REFORM MOVEMENTS 1800 1850 o change from manual

REFORM MOVEMENTS 1800 -1850

o change from manual labor in the homes to machine labor in factories

Eli Whitney o Cotton Gin o o took the seeds from cotton farmers planted even more cotton slavery increased Southern economy became dependent on cotton

Eli Whitney (cont. ) o Interchangeable Parts o o made it quicker and easier to make products first used on muskets

Northern Economy vs. Southern Economy o North had n n n cheap labor money from businesses fast moving rivers

Northern Economy vs. Southern Economy o South had n n n fertile land long growing seasons Cotton

2 nd Great Awakening o o Lyman Beecher Charles Gradison Finney GOAL: bring people back to church IMPACT: church membership increased

Transcendentalists o o Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau GOAL: spiritual discovery through nature IMPACT: “Civil Disobedience” during the civil rights movement

Women’s Rights Movement o o o Elizabeth Cady Stanton GOAL: greater opportunities and rights for women IMPACT: gradual improvements

Temperance o o o American Temperance Society GOAL: end alcohol consumption IMPACT: alcohol consumption went down; family violence went down

Prison Reform o o o Dorothea Dix GOAL: improve prison conditions and separate the mentally ill IMPACT: improved prison conditions, established hospitals for mentally ill

Public Education o o o Horace Mann GOAL: tax supported public schools IMPACT: % of American children attending school doubled

Utopian Communities o o o Robert Owen GOAL: make perfect communities IMPACT: short lived, didn’t last

Abolitionist Movement o o o Nat Turner William Lloyd Garrison Frederick Douglass GOAL: end slavery IMPACT: made everyone aware of how wrong slavery was