REFORM MOVEMENTS
By: Bobby France, Erin Cox, Theodore Rossilimos Kalogeropoulos, John Troast, Olivia Ceterski.
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WOMEN
There was a women rights convention in 1848 and a document that promoted
women's rights was formed
Women were treated badly, and their Health reflected that. So bad that there
were about 3 sick women for each healthy one
Women were often kicked out of meetings, so they created their own meeting
to help prevent this in the future
Few men supported the women's rights reforms
RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENTS
In the 1800s many religious reforms occurred
The second great awakening was a revaluation that
promoted individualism and responsibility to ones life.
African Americans formed churches and preach about
freedom and equality. African Americans believe that god
has meant for the slaves to be freed.
Transcendentalists like Thoreau of Concord believed that
a simply lived life was key to peoples health.
Religious groups like shakers were committed to
creating a "utopia" or perfect society but these were
small and never lasted long. SCHOOLS
AND PRISONS
German immigrant children school attendance
(PA)
Percentage Attending school
70
52.5
35
17.5
Prisons
• Reformers were trying to create better a better
school school system and better prisons
• Mentally ill people were in the normal jails, but
reformers wanted mentally ill institutions separate
• Reformers believed that that everyone had
potential to be helpful in society
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1771-1773
1787-1804
According to the website
k12academics.com,the number of
children attending school increased
in the late 1700s. This trend
continued through the mid 1800s
Notes
The Second Great Awakening Was a religion Revaluation These ideas promoted individualism and responsibility to ones life Revival - an emotional meeting to make everyone passionate about their religion
Prisons • Reformers were trying to create better a better school school system and better
prisons
• Mentally ill people were in the normal jails, but reformers wanted mentally ill
institutions separate
Black people were allowed to go to church, but they interpreted Christianity as Gods• Reformers believed that that everyone had potential to be helpful in society
promise to free all slaves
Many more people belonged to churches at midcentury than in 1800 An African American church was formed to allow slaves and free black people, this
was the first large black church that what was fighting for freedom Transcendentalism and Reforms Was promoting a simple and natural life Women's roles in the Mid-1800s • Women were only allowed to do housework and child care after marriage
Women Mobilize for Reform • Women were often kicked out of meetings
• Some men such as William Lloyd Garrison supported women's efforts
Thoreau is claimed to have taken these ideas to where he went to live near Walden
pond in Concord
• Some women were trying to get alcohol banned because it affected their lives so
Civil disobedience - a not violent way of protest they should peacefully disobey laws
that they thought were unjust
• Many girls decided they wanted to go to school and started women's School Americans Form Ideal Communities Utopian communities were attempted to be formed but they never lasted for more
than a few years, and were always small
Shakers - were a community that decided they wouldn't have children, marry, didn't
fight Schools •
In the 1830s Pennsylvania created the first public school system, and Massachusetts
and Vermont quickly followed
•
Most children didn't go beyond 10 years old
•
All states had created some sort of publicly funded schools system by the 1850s
much • Desegregated schools were basically nonexistent before the civil war and
therefore not part of the reform • Women's health was very bad, so bad that there was about 3 sick women for
each healthy one
Women's rights movement emerges
• There was a women rights convention in 1848 and formed a document that
promoted women's rights
• While women's rights were getting better, slaves rights were worsening
• Slaves were trying to get their rights, and many people didn't want slaves to speak
about the rights they deserve