AML 2010 Study Guide - Final Guide: Millerism, Henry David Thoreau, Evangelicalism
25 Apr 2019
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What were the important features of the second great awakening? (1800) *inspired reform movements (temperance movement, abolitionist movement, women"s rights movement) Fueled by transcendentalists (hawthorne) and nationalism (war of 1812, everyone wanted to be a great american writer) Truth comes from an inner light, not observation alone (hawthorne, thoreau) Treated all members of the movement as equal, regardless of gender. What denominations were most affected by revivalism? (321, 323) What changes came to schools and colleges in the early 1800s? (324-28) Schools opened for public with 8 grades, 1 teacher, one room. Open few months of year, taught three r"s reading, ritin, and rithmatic. Reform swept nation and curriculum was expanded, schools opened longer, teachers paid better. Advocates for female education (oberlin and troy female seminary) What were some of the causes embraced by reformers? (328-30) What was the women"s rights convention at seneca falls? (332) Declaration of sentiments- declared that all men and women are equal (based on.
