Early U.S. History Lecture

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Early U.S. HistoryLecture 12

• Reform
• 1820-1860

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Themes

• The 2nd Great Awakening and Transcendentalism
  spawned a new wave of reform from 1820 to 1860.
• The larger and more aggressive abolitionism
  movement heightened sectional tensions.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Henry David Thoreau
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Margaret Fuller
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Walt Whitman
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Joseph Smith
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Brigham Young
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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The Grimke Sisters
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Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Seneca Falls Declaration

• Who wrote the Seneca Falls Declaration? When did
  they write it?
• What document was the model for this Declaration?
  List the specific similarities?
• What limits did women face in American society at
  this time?
• What reforms did the writers of this document
  want?

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William Lloyd Garrison
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Pro-Slavery Arguments

• Who were John C. Calhoun and George Fitzhugh?
• What did Calhoun think of abolitionism? What did
  he think was the natural outcome of abolitionism?
• How did Calhoun defend slavery? Why did he say
  it was a positive good instead of a necessary
  evil?
• How did Fitzhugh characterize slaves? Did he
  offer any evidence to back up this opinion?
• Why did Fitzhugh think Southern slavery was
  superior to African slavery?
• How did Fitzhugh characterize Southern masters
  and mistresses? How did he compare them to
  Northern capitalists? Do you agree or disagree
  with his comparison?