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Reforming American Society

Reforming American Society. What changes occurred in 1800s America?. Spiritual Awakening Inspires Reform. People can improve themselves & society ! 2 nd Great Awakening (1790s-1840s) a. Revive Christian faith in days-long Christian meetings

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Reforming American Society

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  1. Reforming American Society What changes occurred in 1800s America?

  2. Spiritual Awakening Inspires Reform • People can improve themselves & society! • 2nd Great Awakening (1790s-1840s) a. Revive Christian faith in days-long Christian meetings b. church attendance from 1out of 15 to 1 out of 6 2. Unitarians & Transcendentalism a. Ralph Waldo Emerson forms new religious group b. Truth can be discovered by observing nature & relating it to one’s own emotions & spiritual experience 3. African- American Churches a. South = use sermons as sources of inspiration & hope b. North = political, social, & cultural centers

  3. Abolition of Slavery • Abolition: movement to end slavery a. Do we send Slaves back to Africa or let them become citizens? • William Lloyd Garrison: radical abolitionist a. 1831: published antislavery newspaper, The Liberator. Freedom by any means necessary • 3. Frederick Douglass: Former slave turned abolitionist • a. 1847: published antislavery newspaper, the North Star. Freedom w/o violence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su-4JBEIhXY

  4. Women and Reform • Involved in abolition & temperance movements • Education & health awareness for women expand 3. Women’s Rights Movement begins a. Seneca Falls Convention, NY (1848, 1st Women’s rights convention) b. Main leaders: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth

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