In the years 1820-1860 Reform movements came about including education, abolition, religion, temperance, and women’s rights. These reform movements were brought up by the Second Great Awakening. The Second Great Awakening began in the late 1790’s in New England and would ultimately spread throughout the country. The Second Great Awakening differed from the First Great Awakening because the people now had more religious freedom, as opposed to having everything based on one religion. The Second Great Awakening was a religious movement during the early 19th century. Charles Finney, the father of Modern Revivalism led this movement. This movement started in the 1790’s but did not increase until the 1840’s.
During this time men carried more dominance than women but women still played a crucial role. Women during this period wanted equal rights and to be treated like everyone else. The women’s right’s movement was not about just giving woman the right to vote but giving them their freedom. In Document B the Women’s rights Convention wrote “He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men—both native and foreigners”. Women felt powerless, degraded, and less educated then the men and it was time for a change. At the Women’s Right’s Convention the council insisted that all women have immediate admission to all the rights and privileges which belong to them as citizens of the United States (Document B). …show more content…
This was because of the drunken husbands that would abuse their wife’s physically and mentally. Basically these women were trying to make their country more civilized where it was a healthy place to raise a family. This movement to improve these issues was called the Temperance Movement. The Temperance Movement was to prohibit alcohol and prostitution because it led to
During this time men carried more dominance than women but women still played a crucial role. Women during this period wanted equal rights and to be treated like everyone else. The women’s right’s movement was not about just giving woman the right to vote but giving them their freedom. In Document B the Women’s rights Convention wrote “He has withheld from her rights which are given to the most ignorant and degraded men—both native and foreigners”. Women felt powerless, degraded, and less educated then the men and it was time for a change. At the Women’s Right’s Convention the council insisted that all women have immediate admission to all the rights and privileges which belong to them as citizens of the United States (Document B). …show more content…
This was because of the drunken husbands that would abuse their wife’s physically and mentally. Basically these women were trying to make their country more civilized where it was a healthy place to raise a family. This movement to improve these issues was called the Temperance Movement. The Temperance Movement was to prohibit alcohol and prostitution because it led to