1. The Reformers
By Mrs. Andreatta

2. 2nd Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening – A new interest in religion in the 1820’s and 1830’s in New England & the South.
Charles Grandison Finney – Leader of the 2nd Great Awakening
Left career as a lawyer
Told congregations each individual was responsible for their own salvation!

3. Charles Grandison Finney

4. Temperance Movement Yes – This is about alcohol abuse.
They believed Americans drank too much!
Avg. American consumed 7 gallons of Alcohol per year.
Alcohol abuse = family violence, poverty, criminal behavior.
Temperance Movement – Effort to urge people to use self-discipline to stop drinking hard liquor.

5. Alcohol Abuse / Temperance Movement:

6. Alcohol Facts Today:
An early age of drinking onset is also  associated with alcohol-related violence not only among persons under age 21 but among adults as well.
It has been estimated that over three million teenagers are out-and-out alcoholics.  Several million more have a serious drinking problem that they cannot manage on their own.
The three leading causes of death for 15- to 24-year-olds are automobile crashes, homicides and suicides -- alcohol is a leading factor in all three.

7. Prison Reform:
In the 1840’s it was reported that mentally ill people were often put into jail as criminals.
Dorothea Dix was a middle-class woman who wanted prison reform.
In response to Dorothea Dix, Massachusetts built special facilities for mentally ill people.
Eventually more than 100 hospitals were built!

8. Dorothea Dix

9. Dorothea Dix Hospital

10. Education Reform:
Common-School Movement – The idea that all children should be taught in a common place regardless of background.
Horace Mann – The leader of the common-school movement.
He became 1st secretary of ed. in Mass. He set the standard for education in the U.S.

11. Horace Mann

12. Horace Mann School