Second Great awakening
Explain what the Second Great Awakening was.
a Protestant revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States. Its purpose was to improve morality in society, and the lifestyles of people
What reform movement was it supporting?
The Womans Sufferage Movement
No, it was not. But it served the same purpose as traveling people.
What were the three major reform movements?
Abolition, temperance, women's rights
How did the second great awakening lead to the people wanting to make improvements in society?
Set the stage for equally enthusiastic social reform movements
universal salvation
free will
What did the Seneca falls convention lead to?
Ratified the 19th Amendment
granted woman's right to vote.
What was the Underground Railroad?
A network of people, both whites and blacks, who worked together to help runaways from slaveholding states travel to states in the North and the country of Canada where slavery was illegal.
Who was Dorthea Dix?
Dorothea Dix was a social reformer whose devotion to the welfare of the mentally ill led to widespread international reforms.
How the Second Great Awakening led to an interest in social reform?
By promoting the idea that individuals could take action to improve their own lives and the lives of others. This belief would help to inspire many social reform movements, including, abolitionism, temperance, and woman rights.
Who were the female leaders in the movement? (Most Popular)
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Who were the three African-American abolitionists who surpassed others in impact?
David Walker, Frederick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth.
What started the Reform Movements?
Largely a response to the social, economic, and political changes that were taking place in the united states.
What was the Temperance Movement?
What is the Declaration of Sediments?
The Declaration of Sentiments is the foundational document for women’s rights drafted in Seneca Falls, New York, at the first women's rights convention in July 1848.
Who was the best known African American Abolitionist?
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
He escaped from slavery when he was 21 and moved to Massachusetts.
What did Horace Mann Do?
Known as the "father of education". He helped establish normal schools, schools specifically created to educate teachers. Also increased teacher pay, extended the school day, as well as the school year, and attempted to provide teachers and students with better-equipped classrooms.
What was the second great awakening most known for?
The Second Great Awakening is best known for its large camp meetings that led extraordinary numbers of people to convert through an enthusiastic style of preaching and audience participation.
What was the impact of the Seneca Falls Convention on the women’s reform movement
It was a turning point in the Womans Suffrage movement. Helped to bring attention to the issue of woman's rights. The Declaration of Sediments was created at the convention and helped organize the rights to where women have the same rights as men.
Whatg was the fugitive slave act?
The 1793 Fugitive Slave Act was passed on February 4, 1793, guaranteed the right of owners to recover an escaped slave and required citizens to help in the return of escaped fugitive slaves.
What did the Declaration of Sediments have to do with the Reform Movements?
Wrote down what the U.S. needed to accomplish/fix.