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The Events
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The Second Great Awakening
The second great awakening was a time when many people became christians in America. It was famous for the large camp meetings with many "revivals" occuring throughout people at the camps. On 1802, there was a 20,000 people revival in Cane Ridge, Kentucky. -
Industrial Revolution
The time when many rural areas became more urbanized and industrail. The factories made work more easy and quicker, degrading some of the quality of objects. -
Immigration
Many people came from other countries due to the urbanization and amount of avaible jobs in America. New York was the main place that immigrants came to. America gave the immigrants poor hospitality and treatment. -
The Aboltion Movement
In 1823, the Anti Slavery Society is established to help speak up against how the slaves are being treated. From 1820 to 1840, many african-americans stood up against the whites for their mistreatment. -
John James Audubon
John James Audubon had a fascination with birds and he drew them all the time, forming hundreds of amazing pictures of just birds. In 1826, he sailed with most of his pictures to England to publish his book, Birds of America. -
Labor Reform
In 1827, the Mechanics' Union of Trade Associations is created to help start labor reform. Many workers believed they were underpaid and mistreated at times. -
Temperance
From 1820-1840 many groups had fought for temperance in America because they thought it was wrong to use alcohol. Temperance is defined as the absistence from alchohol. -
Westward Expansion
In 1836, the Oregon Trail had been completed, creating a path for people to explore west on, making westward expansion for the public. The idea of westward expansion revolved around the idea of Manifest Destiny, the want to explore all land, causing them to visit the rest of America. -
Transcendentalism
On this date, the transcendentalism club was formed. Transcendetalists believed that knowledge comes from intuition and imagination, making everybody capabale of doing things. -
Education
Horace Mann becomes the secretary of the Massachusetts, causing him to start educational reform, changing how education works to this day. -
Women's Rights
A convention was created called the Women's Convention due to the restriction of entering an anti-slavery convention due to their gender, causing them want to end this mistreatment. -
Prison Reform
Dorothea Dix had visited a jail and found out that many inmates with mental illnesess were often bound in chains and locked in cages. Due to this, she fought to fix how prisons cheated the mentally ill. -
Hudson River School Artists
The Hudson River School was America's first true fraternity pertaining to art. It was created in 1850. They were some of the best artists at the time and they competed often in the industry. -
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne published a famous novel about Hester Prynn and goes through her journey full of troubles. It ended up being a best seller for at least a decade, impacting many people. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
In 1851, Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in a newspaper in order to show how wrong slavery is and to create a realistic picture of the life of a slave. It ends with Tom dying after escape because he didn't reveal where the two women who escaped with him were. -
Poetry
In the 19th century, romantic poetry grew greatly and improved changing poetry forever. It caused every form of literature to bloom in romanticism and it intrigued all who read.
