STANDARD US1.8d
Abolitionist and Suffrage Movements

The student will demonstrate knowledge of westward expansion and reform in America from 1801 to 1861 by
d) identifying the main ideas of the abolitionist and suffrage movements.

What were the main ideas expressed by the abolitionists?

What were the main ideas expressed during the suffrage movement?

The abolitionists worked to end slavery.

Abolitionist movement

• Most abolitionists demanded immediate freeing of the slaves.

• Abolitionists believed that slavery was wrong.
– Morally wrong
– Cruel and inhumane
– A violation of the principles of democracy

• Abolitionist leaders included both men and women.
– Harriet Tubman
– William Lloyd Garrison
– Frederick Douglass

The suffrage movement helped women gain equal rights.

Suffrage movement
• Supporters declared that “All men and women are created equal.”
• Supporters believed that women were deprived of basic rights.
– Denied the right to vote
– Denied educational opportunities, especially higher education
– Denied equal opportunities in business
– Limited in rights to own property

• The movement was led by strong women who began their campaign before the Civil War and continued after the war had ended.
– Isabel Sojourner Truth
– Susan B. Anthony
– Elizabeth Cady Stanton