of them played a key role in our society. This time period is known as the Second Great Awakening. This specific “era” consisted of a plethora of movements that focused on different ideas and beliefs. The reform movements in the U.S during the 1800s had a massive impact on expanding democratic ideas; In particular‚ abolition‚ women’s rights‚ and education. Abolition was one of the most influential and significant movements of the time. This idea focused on getting rid of slavery. Before this aspect
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The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment Sabrina Stroud History 201 Professor Lewis March 5‚ 2013 The Great Awakening and the Enlightenment were both extremely influential times in American history‚ but they affected people in different ways. The Great Awakening focused more on spiritual changes that revolved around faith‚ whereas the Enlightenment emphasized on intellectual change and human reason. In my opinion‚ the
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The social gospel movement was a reform movement that was emerged among Protestant Christians to improve the economic‚ moral and social conditions of the urban working class. One prominent leader of the social gospel movement was a New York City pastor and theologian called Walter Rauschenbusch. Protestant leaders followed Rauschenbusch’s idea that social problems were actually just moral problems on a large scale‚ and they were convinced that many social issues could be cured by what they called
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Women and the Fight for Reform Women in the late 19th century‚ except in the few western states where they could vote‚ were denied much of a role in the governing process. Nonetheless‚ educated the middle-class women saw themselves as a morally uplifting force and went on to be reformers. Jane Addams opened the social settlement of Hull House in 1889. It offered an array of services to help the poor deal with slum housing‚ disease‚ crowding‚ jobless‚ infant mortality‚ and
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Comparison of the two Great Awakenings The Great Awakening and the Second Awakening were less of a rebellion and more of a mind shift for Christians. These two events caused people to rely on their faith. In previous centuries people relied on their religion. The two Awakenings were similar in their goals but very different in the way they came about and the individual tasks that were accomplished. The first movement‚ the Great Awakening‚ was focused on people. In the past preachers
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world around them. The Great Awakening was a movement created by the Protestants and its purpose was to reestablish religious faith. The Age of Enlightenment was a movement concerning intellectuals all around the world. It was the culmination of old traditions and the beginning of new ideas and approaches. These two major movements significantly affected the growth of colonial America because it inspired people to work as a unified group and gain independence. The Great Awakening took place during the
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The Reform Movement is a collection of social reform movements that emerged throughout the 1820’s and 1830’s. Factors driving these movements were the growth of urbanization‚ changes in labor‚ immigration and emergence of a new middle class. The main driving factor was the religious fervor that swept middle class America and was characterized by the need for large scale provisions for the needy‚ a belief in the basic goodness of human nature and the reformers moralistic dogmatism. All these factors
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From 1825 to 1850‚ reform movements in the U.S sought to expand democratic ideals by Religion‚ morals‚ women’s rights and abolitionism‚ which in the main part worked. However‚ Nativism did not support the idea of democratic ideals‚ and some didn’t support the reforms. Morals were used to expand democratic ideals by reform movements. Document A‚ according to the Fourth Annual Report which was influenced by the second great awakening claims that prisons should be reformed. If it is‚ this would be
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DBQ: The Reform Movements of 1825-1850 During the time period between 1825-1850‚ ideals of equality‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness defined democracy and were inculcated into the masses of America through a series of reform movements that emerged in the antebellum era. These reforms were based on the desire to make America a civilized‚ utopian society. The main types of reforms in this era were social reforms‚ religious reforms‚ institutional reforms‚ and abolitionist reforms. The main social
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been many periods of time where reform movements have sought to expand democracy. One of these periods is the era of 1825-1850. There were many events occurring during this time that pushed democracy further. The desire to make America a civilized‚ almost utopian society and religious revivals occasionally adequately expanded democratic ideals‚ while movements for equal rights among women and slaves tried to put true democratic ideas on the table. Reform movements in the period of 1825-1850 did much
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