19TH CENTURY RELIGION & REFORM
Chapter 1
Section 3
LECTURE FOCUS QUESTION
How did the Second Great Awakening encourage reform? Explain.
SECOND GREAT AWAKENING
Second Great Awakening: religious revival that swept America in 1820’s
Anyone (rich or poor) could and should work toward a state of moral perfection
Emphasis on good works
NEW RELIGIONSNew religions are born due to the SGAMethodists, Baptists, Presbyterians, Mormons, etc.
Mormon ChurchPolygamy: many spouses (wives)Persecuted and forced to move to Ohio and then to Utah
Emphasis on good works = Americans sought to improve many aspects of society
Joseph Smith, founder of the
Mormon Church
SIMON SAYS…
SThe Church of Latter Day
Saints (Mormon) valued
education highly. In 1875, they
established Brigham Young
University.
ABOLITIONISM•Abolitionists: reformers (black & white) who sought an end to slavery on moral grounds•Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison worked together to educate Northerners of the ills of slavery
•Emancipate: to free
•Underground Railroad: network of abolitionists (black & white) who helped slaves escape to the North•Harriet Tubman: “conductor” of UR
CONNECTION #1
In the last few years we have seen many new black leaders fighting for the rights of African Americans. Name one of them and what they are fighting for (be specific).
BRAIN SNACK
Create a bumper sticker
which promotes the Second
Great Awakening.
It should include:A slogan
Accurate information that makes a point
An illustration/logo
TEMPERANCE
Temperance movement: campaign to eliminate alcohol consumptionAlcohol caused crime, poverty, family hardshipSingle biggest threat to families
Carrie Nation
CONNECTION #2
What do you think one argument against temperance might have been? Explain.
WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE
Goal = right to vote for women
Seneca Falls Convention: nation’s first women’s rights convention
Declaration of Sentiments: document modeled after Dec. of Ind. in which women listed grievances and declared their rights
Elizabeth Cady Stanton &Susan B. Anthony
SIMON SAYS…
SThe abolitionist movement
inspired female reformers to
fight for the rights of women,
too.
SUMMARY
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LECTURE FOCUS QUESTION
How did the Second Great Awakening encourage reform? Explain.
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