1. CHAPTER 14:
New Movements in
AmericaSection 3:
Reforming Society

2. THE SECOND
GREAT AWAKENING
 The Second Great Awakening
was a Christian renewal
movement
 Early 1800’s

3. 2nd Great
Awakening
Revivals

4. THE SECOND
GREAT AWAKENING
 Sparked new interest in
religion

5. THE SECOND
GREAT AWAKENING
 Led people
to improve
society with
other
movements

6. THE TEMPERANCE
MOVEMENT
 Temperance Movement –
urged people to stop drinking
liquor

7. THE TEMPERANCE
MOVEMENT
 Argued that alcohol led to
social problems:
• Violence
• Poverty
• Criminal behavior

9. THE TEMPERANCE
MOVEMENT
 Women led the movement

10. Temperan
ce Women

11. A
Temperan
ce Pledge

12. PRISON REFORM
 1800’s prisons
• Were overcrowded
• Used cruel punishment

13. 1800’s
Prison
Life

14. PRISON REFORM
• Held children
• Held the mentally ill

15. PRISON REFORM
 Reformers pushed to end
these practices

16. REFORM IN
EDUCATION
 1800’s public education was
poor
 Only wealthy male children
received a good education

17. REFORM IN
EDUCATION
 Common School Movement –
argued all children should be
taught in a common place,
regardless of background

18. Common
Schools

19. REFORM IN
EDUCATION
 Horace Mann led this
movement