The Second Great Awakening
When was the 2nd Great Awakening?
1800s to 1848
Did the first convention of women right's take place in Seneca Falls Convention? T/F
True
Who was Dorothea Dix?
Social Reformer & Educator (Sunday school) at Boston Prison for Women.
What was the cause of the 2nd Great Awakening?
People were seeing industrialization and the world changing around them. This made them want to return to religion.
Who was the first women to run for congress?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Dix took the lead in...
advocating state supported asylums/mental institutions for the mentally ill.
Which area was the 2nd Great Awakening primarily in?
Northeast & Midwest
Describe how women's rights were limited?
1. can't vote
2. can't serve on a jury
3. wage gap
4. worse jobs
5. no divorces
6. no domestic abuse laws
7. no custody
Horace Mann found what as his primary goal of the school?
social harmony
What religious sects gained the most from this movement?
Methodists, Baptists, and Presbyterian
Who was the quaker activist that strongly opposed slavery?
a) Grimke Sisters b) Lucretia Mott c) Elizabeth Cady
Lucretia Mott
The Utopian Communities is...
market revolution produced technological and production changes which allowed people to create communities that starved for self-suffciency.
Why did some oppose the reform impulse in Antebellum America?
Some had believed evangelist mindset of restricting women's roles and participation.
What were the Grimke Sisters known for?
They were involved with the abolition movement and Angelina wrote pamphlet called "An appeal to the Christian Women of the South. This is where she urged them to go against slavery.
Why did the 2nd Great Awakening lead to reform movements in Antebellum America?
Religious revivals were a key part to social reforms by the significance on salvation.