The Age of Reform Social Reform Section 1 Chapter 14
The Reforming Spirit New Harmony, Indiana---est. by Robert Owen –A village dedicated to cooperation rather then competition among its members –Utopian society The Religious Influence –The 2 nd Great Awakening—wave of religious fervor---Charles Finney preached at revivals –Revivals spring up all over where people listen to eloquent preachers, prayed, sang, wept, and shouted!!!!
War Against Alcohol –Temperance Movement was a push for little or no alcohol –The Temperance movement gained a major victory in 1851 when Maine passed a law banning the manufacturing and sale of alcohol
Reforming Education In the early 1800s the New England region provided for free elementary education Horace Mann was a leader in educational reform –Made school 6 months –Changed school curriculum –Doubled teaching salaries –Developed was to teach teachers The first state funded normal school was founded in School for teaching teachers
Many parents keep their daughters out of school –They believed that a women's primary role was as a wife and mother which did not require an education –When they did go to school they are taught music and needlework Higher Education (College) –Religious Groups founded the most colleges in the 1820s -1850s –Oberlin College of Ohio was the first to admit both women and African Americans
People with Special Needs –Thomas Gallaudet developed a method for education the hearing impaired –Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe invented a way for visually impaired people to read –Dorothea Dix---School teacher who helped reform attitudes toward the mentally ill
Cultural Trends Transcendentalists –Stressed the relationship between humans and nature as well as the importance of the individual conscience. American Writers –Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Harriet Beecher Stowe American Poets –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickenson Most Successful book injustice of slavery –Uncle Toms Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
By the 1850s, when girls did go to school, they often studied A.mathematics B.history C.music or needlework D.science [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
The first college in the United States to admit women and African Americans was A.Harvard B.Mount Holyoke C.Ashmun Institute D.Oberlin College of Ohio [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Who was the schoolteacher who helped reform attitudes toward the mentally ill? A.Dorothea Dix B.Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe C.George Catlin D.Thomas Gallaudet [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
People who stressed the relationship between humans and nature and the importance of the individual conscience were called A.Naturalists B.Transcendentalists C.Reformers D.Conscience-raisers [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
What writer wrote about the injustice of slavery? A.Nathaniel Hawthorne B.Herman Melville C.Harriet Beecher Stowe D.Washington Irving [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
The time period that saw a raise in Religious Fervor A.Transcendentalism B.Second Great Awakening C.Catholicism D.Immigration [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Which of the following was a poet. A.Horace Mann B.Charles Finney C.Dorothea Dix D.Walt Whitman [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
Who was a leader of educational reform A.Horace Mann B.Charles Finney C.Walt Whitman D.Dorothea Dix [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
This guy preached at revivals A.Horace Mann B.Walt Whitman C.Charles Finney D.George Catlin [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]
New Harmony, Indiana is an example of an attempt to form this type of society. A.Utopia B.Boomtown C.Booze town D.Religious town [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]