Consepts Reformers Quiz Flashcards
Since debtors couldn’t pay their debt, where did they send them?
To prisons
When was the Era of Reforms?
1825 - 1860
What were Reformers sought to end or change? 6 things
- Slavery
- Increase access to education
- Improve prison conditions
- Improve mental health care
- Advance women’s rights
- Ban/limit alcohol use (temperance)
Why did reformers come during the Second Great Awakening?
Because people looked to reform the negative impacts of the Industrial Revolution
What did people believe during the Second Great Awakening?
- actions led you to salvation
- God didn’t have your life planned
- your actions dictate your life
Why did most changes happen in the North and slower in the South?
Because the south didn’t want slavery to be reformed
What was changed in the political reform movement? What was the movement based on?
- slavery and other injustices violate our democratic ideals
- based on the idea of liberty and equality
What did the Religious reform teach?
Stress free will, wil be achieved through good action not predestination by God
What did Finney teach during the religious movement?
He taught that individual salvation is the first step to reform a society
What were some reform movements? (PTEP)
Reformed prisons and cared for mentally ill (Dorthea Dix)
Temperature: ban or alcohol abuse (Annie Bidwell)
Education: school becomes mandatory (republic requires educated citizens)
Public school were created and then colleges
Did everyone want African American education?
No
Who started a school for AF. AM. open girls?
Prudence Crandall (Quaker in PA)
When did colleges for AF. AM. open?
1837-1856
What was the colleges for AF. AM established for?
The disabled
Who opened a school for the deaf and blind?
Thomas Gallaudet