reform movements
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Reform= change for the better…
Economically, Politically, Socially and Culturally
Reform Movements
Second Great AwakeningMovement that said people had individual
responsibility rejected predeterminationIdeas spread through revivals –religious
meetings that lasted 4-5 days
MormonismChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter Day SaintsAdditional book(Book of Mormon)Practiced PolygamyRelocated to Utah(1847)
Religion
Literary MovementEmphasized a simple life and connection
with nature
Believed in civil disobedience – peacefully disobeying or breaking laws
Transcendentalism
Word “Utopia” means perfect place
Stressed self sufficiencyDid NOT last long
Utopian Communities
Prisoners were physically punished
Criminals and mentally ill people were housed together
Public hospitals est. 1845-1852 for mentally ill-Dorthea Dix
Prison reformers stressed rehabilitation penitentiary = place of repentance
Prison Reform/Treatment of the Insane
Methods of Repentance in Prison
Before 1850- one-room schools, physicals punishment and poorly trained teachers were usual
After 1850, each state provided some form of free public elementary schools
Improvements came first in the North East- the south and west lagged behind
Education Reform
Education Reform continue
Razor StrapRulerWhoopings…
Forms of Discipline
Abolition= get rid of slaveryAfter 1830’s, anti-slave movement gets stronger
Underground railroad
….A series of “safe houses” that helped slaves escape from the South to the North
Rebellions begin in the South- caused stricter controls on slaves
Abolitionist Movement
William Lloyd Garrison
•White abolitionist; published the newspaper “The Liberator”
Frederick Douglas – black abolitionist; published newspaper The North Star
Nat Turner - Led an unsuccessful slave revolt and rebellions begin in the South – caused stricter controls on slaves
In Antebellum U.S. women could not:VoteSit on juries
Earned ¼ of what men did for the same job-and their money belonged to their husbands
Cult of Domesticity
“a woman’s place is in the home
Women’s Rights
Temperance Movement
Prohibited drinking of alcohol
1848-Seneca Falls Convention in Seneca Falls, NY
Wrote the Declaration of Sentiments – declared that all men and women are created equal.
Owners hired single women so they could pay them low wages(pg 262)
Women faced poor working conditions and 17 hour days.
The Lowell Mill
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