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Developing American Identity 1820-1880 (Temperance (idea of removig…
Developing American Identity 1820-1880
Temperance
idea of removig alcohol from ociety came in the early 1800s
soon became one of the most widespread reform after the Greeene and DElaware Moral Society stated that the U.S was "actually threatened with beoming a nation of drunkards"
Preacher Lyman Beech lectured people about the effects of drinking alcohol
averge american consumed over 7 gallons of alhohol
womenn saw alcohol as a threat becuase drunk men would beat them and their children.
REligions saw alcohol as a threat to a persons connection with God
over 1 million people joined organisions and non alcohol hotels an boat rides were made alojng with employers making tneir workets pledge abstinence
Maine was the first state to ban manufacture and sale of alcohol an in 1850 consumption dropped to 2 gallons per person
Abolitionist Movement
it was a social and political push for the immediate immpancipation of all slaves and the end f racial discrimination
during the second great awakening many people advocated for imacipation on religious grounds
caused nimosity between the north and south leadng up to the civil war
promoed hostile rsponses and violent mobs
after the figuive slave act white abolitionists protected african american slaves even tgough the blacks helped each other with the underground railroad
"all men are created equal"
Education
early public school curriculum was based on srict calviinism and teaching moral values
free public education was common in new wnglaand but rare in the south
Horace Man led a movemnent advocating for local property taxes to finance public schools
"common schools" were all children of all ages were taugh together until age grading system was introduced
there was segregation for backs and whites
Religion/Utopian Society
largest denomination were congreggationalists
europens came to america to escape religius opreession due to our amendment not focing religion on anyon ein the nation
predominantly protestant
emergence of utoian experiments, religiou sfanaicism
during the second great awakening there was a revival of religion alongside the imancipation of slavery
utopian societys were several communities
model communities that were perfect
economic and political equality and not so fcused on eligios urity
Women
women were seocnd class citizens
not encouraged to obtain real education or peersue a professional career, keep thei rown wages, or sign a contract, and coudnt vote
participated in orgnisations an comnity groups
marriage w a lifelong commitment an men owned the woman and all their possessions
domestic jobs such as cooking, sewing, knitting, weaving, milking cows, and taking care of children
upper class women often married upperclass men and the lower class women began working at the age of 8
during he 1800s women took on jobs during the industrial revolution
they worked as textile industry and this was the start f the lowell system