8th Grade U.S. History Ashlee bunch Social reform 8th Grade U.S. History Ashlee bunch

2nd great awakening period of religious revival in which individuals were encouraged to improve their personal lives to save their own souls Individual improvement Huge gatherings, or revivals, attracted large crowds where speakers delivered emotional messages targeting the emotions of attendees as a result of these teachings and ways of thinking, individuals sought ways to take part in the improvement of society

Social Reform social reform – AN ORGANIZED ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE WHAT IS UNJUST OR IMPERFECT IN SOCIETY ReFORM Movements focused on establishing and improving rights for individuals in the USA mid-1800’S A VARIETY OF SOCIAL REFORMS WITH BOTH POLITICAL AND religious INFLUENCES GAINED SUPPORT- AMERICANS ACCEPTED THE TASK OF IMPROVING SOCIETY new mental asylums built better prisons, cruel punishments outlawed sale of alcohol banned in some states public schools built, college training for teachers THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING – RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT SWEEPING THE NATION IN THE EARLY 1800’S PREDESTINATION- BELIEF DURING THE COLONIAL ERA THAT GOD DECIDED IN ADVANCE WHICH PEOPLE RECEIVED SALVATION AFTER DEATH

TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT groups urged people to drink less, and other “T-Totalers” urged for complete abstinence from alcohol Leaders of the temperance movement along with church members felt like society would benefit from a ban on alcoholic beverages

Reforms for prisons and the mentally ill 5/6 prisoners were DEBtors, or persons unable to pay back money owed to lenders/ merchants Dorothea Dix – concerned reformist that wanted to ensure that the mentally ill received proper care new mental hospital built better prisons built cruel punishments outlawed

abolition abolitionist- person who wanted to end slavery in the United states to promote attendance and accommodate crowds, Anti-slavery meetings were held in churches and government buildings American colonization society- organization that founded the colony of liberia in western africa for freed slaves in 1822 with the help of president monroe

abolition Abolitionists in the north and south often placed themselves in precarious and extreme situations with their efforts to end slavery. Harriet Tubman- Underground railroad- series of “stations” and ”Conductors” that guided runaways to the north or Canada Frederick Douglass- escaped slave, newspaper publisher William Lloyd Garrison- anti-slavery newspaper grimke sisters- anti-slavery activists/orators

Women’s Rights during this time, women were discriminated against with regard to education, careers, and voting rights barring women from governmental participation was a widely used method of subjugation Seneca Falls convention- 1848 meeting that established a written document Declaration of sentiments promoting women’s rights participants of the meeting demanded equal rights pertinent to education and property ownership the Declaration of sentiments was shared common points with the Declaration of independence Women’s rights advocates such as Elizabeth cady stanton and sojourner truth vocalized that women were not inferior to men, deserved education, and they should be trained to perform a trade

Education education opportunities were extended for the training of teachers public schools grew extending opportunities to all students regardless of ethnicity, age, gender, and ability level