Materialism Vs Transcendentalism

Once it became the 18th century, the Unitarians and Universalists in New England, ended up contesting against the notion of predestination and believed that all individuals were capable of good deeds and were able to receive salvation. When they were able to preach the conception of salvation by free will, the preachers of the Second Great Awakening, promoted interest among Protestants in frontier revivals. The Methodist and Baptist, were able to gain a lot more followers which especially included African Americans and women. They held some of the largest meetings and a lot of the times the meetings got way out of hand. The excitement of mass went throughout the individuals and made them act ways that they didn’t typically act. Women were
given more opportunities to be in the front position in the church and were able to do the same things that men were able to do when it came to spreading the word of religion. Within the burned-over-district, which was in Western New York, it ended up becoming the place where different religious movements were created, which included the Mormons.
2. Examine the emergence of transcendentalism in American culture in the early nineteenth century. The fiercest group of Romantic ideals within the United States were the transcendentalists of New England, who dedicated their support for personal spirituality, self-reliance, social reform, and harmony with nature.
Transcendentalist a lot of the times were against religious orthodoxy and rationalism of Unitarianism. They were also very unreasonable and believed that reality isn’t something that can be seen or touched but more so included the unexplored realms of the mind. They want everyone to look within themselves and not follow the word of what the preachers were saying when it came to spiritual insights. Transcendentalist were very influential when it came to writers who created American Literature, that separated them away from everyone
else.
3. Explain the origins of the major or social reform movements in the early nineteenth century, and analyze their influence on American society and politics. The cult of domesticity, urged women to celebrate their role as manager of the household and the nurturer of the children. However, it also contented that women should not educated for the workplace but only for the daily house duties that take place and taking care of the children. As the urban middle class continued to grow, this was able to allow more women to dedicate their time to societal issues. A lot of the social reformers, were actually women who focused on improving society and eradicate social evils. The movement that caused a lot of noise was for temperance, which was a movement in getting reducing excessive drinking. A lot of women were also apart of improving the prisons and asylums. When the Seneca Falls Convention took place in 1848, it promoted women’s rights and issued the path breaking Declaration of Sentiment. The Declaration of Sentiment spoke about gender equality. The meeting that took place at Seneca Falls, was one of the most major steps in standing up for women’s rights. Horace Mann believed that teaching was a way that allowed women to be able to be mother’s away from home to the individuals that they were teaching. Brook Farm was one of the most celebrated utopian communities because it was able to overcome the transcendental movement and the communities that ended up becoming founded by the Shakers, ended up proving that they could be long lasting. Between 1800 and 1900, there were over 100 utopian communities. Most of the communities, were actually communitarian experiences because they stressed the welfare of the community overall rather than speaking out about individual freedom.
4. Analyze the impact on American society and politics of the emergence of the anti-slavery moment. The times spent on trying to eliminate slavery increased after 1800.
One of the first organized movements, occurred in 1816 when the formation of the American Colonization Society took place. This society focused on returning those slaves that were free back to Africa. Some of the supporters of this movement included John Marshall and James Madison. The supporters of this movement either wanted to get rid of those who were free in their country and return them back from where they came from or really were against slavery. During the times of the 1830, abolitionism took place, in which individuals demanded an end to slavery immediately. Some protesters called for social and political equality, regardless of if there were disagreements over how things went. Abolitionist efforts that took place in the North ended up causing the whites in the South, to react in a strong way as they started to become scared for their safety and guilty of interfering. African Americans that were located in the North, ended up joining together with the abolitionist and creating the, Underground
Railroad,