In which John Green teaches you about various reform movements in the 19th century United States. From Utopian societies to the Second Great Awakening to the Abolition movement, American society was undergoing great changes in the first half of the 19th century. Attempts at idealized societies popped up (and universally failed) at Utopia, OH, New Harmony, IN, Modern Times, NY, and many other places around the country. These utopians had a problem with mainstream society, and their answer was to withdraw into their own little worlds. Others didn't like the society they saw and decided to try to change it. Relatively new Protestant denominations like the Methodists and Baptists reached out to "the unchurched" during the Second Great Awakening, and membership in evangelical sects of Christianity rose quickly. At the same time, Abolitionist societies were trying to free the slaves. Americans of the 19th century had looked at the world they were living in and decided to change it.
Chapters:
Introduction: Religious & Moral Reform Movements of the 19th Century
Shaker Communities
Latter Day Saints
Brook Farm
Other Utopian Communities
The 2nd Great Awakening
The Oneida Community
Values of the 2nd Great Awakening
The Temperance Movement
Asylums
Common Schools
The Abolitionist Movement
Resistance to the Abolitionist Movement
Abolitionist Writers
Mystery Document
Frederick Douglass
Credits
- Subject:
- History
- U.S. History
- Material Type:
- Lecture
- Provider:
- Complexly
- Provider Set:
- Crash Course US History
- Date Added:
- 05/15/2013
