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Democracy in the New Nation

Explore the impact of mid-19th century reforms and movements like Abolition, Women's Rights, and Jacksonian Political Reform on the development of democracy in America. Discover how changes in societal norms and suffrage rights shaped the democratic landscape.

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Democracy in the New Nation

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  1. Democracy in the New Nation Analyze the extent to which mid-19th century reforms & movements influenced the development of democracy.

  2. Mid-19thCentury Reforms & Movements • Second Great Awakening • Abolition Movement • Changing Roles of Women • Jacksonian Political Reform

  3. Second Great Awakening • Religious revival asserting that people could work toward perfection in themselves and society • Addressed issues such as: • Abolition • Temperance • Revival meetings • Impact on women’s suffrage An 1839 Methodist camp meeting

  4. Abolitionists • Slave trade prohibited, beginning 1808 • Antislavery organizations, some with religious roots • W.L. Garrison: slavery violated country’s founding principles • Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass William Lloyd Garrison

  5. Abolition Movement • Second Great Awakening increased antislavery sentiment • Most abolitionists supported other reforms as well • Underground Railroad Artist’s depiction of the Underground Railroad

  6. Temperance Movement • Attempted to curtail or ban alcohol • Hoped to ensure the stability of family and civil society • Women particularly involved • American Temperance Society • Related to the Second Great Awakening Temperance advocates outside a liquor store

  7. Women’s Roles • “Cult of True Womanhood” • Tied to temperance and abolition movements • Women gained confidence in ability to effect change • Education for women & children Illustration depicting many of the ideals of the “cult of true womanhood”

  8. Women’s Suffrage • Seneca Falls Convention (1848) • Declaration of Sentiments: • Based on Declaration of Independence • Called for complete equality of women and men • Demanded the right to vote • 19th Amendment (1920) Newspaper ad for the Seneca Falls Convention

  9. Side Note: Jacksonian Political Reform • Andrew Jackson • Jacksonian Democracy: • Spoils System • Hands Off Approach to Economy • Manifest Destiny & Indian Removal • Strict Constructionist • Increased Male Suffrage • President for “The Common Man”

  10. Reasons for increases in mass political participation: Expansion of Suffrage elimination of property requirements Printed ballots Political conventions & party caucuses Candidates w/popular appeal Campaigns Partisan Newspapers The Expansion of Voting Rights for White Men, 1800-1830

  11. Voter TurnoutBefore the Civil War

  12. The Development of Democracy Analyze the extent to which mid-19th century reforms & movements influenced the development of democracy.

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