1. Ch. 8 Reforming American Society 1820-1850
To understand the various social and labor reform movements that swept the nation during the 1st half of the 19th century

2. 8:1 Religion sparks Reform
1. Second Great Awakening
2. Revival
3. Ralph Waldo Emerson
4. Transcendentalism
5. Henry David Thoreau
6. Civil Disobedience

3. 10. Efforts made to reform education (1830’s)
7. Unitarians
8. Utopian Communities
9. Dorthea Dix
10. Efforts made to reform education (1830’s)
11. Some opposed paying tax for public school ed.
12. Horace Mann-(Massachusetts) leader in public school reform movement
“If we do not prepare children to be good citizens. If we do not enrich their minds with knowledge, our republic must go down to destruction as others have gone before.”

4. Summary
Describe the reforms demanded in schools, mental hospitals and prisons.

5. 8:1 Main Ideas
1. (241) How did the 2nd Great Awakening revolutionize the American religious tradition?
2. How did the African-American church support its followers?(242)
3. How did Unitarians’ approach to religious experience differ from the revivalists?(243)
4. How did the reformers change the treatment of the mentally ill and prisoners?(244)

6. 8:2 Slavery & Abolition Obj: Identify some key abolitionists
2. William Lloyd Garrison
3. emancipation
4. Frederick Douglas
5. Typical work experiences of
rural southern states
6. Urban slaves

7. 7. Differences between rural & urban slavery 8. Nat Turner/Rebellion
Frederick Douglass with his second wife Helen Pitts Dolass (sitting). The woman standing is her sister Eva Pitts.
Scenes of Nat Turner's rebellion in Virginia. Created in 1831.

8. Some did think they should free slaves to prevent revolts.
9. Most Southerners responded to Nat Turner’s rebellion by wanting to defend slavery & control their slaves.
Some did think they should free slaves to prevent revolts.
10. Antebellum
Antebellum is a Latin word meaning "before war"
(“ante” means before and “bellum” means war).
11. Gag Rule

9. Summary/Main Idea
(252) How did Turner’s revolt harden southern white attitudes about basic liberties for blacks?

10. 8:3 Women & Reform Obj: Explain why women’s opportunities were limited in the mid-1800’s
1. Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott

11. 2. Women’s roles in mid 1800’s
3. Main restrictions for women:
4. Temperance Movement-
5. Elizabeth Blackwell
6. Catherine Beecher ‘s survey on women’s health found…
7. Amelia Bloomer

12. Explain why women’s opportunities were limited in the mid-1800’s
8. Seneca Falls Convention
Summary:
Explain why women’s opportunities were limited in the mid-1800’s

13. 8:4 The Changing Workplace Obj: Describe conditions women employees endured in factories
1. Cottage Industry
2. Master (artisan)
3. Journeyman
4. Apprentice
5. Mill owners hired women/girls b/c…
6. Results of the Lowell strike:
7. Employers won most strikes b/c…

14. Summary: What were some changes in the workplace?
8. The great potato famine
9. Most immigrants avoided the south b/c slavery limited their economic opportunities.
10. The National trade union movement was important b/c…..
Summary: What were some changes in the workplace?

15. 8:4 Summary
Workplace changes

16. Chapter Summary
Impact of social reforms