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Chapter 12 An Age of Reform youtube/watch?v=t62fUZJvjOs

How did reformers and writer inspire change and spark controversy?. Chapter 12 An Age of Reform http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=t62fUZJvjOs. Utopian Communities. Utopian communities is the desire to create a perfect society. New Harmony, Indiana. Temperance Movement.

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Chapter 12 An Age of Reform youtube/watch?v=t62fUZJvjOs

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  1. How did reformers and writer inspire change and spark controversy? Chapter 12An Age of Reformhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t62fUZJvjOs

  2. Utopian Communities • Utopian communities is the desire to create a perfect society. • New Harmony, Indiana

  3. Temperance Movement • Effort to end or reduce end alcohol abuse and the problems created by it. • Women where often drawn to this movement. Why? • Temperance: or moderation in drinking. • Prohibition: a total ban on alcohol.

  4. Prison Reform & Mental Health • Dorothea Dix was a reformer that tried to make prisons more human. Page 417 • Dix encourages Massachusetts to take mentally ill out of prison and put into Hospital to receive help. This would provide treatment not punishment.

  5. Education Reform • Massachusetts first state to require public schools supported by taxes • Horace Mann known as the “Father of Public Education” • He extended school days and trained teachers • Literacy rates increased drastically in the North but not as much in South. Why? • Page 420-421

  6. Page 412-413 Graph, chart , Map and timeline • Where did the Second Great Awakening begin? • Who called for the women’s suffrage convention? • What is the difference between suffrage and rights? • Give an example of the underground railroad. • What is abolitionism? • What is an Utopian community? • What is the purpose of an Utopian community?

  7. How did reformers and writers inspire change and spark controversy? After studying page 412-413, give your opinion on how these reforms relates to the chapter question. • Second Great Awakening • Utopian Community • Public Education • Underground Railroad • Abolitionism • Women’s Rights

  8. Improving Society • Why it matters: Age of Jackson spread the idea of democracy across the country. This spirit influenced religious ideas and inspired people to react to improve American society.

  9. The Reforming Spirit • Reform: To make a change to create a positive difference is to re-form. • Social reform: It is an organized attempt to improve conditions of life.

  10. Jacsonian Democracy • Increase ability to vote for White Americans • Created a change socially and politically • Ideas of different opinions are being heard in the political circle like: slavery and women sufferage.

  11. The Second Great Awakening • Early 1800’s • Many ministers challenged some traditional views such as “predestination” and “slavery” • Predestination is the ideas that God had determined your faith before your birth. Therefore, “sinners’ could repent and reform their sinful life. • Questioned rather “slavery” was right. • Revivals would last for days or weeks

  12. Page 415

  13. Second Great Awakening • Encouraged reform • People began to believe they had the power to improve themselves and society

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