Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Period 8 Mini-Quest REVISED

OK...To fix up the confusion.

Roots of Reform


Social Reform

Abolitionism

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-Elana Cwass, Aliyah Caliguri, Fernando Echeverri, Ashley Disalvo

READING 1
1. Why did the early 19th century witness the first secular efforts in history to improve society through social reform?
The Presbyterians and Methodists united together, prayed together, and preached together.

2. What were the sources of the reform impulse?
The sources of reform impulse were religion.

3. Describe the basic characteristics of revivalistic religion?
They would erect their camps with logs or frame them, and cover them with clapboards or shingles. They would also erect a shed, sufficiently large to protect five thousand people from wind and rain, and cover it with boards or shingles

4. Why do you think church membership increased rapidly during the early 19th century?
The revival of religion spread across America.


READING 2
1. What arguments were advanced in favor of public schools? How did opponents of public schools respond?

Opponents of schools said that teachers will not teach well and the kids will not be taught well. In favor of public schools, they believe that with free education there would be means of equality between the poor and rich.

2. Describe the plight of the mentally ill in early l9th century America?

People who are mentally ill were beaten, placed in cages, pens, stalls, and chained.



3. What disabilities to early l9th century American women live under according to pre-Civil War women's rights advocates?

Women lived in the house, to fall under he whim of men. They were considered weak, emotional, and belonged to teaching. Men had dominance because of their strength.

4. Why did pre-Civil War temperance reformers consider drinking a cardinal sin?

They considered it a sin because it wasn’t temperate of all men, and it promoted violence and death.

5. Describe the aims of other pre-Civil War reformers.
The aims of other pre-Civil War reformers want to create a peaceful U.S., as well as the working together of citizens for the common good.

1. Why was it not until the late eighteenth century that large numbers of individuals considered slavery to be morally wrong?
Because it was such a part of everyday life, that it would be reduce the amount of profit many states received.

2. Why did abolitionists consider slavery to be wrong?
Slavery was wrong because they considered all men to be created equal, and it should be done immediately because it would be morally wrong if it took time to do it.
3. Are agitation and denunciation an effective way of opposing a social evil or do such methods simply breed resistance?
They will obviously create resistance because not everyone will agree to what the government has done, but it will ultimately solve a problem, as it did with slavery.