Reform Movements
between 1800 and 1860
Second Great Awakening
In the early 1800s a
Religious fervor
sweeps the nation.
Revivalist ministers
preached all over the
nation, especially on
the Frontier and a
spirit for change and
reform swept across
the country.
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Mormons, Transcendentalists
and Utopian Communities
While mainstream
religions grew in
large numbers,
during this time many
smaller religious
sects also spring up,
including groups like
Mormons, the
Transcendentalists as
well as other Utopian
Communities.
Joseph Smith
Brigham Young
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
1) How did the 2nd Great Awakening spark
religious and social change, as well as
religious discrimination?
2) How did differing religious beliefs
contribute to an increase in the sectional
Brook Farm today
divisiveness of the country?
2nd Great Awakening
Charles Grandison Finney/evangelism
Richard Allen/AME Church
Joseph Smith and Brigham Young / Mormons
utopian communities
Brook Farm/New Harmony
Transcendentalism
Emerson and Thoreau
Quakers
Richard Allen
Education, Mental Hospital
System, and Prison Reform, and
the Temperance Movement
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The reform and
revival spirit of
the second great
awakening
spurred a
movement to
reform other
aspects of society
as well.
Listed above are
some of the most
famous reform
movements.
Dorothea Dix
Horace Mann
1) How is change influenced by the actions of
citizens?
2) In what ways did religious influence impact
the effectiveness of social movements in the
first part of the 19th century?
Horace Mann
Public school movement
Dorothea Dix
Temperance movement
Neal Dow
Rehabilitation
Prison Reform
Pennsylvania System
Auburn Model
Neal Dow
Abolitionism
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Springing from the
reforming fervor of the
Second Great
Awakening, abolitionism
picked up steam.
During this time,
abolitionist newspapers
like the Liberator were
founded and Books
such as Uncle Tom’s
Cabin brought
widespread attention to
the issue.
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Nat Turner
1) How did both sides of the abolitionist
movement use religion to support their
viewpoint?
2) What were other arguments for and
against abolitionism?
William Lloyd Garrison/ The Liberator
emancipation
Nat Turner
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
David Walker
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
“necessary evil”
Frederick Douglass
Gag Rule
The American Anti-Slavery Society
Sojourner Truth
David Walker
The (early) Women’s Movement
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Women who were a
central part of the
social reform and
abolitionist
movements decided
that they too
deserved equal rites.
This led to the
beginning of the
women’s movement.
Sarah and Angelina Grimke
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucretia Mott
1) How was the women’s movement connected
to abolitionism and other reform movements of
the time?
2) How did different groups of leaders disagree
with regard to what should be the aims of the
Amelia Bloomer
women’s rights movement?
Susan B. Anthony
Women’s Rights
The Grimke Sisters (Quakers)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucretia Mott
Margaret Fuller
Seneca Falls Convention Susan B. Anthony
Amelia Bloomer
Married Women’s Property Act
The Declaration of Sentiments
Margaret Fuller