Early 19 th Century Reform Movements Historical Background Antebellum Period Political, social and...

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Early 19 th Century Reform Movements Historical Background Antebellum Period Political, social and economic change Second Great Awakening All sections of the U.S. were influenced by the message of the Second Great Awakening, but in the North it inspired reform movements.

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Early 19th Century Reform Movements

Historical Background

Antebellum Period

Political, social and economic change

Second Great Awakening

★All sections of the U.S. were influenced by the

message of the Second Great Awakening, but in the North

it inspired reform movements.

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The Big Four Reforms

Abolitionist Movement

Women’s Rights Movement

Temperance Movement

Public Education

William Lloyd Garrison, 1879

Elizabeth Cady Stanton,1880

Carrie Nation, 1910

Horace Mann, 1850

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Enduring Understandings

1. The most successful reforms had a broad base

of support.

2. Successful reforms were enacted at the state

level in the north and west.

3. By the 1850’s, the reform movement was

overshadowed by the crisis over slavery.

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