Explain The Most Important Highlights And Concepts Of The Jacksonian Era
LESSON 8 - American Reforms
Objectives:
Identify and explain the most important highlights and concepts of the Jacksonian Era
Identify various minority groups who gained additional rights during this era
The Impact of Various Religious Movements
Jacksonian democracy encouraged individualism and personal responsibility. Those ideas were grounded in a religious movement called the Second Great Awakening. Preachers told their congregations that each person was responsible for their own salvation, thereby improving themselves and their destiny. Charles Finney was a leader in this movement. Church attendance increased greatly.
The Unitarian Church, strong in the power of the individual, grew in the New England area. In New England, Transcendentalism began with Ralph Waldo Emerson. This philosophy encouraged people to live simple lives and enjoy the simple truths found in nature, but did not present any organized belief system. In Philadelphia, Richard Allen founded an African American church, and in 1830 held the first annual convention of free African-Americans.
People started to believe society could be improved by following these simple ideas. It was during the 1830’s that Americans started funding tax-supported public schools. By the 1850’s, every state was establishing these schools by law. These laws were more …show more content…
Free African Americans had worked for ending slavery for many years, and slowly white Americans joined the cause. Religious leaders like Finney taught that slavery was sinful. The Liberator was a newspaper started by William Lloyd Garrison that was solely dedicated to the abolition movement. Garrison did not agree with a slow end to slavery but demanded an immediate end to the practice. David Walker was a free black who encouraged African-Americans to fight for their freedom. Frederick Douglass, a slave who escaped, gave speeches against slavery and he published an anti-slavery
Objectives:
Identify and explain the most important highlights and concepts of the Jacksonian Era
Identify various minority groups who gained additional rights during this era
The Impact of Various Religious Movements
Jacksonian democracy encouraged individualism and personal responsibility. Those ideas were grounded in a religious movement called the Second Great Awakening. Preachers told their congregations that each person was responsible for their own salvation, thereby improving themselves and their destiny. Charles Finney was a leader in this movement. Church attendance increased greatly.
The Unitarian Church, strong in the power of the individual, grew in the New England area. In New England, Transcendentalism began with Ralph Waldo Emerson. This philosophy encouraged people to live simple lives and enjoy the simple truths found in nature, but did not present any organized belief system. In Philadelphia, Richard Allen founded an African American church, and in 1830 held the first annual convention of free African-Americans.
People started to believe society could be improved by following these simple ideas. It was during the 1830’s that Americans started funding tax-supported public schools. By the 1850’s, every state was establishing these schools by law. These laws were more …show more content…
Free African Americans had worked for ending slavery for many years, and slowly white Americans joined the cause. Religious leaders like Finney taught that slavery was sinful. The Liberator was a newspaper started by William Lloyd Garrison that was solely dedicated to the abolition movement. Garrison did not agree with a slow end to slavery but demanded an immediate end to the practice. David Walker was a free black who encouraged African-Americans to fight for their freedom. Frederick Douglass, a slave who escaped, gave speeches against slavery and he published an anti-slavery