebellum reformer Dorothea Dix addresses the Massachusetts legislature about the poor conditions  and treatment of the mentally ill in 1848. Primary source document with a guided question. dorothea-dix-speaks-on-behalf-of-the-insane

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APUSH – Declaration of Sentiments of the Seneca Falls Convention – 1848 (women’s suffrage)

Posted on January 13, 2015 by pmaienknecht

This primary source document marked the beginning of the seventy-year struggle for women’s suffrage as Elizabeth Cady Stanton hosted the Seneca Falls Convention for women in up-state New York. In addition, this selection contains reading questions. declaration-of-sentiments-of-the-seneca-falls-convention  

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APUSH – The Role of Political Parties in Elections

Posted on December 8, 2014 by pmaienknecht

1.  Using your textbook or any other resources you choose, chart the changes that occurred in the United States in the early 19th century affecting Suffrage, from the demise of the Federalists to the election of Andrew Jackson in 1828. … Continue reading →

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APUSH – The Intimately Oppressed by Howard Zinn

Posted on January 25, 2013 by pmaienknecht

The link below will take you to chapter 6 “The Intimately Oppressed” by controversial author Howard Zinn’s book History is a Weapon; A People’s History of the United States. The Intimately Oppressed After reading this chapter on the “Cult of … Continue reading →

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APUSH – “The Cult of Domesticity”

Posted on January 24, 2013 by pmaienknecht

The link below will take you to several articles on women’s reform during the Antebellum Era of the mid 1800s.  First read the “background” information, then read your assigned article and answer the questions that coincide with your assigned passage. Cult … Continue reading →

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