U.S. History
Chapter 3 – The Growth of a Young Nation
3-5 Reforming American Society
Reforming American Society
CA Standards:
11.3.2 Analyze the great religious revivals and the leaders involved in
them…
Objectives:
• Explain how reform movements were inspired by the spiritual
awakening of the 19th century.
• Describe the institution of slavery and the abolitionist movement.
• Discuss the central role that women played in 19th century
reform movements.
Homework
Write definition of Terms &
Names found on page 152 of
textbook or page 45 in
workbook.
Read pages 112 - 149
The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st
Century
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Reforming American Society
Main Idea
Throughout the mid-19th century, men and women
embarked on a widespread effort to solve problems in
American society.
Reforming American Society
Why It Matters Now
A number of achievements from this period, including
laws enacted and institutions established, still exist
today.
Reforming American Society
Terms & Names page 144 in
textbook or 43 in workbook
 Abolition
Nat Turner
 Unitarians
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
 Ralph Waldo Emerson
Seneca Falls Convention
 Transcendentalism
Sojourner Truth
 William Lloyd Garrison
 Frederick Douglas
Notes: 3-5 Guided Reading
Reforming American Society
Read Pages 43 & 44
Reading Study Guide
Notes: 3-5 Guided Reading
1. Name three religious movements that took place
in America in the first half of the 1800s
• Second Great Awakening
• Unitarianism
• Transcendentalism
Notes: 3-5 Guided Reading
2. Describe how three people fought against slavery in the
1830s?
• William Lloyd Garrison started an anti-slavery
newspaper called the Liberator.
• Frederick Douglas escaped from slavery and supported
nonviolent efforts to end slavery.
•Nat Turner led a violent slave rebellion.
Notes: 3-5 Guided Reading
3. How did women work for reform in the 19th
century?
• Many women fought for abolition to end slavery.
Others worked for temperance to ban the drinking of
alcohol.
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notebook quiz