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.
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
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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