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Age of Reform

This article explores the origins and influences of the Age of Reform, focusing on the 2nd Great Awakening and its impact on religion and social change. It discusses key reform movements such as temperance, abolition, educational reform, and women's rights, highlighting important figures and their contributions.

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Age of Reform

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  1. Age of Reform • 1. Origins of Reform A. 2nd Great Awakening 1. Revived interest in religion & reform

  2. 2. Contrasted 1st Great Awakening

  3. 3. Characterized by Camp Meetings

  4. B. Influences & Impact 1. Focused attention on change 2. Questioning of American values, politics, economics, etc

  5. II. Reform Movements A. Temperance 1. End consumption of Alcohol 2. Abstinence 3. ATU – 1830s 4. Moral Suasion

  6. B. Abolition 1. Quakers 1780s 2. Slave resistance 3. Underground Railroad 4. Douglass & Garrison

  7. "I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard!"

  8. C. Educational Reform 1. 1647 Public Ed. Law 2. 1837 Massachusetts Public Ed. Law/ Compulsory Ed. 3. Horace Mann

  9. Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity

  10. 4. Women’s Education a. No real opportunity b. Women’s roles reflected in name of first educational institutions- seminaries

  11. D. Women’s Rights 1. Suffrage Seneca Falls Convention 2. Basic rights

  12. Lucretia Mott Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  13. Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony

  14. 3. Educational Reform Key figures: • Emma Willard- 1st women’s HS Troy Seminary 1821

  15. Mary Lyon- 1st college Mount Holyoke Seminary 1836 • Oberlin College- 1837 1st coeducation

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