USE THE FOLLOWING LINKS AND OTHER SOURCES (E.G. ushistory.org; hippocampus.org; NOT Wikipedia) to become an expert on antebellum (before war) reform movements; you will have 2 days in class, so some of this must be done as homework. It will be turned in NEXT WEDNESDAY for a grade.
As you research this material look for answers to these essential questions as well as the specific questions related to each movement.
- How did religion and democratic ideals influence reform movements?
- How successful were reformers of the mid-1800s in reducing the disparities between American ideals and reality?
- In what ways do current public issues have their roots in antebellum reform movements?
- For each of the following create a short summation of the reform movement detailing its origins, the social problem it was focused on, and any leading figures in the movement.
- Temperance – Abolitionism – Prison Reform – Education – Suffrage - Utopianism
- Driving Forces: Using the following links explore some of the major forces driving reform era thinking during this period. Figure out how each of these influenced reformers and what the important events & people of each one is…
Transcendentalism:
Religious Revivalism:
Utopianism:
Using the following link, please research and find at least three major leaders of thereform movement. Also, you need to find three major events that theAntebellum Reform movementis identified by.
2. Next, I want your group to focus on discovering three main leaders of theabolition movement. Identify each person's role and how they may have led to either further understanding of theabolition movementor changed the abolition movement as a whole.
3. Now, I want your group to research theWomen's Rights Movement. You should discover whether only women pushed for equal rights prior to the Civil War, and why they wanted reforms. Who were some of theWomen's Rights movement leaders? Did their movement impact or change contemporary views of women in a positive manner?
4. We next will research theConstitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society. What was the overall purpose or goal of thissociety? When was it founded? Who were some of its leaders? Was anyone allowed to be a member of the society?
5. We're gettingcloser to the end of our research! Now, your group will look atworkers conditionsduring the Antebellum period. When was this essay written? What was the essay addressing? Was geared more toward women, men, children, etc? What kind of adjective does the "operative" use to describe the conditions?
6. Another facet of the Antebellum Reform movement was thetemperance movement and prohibition movement. Here we will analyzeP.T. Barnum'sexperience with temperance and his views. What did this famous leader of the circus entertainment business think of alcohol? What were his thoughts on prohibition?Does he give any personal experiences that changed his outlook on alcohol and its consumption/distribution?
7. Lastly, I want you to explore this last site devoted to various aspects, leaders, primary sources, and videos developed on theAntebellum Reform period. Use these bits of information to glean any missing information to summarize and finalize your research.
OTHER RESOURCE SITES:Social Reform Movements
Free Compulsory education:
Free Compulsory Education article in the US
Horace Mann Article about Education
Horace Mann
US Public Education Timeline
Temperance:
US Temperance Article
Us Temperance
Notes on the Temperance Movement
Temperance Movement Timeline
Abolition:
History Channel Abolition Movement
Abolition Movement
American Abolition Movement
Abolition Movement Timeline
Women's Suffrage:
Wiki Women's Suffrage Movement article
History Channel Article about Suffrage
Scholastic Article about Suffrage
Women's Suffrage and the 19th amendment
Timeline of Women's Suffrage
ReligiousRevival:
2nd Great Awakening
Slide Show Religious Movements
Religious Movements
Major religious movement slide show
MUST KNOW VOCABULARY!!!
Content Vocabulary
Events or Movements:Temperance
Suffrage
Free Compulsory Education
Abolition
Utopian Communities
Transcendentalists
The 2nd Great Awakening
Revivalism / Places & Things:
Seneca Falls Convention (New York)
Seneca Falls Declaration
The Liberator (William Lloyd Garrison)
People:
Abolitionists
Horace Mann
Joseph Smith & Brigham Young
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Fredrick Douglas
Charles G. Finley
Mormons
Mormon Trek
John Brown / Other People & Things
Dorothea Dix
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
The Underground Railroad
Conductor
Shakers
Quakers
Seneca Falls Conference