CHAPTER 15: THE FERMENT OF REFORM AND CULTURE Reviving Religion Know: Alexis de Tocqueville‚ The Age of Reason‚ Deism‚ Unitarians‚ Second Great Awakening‚ Camp Meetings‚ Charles Grandison Finney 43. In what ways did religion in the United States become more liberal and more conservative in the early decades of the 19th century? - Scientific revolution changed the way people thinking; they denied the divine of Christ and believe that the world was made with properties
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Angelina Grimké and her sister Sarah Grimké arranged public meetings to discuss the issue of women’s rights. Sarah Grimké would bring up the topic of unequal pay between men and women in these meetings. Furthermore‚ the Grimké sisters brought up women’s suffrage. Lucy Stone was a member of the American Women’s Suffrage Association and edited “Woman’s Journal.” Stone also fought for women’s suffrage and other inequalities for women in America like the Grimké sisters. The work of the Grimké sisters
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result of viewing the oppressed slaves in a new way‚ women like Angelina Grimké started to see a resemblance of oppression towards women in the society which caused her to speak out on co-equality rights for men‚ women‚ and African Americans. Women and African American abolitionists were very courageous for the cause of rebutting Antebellum slavery and co-equality rights. All abolitionists and women rights activists were
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SOCIAL REFORM MOVEMENTS PAGES 351-361 MORAL REFORM‚ ASYLUMS & PRISONS Social evil --- alcohol; prostitution ( common in port cities) Evangelical reformers approach o Rescue prostitutes o Offered salvation of religion‚ prayer & temporary shelter Poor rate of success Offered women domestic work which was low paying/restrictive Campaigns against prostitution organized by women o Continued throughout the 19th century Earliest‚ most effective anti-prostitution movement o Female
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When all said and done‚ just because I have a theory about what it means doesn’t necessarily signify that’s what Grimke was trying to convey. Through much debate with myself I have finally come to the conclusion that it is a tree being depicted in the sunset‚ and it is representing a black person standing tall‚ and proud. My first question from the text was why did Angelina Grimke use a cypress tree? If it did not have much meaning to it I would have assumed she would’ve just said a tree. After
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The play Rachel‚ by Angelina Grimké‚ reveals the harsh realities of life for an African American family living in the United States during the early part of the 20th century. Focused on the central character Rachel Loving‚ the play reflects each character’s reaction to racial prejudice against African Americans. The themes of motherhood and the innocence of youth are vital pieces of the issues Grimké wished to portray in her work. The development of Rachel herself revolves around her changing perception
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Chapter 13. 416-425 1. Women Reformers of Seneca Falls Respond to the Market Revolution a. 1848- Charlotte Woodward persuaded six of her friends to travel to Seneca Falls to attend a “convention to discuss the social‚ civil‚ and religious condition and rights of women.” b. Surprisingly‚ almost 300 people (men and women) attended the 2 day meeting c. Declaration of Sentiments- The resolutions passed at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 calling for full female equality
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Sarah Grimke- she is an abrupt young girl who loves to read and write and is very smart. She loved to read and write so much that she had taught her waiting maid Hetty how to read and write which was against the law. She was punished and was banished from her father’s book collection. Hetty then also was whipped. Hetty Grimke- a young slave girl who has bright yellowish eyes like her mother. She has always been a very bold girl. Also was later taught how to read and write by Ms. Sarah Grimke who she
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traveled throughout New England‚ preaching the gospel of abolition and women’s rights. Sarah Grimké- Sister of Angelina Grimke‚ and was against living in a society that tolerated slavery. She was among the first women to speak on behalf of the American Anti- Slavery Society. She traveled throughout New England‚ delivering lectures and forming anti-slavery organizations. Angelina Grimké- Sister of Sarah Grimke‚ and was against living in a society that tolerated slavery. She was among the first women
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Chapter 7 40. Petition of the Inhabitants West of the Ohio River. Ohioans that petitioned to Congress about the monopolizing of acreage by private companies on the frontier after the War of Independence‚ the farmers also asked for “vacant lands” 41. James Madison‚ The Federalist‚ No. 51 To generate support for the Constitution‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ James Madison‚ and John Jay composed 85 essays under Publius in The Federalist. The security of liberty and power balanced power lies in the nation’s
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