Reform movements including religion, temperance, abolition, and women's rights tried to expand democratic ideals in the years 1825 to 1850. However, certain movements such as trying to make America a utopia, failed to show the American ideals of a democratic society. The reform movements were spurred by the Second Great Awakening, which began in New England in the late 1790's, and would eventually spread throughout the country. The Second Great Awakening differed from the First in that people were now believed to be able to choose whether or not to believe in God.
Religion played a big part in the expansion of democratic ideals which is what made up reform movements. In Document B, it states that people will be “awakened and reformed, the …show more content…
Another way of attempting to reach their goal, was finding what to do with juvenile delinquents and criminals. In Document A, it is shown that The Second Great Awakening helped in the development of the reformation of delinquents. Doc. A states that it will "prevent the commission of crimes by seeking out the youthful and unprotected, who were in the way of temptation, and by religious and moral instruction" (Doc. A). They believed that by locking up children that were causing problems at a young age, will result in a perfect society, seeing as if they were locked up they couldn’t cause problems in the outside world, only within the walls of the …show more content…
Reformers like Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and many more fought for the rights of women. In 1848, the members of the movement met in Seneca Falls, New York and held the Seneca Falls Convention. In Document I, Stanton writes “We are assembled to protest against a form of government….And strange as it may seem to many, we now demand our right to vote according to the declaration of the of the government under which we live.” The women rights movement had an initial success, and was another important component of the democratic
Religion played a big part in the expansion of democratic ideals which is what made up reform movements. In Document B, it states that people will be “awakened and reformed, the …show more content…
Another way of attempting to reach their goal, was finding what to do with juvenile delinquents and criminals. In Document A, it is shown that The Second Great Awakening helped in the development of the reformation of delinquents. Doc. A states that it will "prevent the commission of crimes by seeking out the youthful and unprotected, who were in the way of temptation, and by religious and moral instruction" (Doc. A). They believed that by locking up children that were causing problems at a young age, will result in a perfect society, seeing as if they were locked up they couldn’t cause problems in the outside world, only within the walls of the …show more content…
Reformers like Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and many more fought for the rights of women. In 1848, the members of the movement met in Seneca Falls, New York and held the Seneca Falls Convention. In Document I, Stanton writes “We are assembled to protest against a form of government….And strange as it may seem to many, we now demand our right to vote according to the declaration of the of the government under which we live.” The women rights movement had an initial success, and was another important component of the democratic