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Bell Ringer. Write Question AND Answer. Answer = 2. American Society during the Era of Good Feeling OBJECTIVES. #7. Remember the 19 th Century IS the 1800s!. Remember the 19 th Century IS the 1800s!. Identify one transcendentalist and give a detail about them.
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Bell Ringer Write Question AND Answer Answer = 2
American Society during the Era of Good Feeling OBJECTIVES #7 Remember the 19th Century IS the 1800s! Remember the 19th Century IS the 1800s! Identify one transcendentalist and give a detail about them. Identify two details about education reform in the early-mid 1800s. Outline the Abolition vs. Pro-Slavery argument. Identify three details about the Women’s Rights Movement.
American Society during the Era of Good Feeling (Religion) Staged revivals, sometimes lasting 5 days Rejected Calvinism and Predetermination (salvation/damnation) Membership in Churches increased The Second Great Awakening Unitarianism: Believed individual and social reform are important African Americans formed their own churches
Religious Revival
American Society during the Era of Good Feeling (Reform) Emphasized living a simple life Wrote “Walden” Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau Transcendentalism Believed Truth is found in Nature Believed in Civil Disobedience
Emerson Thoreau
American Society during the Era of Good Feeling (Social Reform) In the mid-19th Century (1800s), Dorothea Dix advocated reform for mentally ill people. She wrote a report for the Massachusetts Legislature & convinced 9 Southern States to improve conditions in mental institutions. Education was another area in need of reform… Massachusetts Pennsylvania EDUCATION 1834 – Established a school system that is supported by taxes 1837 – Horace Mann becomes the 1st Secretary of Education Established teacher training programs and curriculum reform Within 3 years, 42% of school aged children were attending
American Society during the Era of Good Feeling (Slavery & Abolition) By the 1820’s, more and more reform-minded people were advocating for abolition of slavery. Charles Finney, a revivalist preacher from Rochester, called slavery “a great national sin”. • Pro-Abolition • William Lloyd Garrison (white man) started a newspaper called The Liberator • Anti-slavery associations are created • Frederick Douglass (black man) escaped slavery, was well spoken and well written • Pro-Slavery • Stated the slavery benefited the black • Stated blacks were happy with the conditions • Said the black slave system was better than the wage system of the North The Debates raged. Abolitionists pushed for immediate emancipation. Pro-slavery advocates secured a gag rule (limiting the amount of time Congress could have debates over the issue). Violence would erupt in places. Slaves would revolt and retaliate against slave holders.
American Society during the Era of Good Feeling (Women & Reform) Abolition Appealed to the Christian ideals to condemn slavery Temperance Many wanted to prohibit drinking 1826 – the American Temperance Society was created Education For girls, not important. One of the first women’s schools opened in 1821. Black women faced greater challenges. Women’s Reform Movement • Sojourner Truth • Black women • Abolitionist • Traveled Extensively Seneca Falls Convention Nearly 300 people gathered to advocate for women’s rights. Women should participate in public life.