Era of Reform Unit 3 Part 2 lesson 2

Transcendentalism

Belief in a simple lifestyle-nature (individualism based)

What major movement took place from 1790-1835 that influenced the start of all of the reform movements in the 1800s?

The second great awakening

Who were the three main Transcendentalist writers?

 Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau.

What concept is Henry David Thoreau best known for?

Civil disobedience

Whos the Father of education

Horace Mann, advocated for the 4x4 subjects

What two major aspects of the 2nd Great Awakening highly influenced American culture and society?

romanticism (art and literature) and utopian societies and led to more focus on arts and literature (As well transcendentalism).

Utopian communities

communal societies based on everyone working together ex: New harmony and Oneida

What two areas of reform did Dorothea Dix concentrate on? As a result of her work, what was started in the United States for the first time?

Focused on the Mental ill and prison reform as a result mental asylums were formed and prison rehabilitation

Emily Dickinson was a

Reclusive poet

Rural slavery

plantations, field work, house workers (mostly women)

Urban Slavery

Skilled labor, more freedoms

Who wrote the Liberator and what was the purpose of the Liberator?

William Loyd Garrison was the person that wrote the Liberator. The purpose of the Liberator was to advocate for the immediate and uncompromising abolition of slavery in the United States.

Black codes

Laws put on black people because of Nat Turner Rebellion

Happy plantation slavery myth

Idea slavery was good for both the North and South.

What was the Declaration of Sentiments?

A speech given in the Seneca Falls convention that advocated for better treatment of women in America.

What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls Convention?

The purpose of the Seneca Falls convention was to to discuss and advocate for the social, civil, and religious rights of women.1st ever women's rights convention. 

economic limitations for women in the 1800s

No right to property, lower unequal wages to men, lower job opportunities, and limited education

political limitations for women in the 1800s

No voting rights, no political representation for women, and no legal status.

Some things Sojournr Truth did like a man

Which movement was most successful for evangelical reformers (mostly led by women) in effecting substantial legal and cultural transformations in the early 19th century?

Seneca Falls convention (Talk about voting for the first time, women's rights, and abolitionism.).

3 Main beliefs of shakespear

1. God exists in all people

2. Full commitment to equality

3. Pacifism (believed that war and violence were unjustifiable) 

What is Mother Ann Lee best known for?

Founded the shaker community.

Describe Brook Farm? Why did Ripley believe it should be the example an entire nation should follow?

Brook Farm was a utopian society that believed in communal living. Ripley believed that it should be an example because everyone works together for one purpose.

How were abolitionists appealing to peoples’ religious beliefs?

Abolitionists would argue that God gives us life and liberty and slavery takes that away which means that we're going against God's will.

Some tactics used by abolitionists to end slavery were:

givign speeches for their cause, boycott of slave made products, and printed mountains of literature.