1.  Second Great Awakening – During the 1790s and early 1800s, some Americans took part in a Christian renewal movement. This new interest in religion had spread to New England and the South.  Charles Grandison Finnery was one of the most important leaders. A lawyer who became a preacher after a religious conversion in 1821

2.  Finnery believed that  each person was responsible for their own salvation.  He believed that sin was avoidable.  He also had emotional prayer meetings that lasted for days.

3.  Temperance Movement – This reform effort urged people to use self-discipline to stop drinking hard liquor  Dorothea Dix – helped Prison reform. Was able to get mentally ill patience out of prisons and help create facilities to help the mentally ill.

4.  New England had the most schools  South and the West had the fewest  Few teachers were trained  Schoolhouses were small  Students of all ages and levels worked in one room  Social background and wealth affected the quality of education

5.  These individuals wanted all children taught in a common place, regardless of background  This movement was lead by Horace Mann  He got Massachusetts to double the school budget.  Increased teachers salary  Lengthened the school year  Began the first school for teacher training

6.  Women’s Education  Catherine Beecher started an all-female academy in Hartford Connecticut  The first college level-educational institution available to women was Troy Female Seminary  The first medical college for women was Holyoke College

7.  In 1831, Samuel Gridley Howe opened the Perkins School for the blind in Mass  Thomas Gallaudet improved the education and lives of people with hearing impairments. He founded the first free American school for hearing impaired people in 1817

8.  Question and Answers  Page 453, Questions 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b 4a, 4b Page 469, Questions 1-3, 4a, 5a, 6a, 7a, 8a,