Chapter 12An Age of Reformhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t62fUZJvjOs

How did reformers and writer inspire change and spark controversy?

How did reformers and writers inspire change and spark controversy.

5: I can explain how reformers and writers inspired change and sparked the Civil War

4: I can connect how American literature and arts sparked the Civil War

3: I can trace how the abolition movement lead to the Civil War.

2: I understand how the Second Great Awakening, Temperance movement and Education reform changed the American society.

1: I recognize that many reformers and writers did inspire change and spark controversy but not sure how.

0: I can not explain what reformers and controversies mean in regards to the time period of 1820 to 1860.

Page 412-413 Graph, chart , Map and timeline

Where did the Second Great Awakening begin?

Who called for the women’s suffrage convention?

What is the difference between suffrage and rights?

Give an example of the underground railroad. What is abolitionism? What is an Utopian community? What is the purpose of an Utopian

community?

Improving Society

Why it matters: Age of Jackson spread the idea of democracy across the country. This spirit influenced religious ideas and inspired people to react to improve American society.

The Reforming Spirit

Reform: To make a change to create a positive difference is to re-form.

Social reform: It is an organized attempt to improve conditions of life.

Jacksonian Democracy

Increase ability to vote for White Americans

Created a change socially and politically

Ideas of different opinions are being heard in the political circle like: slavery and women suffrage.

Second Great Awakening

Encouraged reform People began to believe they had the

power to improve themselves and society

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Utopian Communities

Utopian communities is the desire to create a perfect society.

New Harmony, Indiana

Temperance Movement

Effort to end or reduce end alcohol abuse and the problems created by it.

Women where often drawn to this movement. Why?

Temperance: or moderation in drinking.

Prohibition: a total ban on alcohol.

Prison Reform & Mental Health Dorothea Dix was a reformer that

tried to make prisons more human. Page 417

Dix encourages Massachusetts to take mentally ill out of prison and put into Hospital to receive help. This would provide treatment not punishment.

The Second Great Awakening Early 1800’s Many ministers challenged some

traditional views such as “predestination” and “slavery”

Predestination is the ideas that God had determined your faith before your birth. Therefore, “sinners’ could repent and reform their sinful life.

Questioned rather “slavery” was right.

Revivals would last for days or weeks

Education Reform

Massachusetts first state to require public schools supported by taxes

Horace Mann known as the “Father of Public Education”

He extended school days and trained teachers

Literacy rates increased drastically in the North but not as much in South. Why?

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How did reformers and writers inspire change and spark controversy?

After studying page 412-413, give your opinion on how these reforms relates to the chapter question. Second Great Awakening Utopian Community Public Education Underground Railroad Abolitionism Women’s Rights

Essay: How might the doctrine of free will promote democracy?

Doctrine: Doctrine is a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a church, political party or other groups.

Essay:

Topic: The belief and preaching of free will from leaders of the Second Awakening did promote democracy in America.

Supporting sentences: First, The Great Awakening was a spark of religious fervor in America in the 1800’s that challenged religious views of the church doctrine. Before the 1800’s many churches practiced the idea of predestination which is that God sets your destiny even before you are born. Preachers in the Great Awaking era preached that people’s own actions is what determined their own salvation or destiny. Therefore, men and women had a part in their destiny and that they could reform their wrong ways and set a path to righteousness.

Secondly, The Second Great Awakening stirred emotions among the American people and many people worked to make the political system even fairer. I idea of suffrage for all white males regardless of property ownership had the right to vote and hold a political office. Even on a larger scale, many people started to believe that a righteous democratic government should never own another human being.

Conclusion: The idea of “free will” encouraged many people to own and control their own destiny by being righteous and encouraging a more democratic government for America.