https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7 Fredy Ferman, 5th en-us 2018-03-21 16:43:25 UTC 2025-09-29 21:24:08 UTC hello@padlet.com fredy_ferman_281 https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/244636275 Link
Thoreau showed some of the first acts of civil disobedience by not paying his taxes because he disagreed with the Mexican-american war. This opened up a way for other citizens to protest for reform.]]> 2018-03-21 16:56:48 UTC https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/244636275 fredy_ferman_281 https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/244638519 Link to image
The different books, poems, art, etc in this image shows ways how different people planted idea through their works. The characters and actions symbolized to act for reform.]]> 2018-03-21 17:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/244638519 fredy_ferman_281 https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/245110523 Link to image
Andrew Jackson was an odd president in the sense that he wasn't as classy as the previous presidents. He promoted the rights of common people. The common people in the country then had inspiration to speak out.]]> 2018-03-22 16:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/245110523 fredy_ferman_281 https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/245116469 2018-03-22 16:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/245116469 fredy_ferman_281 https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/245117793 2018-03-22 16:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/245117793 fredy_ferman_281 https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/245119483 Reform is the idea of change for the better. The USA has had great reform influence, but what would inspire people to try to change the law? Certain figures, literature, and most of all, religion, planted the radical idea in people's minds. 
One of the biggest factors was religion. There was a huge religious movement in the 1820's through the 1830's called the great awakening. It emphasized that through God, people have a place in society. Religious sermons were held and people would gather around to hear the pastors, just like what you see in the background. In the end, they saw justification through God to make a change in the country by reform. Hand in hand, some people had the belief of Transcendentalism which believed that man triumphed over society so it is theirs to change.
Let's talk about figures. Andrew Jackson was elected in 1828, and as said in the picture above, he promoted the common people. Andrew Jackson was an average citizen elected into power and to everyone else, they saw that if he could make a change, they could too. Henry David Thoreau introduced civil disobedience, a non-violent way of protest. On top of that, other people introduced art and literature to promote reform. Nathaniel Hawthorn wrote "The Scarlet Letter," Walt Whitman wrote "Leaves of Grass," Ralph Waldo Wrote "Self-Reliance, and more shown in the image above labeled America Reform Propaganda.

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An abolitionist newspaper written by William Lloyd Garrison, the creator of the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833.]]> 2018-03-27 01:47:50 UTC https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/246332656 fredy_ferman_281 https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/246332716 Link 
Harriet was a conductor of the underground railroad, a series of secret passageways that helped slaves escape to the north.]]> 2018-03-27 01:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/246332716 fredy_ferman_281 https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/246332845 Link
The escaped slave, Frederick Douglass started the anti-slavery newspaper in 1847 and became an abolitionist movement leader.]]> 2018-03-27 01:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/246332845 fredy_ferman_281 https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/246333737 2018-03-27 01:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/246333737 fredy_ferman_281 https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/246333830 2018-03-27 01:56:01 UTC https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/246333830 fredy_ferman_281 https://padlet.com/fredy_ferman_281/3xypkiqinbb7/wish/246333950           The Abolitionist movement was the reform movement to end slavery. It started in the mid 1800's, the Revolutionary Era,  with both black and white leaders. Why would people join the movement? They believed that it would hold true to the phrase "liberty and equality(justice) for all."
Slaves were treated brutally in the fields in the south. The north had already banned slavery, but most Northerners did nothing to speak against slavery. As mentioned in the pictures above, two Newspapers were published, The Liberator, and the North Star, written by William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass inspired Sojourner Truth, a former slave, to speak out about her experience about the evils of slavery. Other vocal abolitionists(people who spoke about the cause to end slavery) include Angelina and Sarah Grimke, who were daughters of a slave owner and spoke about what they witnessed. One final upstander would include Harriet Tubman. As mentioned in the picture above, she helped slaves escape to the north or even to Canada through the underground railroad, a series of back roads hidden from slave owners and revealed through code. 
 All of the people who spoke up put their lives at risk. Tubman's bounty went up to $40,000, but was worth the 300+ slaves she saved. One thing to be noticed is that the abolitionist took advantage of the first amendment, and used civil disobedience as peaceful means of negotiation. The abolitionist movement not only pushed for an end to slavery, but also for equal rights. That idea would inspire the Women's right's Movement.

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