Reform Movements :: reformations

Reform movements including religion, temperance, abolition, and womens rights sought to blow up elected ideals in the years 1825 to 1850. However, certain movements, such as nativism and utopias, failed to show the American idiom on a democratic society. The reform movements were spurred by the Second extensive Awakening, which began in New England in the late 1790s, and would eventually spread throughout the country. The Second Great Awakening differed from the First in that people were straightway believed to be able to choose whether or not to believe in God, as opposed to previous ideals based on Calvinism and predestination. According to Charles G. Finney, the manipulation of the church is to reform society (Doc. B). In 1834, he said, When the churches are...awakened and reformed, the reformation and repurchase of sinners will follow. Finney had been influenced by Second Great Awakening ideals. He goes on to say that drunkards, harlots, and infidels would also be converte d do to reform by the church. In this sense, the Second Great Awakening helped expand democratic ideals by bettering the moral standards of the common man. In 1835, Another example of democratic gain can be shown by Document C, where Patrick Reason created an engraving portraiture a black female slave in chains and shackles. in a higher place her is the quote, Am I not a woman and a baby? This reflects how the abolition and womens movements often tied into one another since both of these movements helped expand democratic ideals in that they desired increased rights, such as right to vote for minorities. For example, The Grimke sisters, Angelina and Sarah were southern abolitionists who also compete a role in the Womens Movement. Susan B. Anthony who was a Quaker, was so opposed to the immorality sla precise but also played a role in the movement calling for equality and rights of women. Anthony was godly by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was also active in both movements, but v ery famous for her aggressive action in the Womens Movement, which can be shown by Document I. Elizabeth Cady Stanton played a very important role in The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. This convention also sought to expand democratic ideals, and more radically than perhaps some(prenominal) other event of any movement. They produced a declaration which stated that all men and women are created equal, and should therefore be treated equal. Stanton believed that women should be equally represented in the presidency and demanded for the right to vote.