SOCIAL REFORM 8 TH GRADE U S HISTORY

SOCIAL REFORM 8 TH GRADE U. S. HISTORY ASHLEE BUNCH

ND 2 GREAT AWAKENING • PERIOD OF RELIGIOUS REVIVAL IN WHICH INDIVIDUALS WERE ENCOURAGED TO IMPROVE THEIR PERSONAL LIVES TO SAVE THEIR OWN SOULS • INDIVIDUAL IMPROVEMENT • HUGE GATHERINGS, OR REVIVALS, ATTRACTED LARGE CROWDS WHERE SPEAKERS DELIVERED EMOTIONAL MESSAGES TARGETING THE EMOTIONS OF ATTENDEES • AS A RESULT OF THESE TEACHINGS AND WAYS OF THINKING, INDIVIDUALS SOUGHT

SOCIAL REFORM • SOCIAL REFORM – AN ORGANIZED ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE WHAT IS UNJUST OR IMPERFECT IN SOCIETY • REFORM MOVEMENTS FOCUSED ON ESTABLISHING AND IMPROVING RIGHTS FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE USA • MID-1800’S A VARIETY OF SOCIAL REFORMS WITH BOTH POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS INFLUENCES GAINED SUPPORT- AMERICANS ACCEPTED THE TASK OF IMPROVING SOCIETY BY REFORMING THE FOLLOWING: • • NEW MENTAL ASYLUMS BUILT BETTER PRISONS, CRUEL PUNISHMENTS OUTLAWED SALE OF ALCOHOL BANNED IN SOME STATES PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUILT, COLLEGE TRAINING FOR TEACHERS • THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING – RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT SWEEPING THE NATION IN THE EARLY 1800’S

TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT • GROUPS URGED PEOPLE TO DRINK LESS, AND OTHER “T-TOTALERS” URGED FOR COMPLETE ABSTINENCE FROM ALCOHOL • LEADERS OF THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT ALONG WITH CHURCH MEMBERS FELT LIKE SOCIETY WOULD BENEFIT FROM A BAN ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

REFORMS FOR PRISONS AND THE MENTALLY ILL • 5/6 PRISONERS WERE DEBTORS, OR PERSONS UNABLE TO PAY BACK MONEY OWED TO LENDERS/ MERCHANTS • DOROTHEA DIX – CONCERNED REFORMIST THAT WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE MENTALLY ILL RECEIVED PROPER CARE • NEW MENTAL HOSPITAL BUILT

ABOLITION • ABOLITIONIST- PERSON WHO WANTED TO END SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES • TO PROMOTE ATTENDANCE AND ACCOMMODATE CROWDS, ANTISLAVERY MEETINGS WERE HELD IN CHURCHES AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS • AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETYORGANIZATION THAT FOUNDED THE COLONY OF LIBERIA IN WESTERN AFRICA FOR FREED SLAVES IN 1822

ABOLITION • ABOLITIONISTS IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH OFTEN PLACED THEMSELVES IN PRECARIOUS AND EXTREME SITUATIONS WITH THEIR EFFORTS TO END SLAVERY. • HARRIET TUBMAN- UNDERGROUND RAILROAD- SERIES OF “STATIONS” AND ”CONDUCTORS” THAT GUIDED RUNAWAYS TO THE NORTH OR CANADA – ROUTES WERE OFTEN ALONG WATERWAYS SUCH AS THE MS & OH RIVERS AND THE ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO • FREDERICK DOUGLASS- ESCAPED SLAVE, NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER • WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON- ANTISLAVERY NEWSPAPER

WOMEN’S RIGHTS • DURING THIS TIME, WOMEN WERE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST WITH REGARD TO EDUCATION, CAREERS, AND VOTING RIGHTS • BARRING WOMEN FROM GOVERNMENTAL PARTICIPATION WAS A WIDELY USED METHOD OF SUBJUGATION • SENECA FALLS CONVENTION- 1848 MEETING THAT ESTABLISHED A WRITTEN DOCUMENT DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS PROMOTING WOMEN’S RIGHTS • PARTICIPANTS OF THE MEETING DEMANDED EQUAL RIGHTS PERTINENT TO EDUCATION AND PROPERTY OWNERSHIP • THE DECLARATION OF SENTIMENTS WAS SHARED COMMON POINTS WITH THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE • WOMEN’S RIGHTS MOVEMENT ADVOCATES SUCH

EDUCATION • EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES WERE EXTENDED FOR THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS • PUBLIC SCHOOLS GREW TO INCLUDE STUDENTS OF VARYING