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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