1. Chapter 14, Section 3 “Reforming American Society”
Main Idea – In the mid-1800s, several reform movements worked to improve American education and society.

2. A Second Great Awakening
Teaching at Revivals
Revivals Effect on Reform
Americans should improve themselves and their society, and they should help others
Americans began to believe they could act to make things better; religion became important to many Americans again

3. Temperance a campaign to stop people from consuming alcohol
many male workers would spend much of their paychecks on drinking
women and business owners supported this movement

4. Workers’ Rights
workers organized into unions and used strikes to gain better working conditions, better hours and higher wages

5. Education
Horace Mann worked to improve public education
New schools and colleges offered some limited opportunities for women and African Americans

6. Care for the Needy
Improvements in caring for the mentally ill and building of new hospitals nation-wide
Schools are created for the deaf and blind
Conditions in jails were improved (separating children and adults; rehabilitating prisoners)

7. Aimed to create a “utopia” – a perfect world
Ideal Communities
Aimed to create a “utopia” – a perfect world
People were given food and other necessities for living in exchange for work
None were very successful