U.S. I Power Point Project
Chapter 8 Reforming American
Society
Description: The class will be broken down into groups of four or five depending on
your class size. Each group will be assigned a section from Chapter 8. In your group you
will work together to outline an assigned section. I will provide you with a guide to
outline your section. After your section is outlined we will go to the computer lab where
you will create your power point as a group using Google presentation. This power point
will be presented to the class and it will count as a test grade. I will share the
presentations with your groups.
Steps:
1. Outline the section in evernote
2. Create power point in the computer lab
3. Present power point to the class
Requirements for the Power Point
1. Relevant text that is organized and historically correct.
2. At least one picture on each slide that relates to the information.
3. At least two videos in the power point (if you have trouble finding videos I can
help)
4. At least one sound clip that is relevant to your section (BE CREATIVE)
Final Thoughts
BE CREATIVE WITH THIS PROJECT AND HAVE FUN WITH IT!
Chapter 8 Essential Question:
Why were the reform movements of the early nineteenth century important in United
States history?
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Chapter 8.1 Religion Sparks Reform
Section Objectives:
1. Describe the new religious movements that swept the United States after 1790.
2. Explain the new philosophy that offered an alternative to traditional religion.
3. Characterize the nature of utopian communities
4. Describe the reforms demanded in schools, mental hospitals, and prisons.
Chapter 8.1 Religion Sparks Reform
-Who was Charles Grandison Finney?
1. The Second Great Awakening
-What was the Second Great Awakening?
A. Revivalism
-Define revival
B. The African-American Church
-How did the Second Great Awakening affect African Americans?
2. Transcendentalism and Reforms
A. Transcendentalism
-Who was Ralph Waldo Emerson?
-What was transcendentalism?
-What did transcendentalism teach?
-Who was Henry David Thoreau?
-What is a civil disobedience?
B. Unitarianism
-What did Unitarians believe?
3. Americans Form Ideal Communities
-What were utopian communities?
-What were the goals of the nation’s utopian communities?
A. Shaker Communities
-What views did the Shakers hold?
4. Schools and Prisons Undergo Reform
A. Reforming Asylums and Prisons
-How did reformers attempt to improve the nation’s prisons?
-Who was Dorothea Dix?
B. Improving Education
-In what ways did reformers seek to improve the country’s education system?
-What role did Horace Mann play in education reform?
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Chapter 8.2 Slavery and Abolition
Section Objectives:
1. Identify some of the key abolitionists. Describe the experience of slaves in rural and
urban areas.
2. Summarize the slavery debate in the South.
Chapter 8.2 Slavery and Abolition
1. Abolitionists Speak Out
-What is abolition?
A. William Lloyd Garrison
-Who was William Lloyd Garrison?
-What is emancipation?
-How did whit abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison alienate many whites?
B. Free Blacks
-Who was David Walker?
-What did he advocate?
C. Frederick Douglass
-Who was Frederick Douglass?
-What did he advocate?
2. Life Under Slavery
-How were slaves able to communicate better by 1830?
A. Rural Slavery
-What was rural slavery?
-Where did rural slaves work?
B. Urban Slavery
-What was urban slavery?
-Why was there a need for urban slaves in the South?
-Where did urban slaves work?
C. Nat Turner’s Rebellion
-Who was Nat Turner?
-What were the causes and consequences of Nat Turner’s rebellion?
3. Slave Owners Defend Slavery
A. Virginia Debate
-What was the result of the debate over slavery in Virginia in 1832?
-Define antebellum
B. Backlash From Revolts
-How did the South respond to Nat Turner’s rebellion?
C. Proslavery Defenses
-What arguments did many Southerners use to defend slavery?
-Define gag rule.
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Chapter 8.3 Women and Reform
Section Objectives:
1. Explain why women’s opportunities were limited in the mid-1800s.
2. Identify the reform movements in which women participated.
3. Describe the progress of the expanding women’s rights movement.
Chapter 8.3 Women and Reform
-Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
-Who was Lucretia Mott?
1. Women’s roles in the Mid-1800s
-What is the cult of domesticity?
2. Women Mobilize for Reform
A. Women Abolitionists
-Who were Sarah and Angelina Grimke?
-In what ways were women excluded from the abolitionist movement?
B. Working for Temperance
-What was the temperance movement?
-What ignited the growth of the temperance movement?
C. Education for Women
-What strides did women make in the area of education?
D. Women and Health Reform
-What strides did women make in the area of health care?
3. Women’s Rights Movement Emerges
-What fueled the women’s rights movement?
A. Seneca Falls
-What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
-What significant events took place at the Seneca Falls Convention?
B. Sojourner Truth
-Who was Sojourner Truth?
-What contributions did Sojourner Truth make to the women’s rights movement?
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Chapter 8.4 The Changing Workplace
Section Objectives:
1. Demonstrate how new manufacturing techniques shifted the production of goods
from home to factory.
2. Describe the conditions female employees endured in factories.
3. Summarize the attempts of factory workers to organize unions.
Chapter 8.4 The Changing Workplace
1. Industry Changes Work
-How did industry change work?
A. Rural Manufacturing
-What was a cottage industry?
-How did mechanization change the nature of manufacturing in the United States?
B. Early Factories
-What is a master?
-What is a journeyman?
-What is an apprentice?
2. Farm Worker to Factory Worker
A. The Lowell Mill
-Why did factory owners tend to hire young women rather than men?
B. Conditions At Lowell
-What were conditions like at the Lowell mills?
-What is a strike?
C. Strikes At Lowell
-Why did workers strike?
-How did strikes for higher wages at the Lowell mills end?
3. Workers Seek Better Conditions
-Why were workers going on strike? Why did they continue to fail?
A. Immigration Increases
-Why did immigrants avoid the South?
B. A Second Wave
-For what reasons did many Irish immigrate to the United States in the mid-1800s?
-How were they treated in America?
C. National Trades’ Union
-What was the National Trades’ Union?
-What progress did it make on behalf of the nation’s workers?
D. Court Backs Strikers
-Why was Commonwealth v. Hunt important for workers?
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Groups
Period 1:
Group 1- 8.1
Mark Simons
Devin LaRocque
Casey Porcello
Kaitlyn Warrino
Group 2- 8.2
Kaitlyn Clarke
Jessica Morey
Mark Roberto
Dan Conley
Period 3:
Group 1- 8.1
Dora Kadish
Tanvi Khatri
Chris Evans
Christian Mornewick
Andrew Berardi
Group 2- 8.2
George T.
Bob Silva
Brianna Butler
Adaeze A.
John Delignidas
Group 3- 8.3
Laura Ghio
Syed Margoob
Krista Toscano
Max Bressi
Group 4- 8.4
Joe Conti
Dave Lynch
Gina Russo
Alyssa Raso
Paul Dusablon
Group 2- 8.2
Jenna McAnespie
Imran Shaikh
Andrew Abou-Rjaily
Pearl Mathur
Group 3- 8.3
Joe Morgan
Rosemary
Kayla Clarke
Amber Wilson
Group 4- 8.4
Dan Rooney
Pamella
Adriana Berardi
Brandon Kelley
Group 3- 8.3
Kara Amuzzini
Shabina
Shawn Bowler
Tim Barry
Group 4- 8.4
Janelle Jean
Gio Faria
Nick Saia
Nicole T.
Group 5- 9.1
Emily Bertolami
Ellen O’Sullivan
Tim Ralph
Joe Scali
Jake Desantis
Period 6:
Group 1- 8.1
Stephanie Baril
Ethan Cook
Kerry Alexander
Paul Hogan
Group 5- 9.1
Devin Rosberg
Mikalya Merrill
Kathleen Coveno
Kyle Kurtz
Period 7:
Group 1- 8.1
Kaylen Barnhart
Effy
Nick Wine
Group 2- 8.2
Irina Grigoryeva
Nicole Dahdah
Drew Lancaster
Group 3- 8.3
Nikki Pladziewicz
Ashley Jones
Brandon Sanchez
Group 4- 8.4
Victoria Roscoe
Alexis Baxter
Meghan Schulz
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Chapter 9.1 The Market Revolution
Section Objectives:
1. Describe how industrialization and capitalism impacted the U.S. economy
2. Identify the inventions that enhanced people’s lives and helped fuel the country’s
economic growth
3. Explain how improved transportation and communication systems helped to link
America’s regions and make them interdependent
Chapter 9.1 The Market Revolution
-Who was Samuel F.B. Morse?
1. U.S. Markets Expand
-What was the market revolution?
-What is specialization?
A. The Entrepreneurial Spirit
-What is capitalism?
-Define entrepreneur
-What role did entrepreneurs play in fueling the nation’s economy?
B. New Inventions
-What did Charles Goodyear invent? Why was it important?
-What invention created a faster production of clothing? Who invented it? How was it
improved? Who improved it?
C. Impact on Household Economy
-How did the market revolution impact consumers?
2. The Economic Revolution
-How did inventions impact consumers?
A. Impact on Communication
-What was the telegraph?
-How did the invention of the telegraph enhance the nation’s business activities?
B. Impact on Transportation
-In what ways did Americans improve their transportations systems?
C. Emergence of Railroads
-Why did people turn to railroads to transport goods?
3. New Markets Link Regions
A. Southern Agriculture
-Why did the South remain largely agricultural throughout the early and mid-1800s?
B. Northeast Shipping and Manufacturing
-What factors helped the Northeast to become a center of commerce?
C. Midwest Farming
-Who was John Deere? What did his invention do?
-Who was Cyrus McCormick? What did his invention do?
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