CHAPTER 14 SECTION 3 REFORMING SOCIETY Second Great

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CHAPTER 14, SECTION 3 REFORMING SOCIETY � Second Great Awakening – During the 1790

CHAPTER 14, SECTION 3 REFORMING SOCIETY � Second Great Awakening – During the 1790 s and early 1800 s, some Americans took part in a Christian renewal movement. This new interest in religion had spread to New England the South. � Charles Grandison Finnery was one of the most important leaders. A lawyer who became a preacher after a religious conversion in 1821

SECOND GREAT AWAKENING �Finnery believed that �each person was responsible for their own salvation.

SECOND GREAT AWAKENING �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.

SOCIAL REFORMERS SPEAK OUT � Temperance Movement – This reform effort urged people to

SOCIAL REFORMERS SPEAK OUT � 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.

EDUCATION IN THE EARLY 1800 S � New England had the most schools �

EDUCATION IN THE EARLY 1800 S � 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

COMMON-SCHOOL MOVEMENT � These individuals wanted all children taught in a common place, regardless

COMMON-SCHOOL MOVEMENT � 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

EDUCATION � Women’s Education � Catherine Beecher started an all-female academy in Hartford Connecticut

EDUCATION � 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

TEACHING PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS � In 1831, Samuel Gridley Howe opened the Perkins

TEACHING PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS � 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

ASSESSMENTS FOR SECTION 3, PLUS. . � Question and Answers � Page 453, Questions

ASSESSMENTS FOR SECTION 3, PLUS. . � Question and Answers � Page 453, Questions 1 a, 1 b, 2 a, 2 b, 3 a, 3 b 4 a, 4 b Page 469, Questions 1 -3, 4 a, 5 a, 6 a, 7 a, 8 a,

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