U.S. HistoryChapter 3 – The Growth of a Young Nation

3-5 Reforming American Society

Reforming American Society

CA Standards:

11.3.2 Analyze the great religious revivals and the leaders involved in them…

Objectives:

• Explain how reform movements were inspired by the spiritual awakening of the 19th century.

• Describe the institution of slavery and the abolitionist movement.

• Discuss the central role that women played in 19th century reform movements.

Homework

Read pages 112 - 149The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st CenturyPrepare for Open notebook Quiz

Write definition of Terms & Names found on page 152 of textbook or page 45 in workbook.

Reforming American Society

Main Idea Throughout the mid-19th century, men and

women embarked on a widespread effort to solve problems in American society.

Reforming American Society

Why It Matters Now A number of achievements from this period,

including laws enacted and institutions established, still exist today.

Reforming American Society

Terms & Names page 144 in textbook or 43 in workbook

Abolition Nat Turner

Unitarians Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Ralph Waldo Emerson Seneca Falls Convention

Transcendentalism Sojourner Truth

William Lloyd Garrison

Frederick Douglas

Notes: 3-5 Guided Reading

Reforming American Society

Read Pages 43 & 44Reading Study Guide

Notes: 3-5 Guided Reading

1. Name three religious movements that took place in America in the first half of the 1800s

• Second Great Awakening• Unitarianism• Transcendentalism

Notes: 3-5 Guided Reading

2. Describe how three people fought against slavery in the 1830s?

• William Lloyd Garrison started an anti-slavery newspaper called the Liberator.

• Frederick Douglas escaped from slavery and supported nonviolent efforts to end slavery.

•Nat Turner led a violent slave rebellion.

Notes: 3-5 Guided Reading

3. How did women work for reform in the 19th century?

• Many women fought for abolition to end slavery. Others worked for temperance to ban the drinking of alcohol.

Be prepared for open notebook quiz