American Society Takes Shape
Spirituality Awakens
• Second Great Awakening = wide-spread Christian movement; Manifest Destiny is undercurrent – 1790s – 1840s– Primary forum = revival meetings w/impassioned
speeches & Bible study
• African-American Church = free A.A. formed churches in Nor. states; became political, cultural & social centers; provided schools & other services denied by whites
Southern Slavery
• Pre-18th cent – most slaves were male & arrived from Carib. or Africa; spoke several languages
• By 1830s - #s of male & females more =; majority born in U.S. & spoke only English
• Slave life = hard work & oppressed; suffered violence & degradation
• Most slaves worked as house servants, farm hands or in fields
Turner’s Rebellion – Aug. 1831
• Led by Virginia slave Nat Turner • 50+ slaves attacked 4 plantations & killed 60+
whites• Turner & many rebels captured & executed• Outcome 1 = Southerners frightened & outraged;
tightened restrictions on all A.A = prevent further uprisings
• Outcome 2 = Pro-slavery peeps began to use Bible to defend slavery “servants to obey their masters”
“Noble Savages”
AntiSlavery• Abolition = movement to free A.A. from
slavery
• William Lloyd Garrison = most radical white abolitionist from Massachusetts– Editor of antislavery paper – 1828– Est. own paper, The Liberator– Demanded immediate emancipation –
1831– Lynched by Boston mob - 1835
cont.
• Frederick Douglas = slave who escaped; became an eloquent & outspoken critic of slavery– Hoped abolition won w/o violence
– Began own antislavery newspaper – The North Star - 1847
White Women Bring Reform
• Efforts to improve society – Raised $, distributed
info. & collected sigs. for antislavery petitions to Congress
– Temperance movement = effort to prohibit drinking alcohol
• Dorothea Dix = fought to improve treatment for mentally disabled & reform harsh & inhumane prison system
cont.
• Suffrage Movement– As more women participated in
reform movements, the demand for suffrage ↑
– Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the Seneca Falls convention in New York – 1848
• 300+ women attended & signed petition for right to vote
• Spoke out against slavery
SUMMARIZE YOUR NOTES
• Draw a line & summarize, in your own words, what you learned from these notes in 5-6 sentences.
• Create 1 CTQ @ Level 2– Remember, Qs should be answered by bullet points in
notes– Write CTQs below summary