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Democracy in the New Nation. Analyze the extent to which mid-19th century reforms & movements influenced the development of democracy. Mid-19 th Century Reforms & Movements. Second Great Awakening Abolition Movement Changing Roles of Women Jacksonian Political Reform.
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Democracy in the New Nation Analyze the extent to which mid-19th century reforms & movements influenced the development of democracy.
Mid-19thCentury Reforms & Movements • Second Great Awakening • Abolition Movement • Changing Roles of Women • Jacksonian Political Reform
Second Great Awakening • Religious revival asserting that people could work toward perfection in themselves and society • Addressed issues such as: • Abolition • Temperance • Revival meetings • Impact on women’s suffrage An 1839 Methodist camp meeting
Abolitionists • Slave trade prohibited, beginning 1808 • Antislavery organizations, some with religious roots • W.L. Garrison: slavery violated country’s founding principles • Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass William Lloyd Garrison
Abolition Movement • Second Great Awakening increased antislavery sentiment • Most abolitionists supported other reforms as well • Underground Railroad Artist’s depiction of the Underground Railroad
Temperance Movement • Attempted to curtail or ban alcohol • Hoped to ensure the stability of family and civil society • Women particularly involved • American Temperance Society • Related to the Second Great Awakening Temperance advocates outside a liquor store
Women’s Roles • “Cult of True Womanhood” • Tied to temperance and abolition movements • Women gained confidence in ability to effect change • Education for women & children Illustration depicting many of the ideals of the “cult of true womanhood”
Women’s Suffrage • Seneca Falls Convention (1848) • Declaration of Sentiments: • Based on Declaration of Independence • Called for complete equality of women and men • Demanded the right to vote • 19th Amendment (1920) Newspaper ad for the Seneca Falls Convention
Side Note: Jacksonian Political Reform • Andrew Jackson • Jacksonian Democracy: • Spoils System • Hands Off Approach to Economy • Manifest Destiny & Indian Removal • Strict Constructionist • Increased Male Suffrage • President for “The Common Man”
Reasons for increases in mass political participation: Expansion of Suffrage elimination of property requirements Printed ballots Political conventions & party caucuses Candidates w/popular appeal Campaigns Partisan Newspapers The Expansion of Voting Rights for White Men, 1800-1830
The Development of Democracy Analyze the extent to which mid-19th century reforms & movements influenced the development of democracy.