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American Reform Movements: From Revivalists to Abolitionists

Explore the influential figures and movements shaping American society in the 19th century, from religious revivalists to slavery abolitionists. Learn how social reforms like temperance, women's rights, education, and mental health advocacy transformed the nation.

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American Reform Movements: From Revivalists to Abolitionists

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  1. Chapter 8 Study Guide

  2. Preachers who wanted to reenergize the role of religion in American society Revivalists:

  3. Drinking alcohol in moderation Temperance:

  4. Focused on gaining rights and equality for women Women’s movement:

  5. Abolitionist who published his own antislavery newspaper "The Liberator" William Lloyd Garrison:

  6. Transcendentalist who wrote "Civil Disobedience" Henry David Thoreau:

  7. Leader/creator of the Mormons Joseph Smith:

  8. Law that prohibited discussion about slavery in Congress Gag rule:

  9. Worked towards ending slavery Abolition movement:

  10. Former slave Freedman:

  11. “Perfect" communities Utopias

  12. Leader in changing schools; wanted a tax-payer supported public school system Horace Mann:

  13. Former slave who published The North Star and worked to end slavery through politics Frederick Douglass:

  14. Launched the Second Great Awakening Charles G. Finney:

  15. Transcendentalist who emphasized self-reliance, truth in nature, and personal imagination Ralph Waldo Emerson:

  16. Former slave who spoke for abolition and women's right Sojourner Truth:

  17. The right to vote Suffrage:

  18. Fugitive slave who led a revolt Nat Turner:

  19. Philosophers who wanted people to learn through nature Transcendentalists:

  20. Women's right activist; one of the organizers of the Seneca Falls Convention Elizabeth Cady Stanton:

  21. Focused on reforming the treatment and care of the mentally ill Dorothea Dix:

  22. Like criminals and thrown into prisons. How were the mentally ill treated before the mental health reform?

  23. Membership increased dramatically. How did the Second Great Awakening affect church membership?

  24. Religion How did slaves keep moral up and get through horrible living conditions?

  25. The north Where did the abolition movement take place mostly?

  26. Seneca Falls, New York. Where was the 1st women’s right convention in the United States held?

  27. Maine Laws What laws did Neal Dow pass to help the temperance movement?

  28. Educated people make better workers. How was public schools expected to help society and the economy?

  29. Passing laws to limit alcohol use . What was the most successful way to spread the temperance movement ideas?

  30. Educated people make better workers. America was going to lead the world into the new millennium. Horace Mann Catherine Beecher Elizabeth Blackwell Literacy rates increased drastically The number of children in schools doubled. Explain why the public school movement started in the United States. Discuss some of the key people involved in this movement. How did this movement change the United States?

  31. Movement to end slavery Frederick Douglass William Lloyd Garrison Sojourner Truth Nat Turner Underground Railroad American Colonization Society What was the abolition movement? Who were several leading abolitionists and what methods did they use? What attempts were made to stop or resist the abolitionist movement? 

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