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Temperance, Prison, And Education Reform EQ: Why did the Temperance Movement take so long to make an impact on the U.S.? Temperance, Prison, And Education Reform EQ: Why did the Temperance Movement take so long to make an impact on the U.S.?

The Second Great Awakening “Spiritual Reform From Within” [Religious Revivalism] Social Reforms & Redefining the Ideal of Equality Temperance Asylum & Prison Reform Education Women’s Rights Abolitionism

The Temperance Movement In 1830, Americans drink an average of 5 gallons of liquor a year Reformers argue that drinking causes domestic violence, public rowdiness and loss of family income The real problem is Americans have the habit of drinking all day

Temperance Movement The most significant reform movements of the period sought not to withdraw from society but to change it directly Temperance Movement — undertook to eliminate social problems by curbing drinking –Led largely by clergy, the movement at first focused on drunkenness and did not oppose moderate drinking –In 1826 the American Temperance Society was founded, taking voluntary abstinence as its goal. The most significant reform movements of the period sought not to withdraw from society but to change it directly Temperance Movement — undertook to eliminate social problems by curbing drinking –Led largely by clergy, the movement at first focused on drunkenness and did not oppose moderate drinking –In 1826 the American Temperance Society was founded, taking voluntary abstinence as its goal.

Anti-Alcohol movement American Temperance Society formed at Boston sign pledges, pamphlets, anti-alcohol tract Lyman Beecher Neal Dow Lucretia Mott

The Temperance Movement Movement became popular, but interrupted by the approaching Civil War. It eventually picked up again, and led to the 18 th Amendment

The Second Great Awakening “Spiritual Reform From Within” [Religious Revivalism] Social Reforms & Redefining the Ideal of Equality Temperance Asylum & Prison Reform Education Women’s Rights Abolitionism

The Asylum Movement (orphanages, jails, hospitals) Asylums isolated and separated the criminal, the insane, the ill, and the dependent from outside society “Rehabilitation” –The goal of care in asylums, which had focused on confinement, shifted to the reform of personal character Asylums isolated and separated the criminal, the insane, the ill, and the dependent from outside society “Rehabilitation” –The goal of care in asylums, which had focused on confinement, shifted to the reform of personal character

The Asylum Movement Dorothea DixDorothea Dix, a Boston schoolteacher, took the lead in advocating state supported asylums for the mentally ill She attracted much attention to the movement by her report detailing the horrors to which the mentally ill were subjected –being chained, kept in cages and closets, and beaten with rods In response to her efforts, 28 states maintained mental institutions by 1860 Dorothea DixDorothea Dix, a Boston schoolteacher, took the lead in advocating state supported asylums for the mentally ill She attracted much attention to the movement by her report detailing the horrors to which the mentally ill were subjected –being chained, kept in cages and closets, and beaten with rods In response to her efforts, 28 states maintained mental institutions by 1860

Asylums and Prison Reform Dorothea Dix also discovered that people were placed in prisons for debt, people were subjected to cruel punishment and children were not treated any different than adults She is responsible for helping eliminate sentencing for debt, ending cruel punishment and getting states to establish juvenile court systems She argues that people can change if they are placed in proper environments and given an education

The Second Great Awakening “Spiritual Reform From Within” [Religious Revivalism] Social Reforms & Redefining the Ideal of Equality Temperance Asylum & Prison Reform Education Women’s Rights Abolitionism

 Middle-class reformers called for tax-supported education, arguing to business leaders that the new economic order needed educated workers Educational Reform In 1800 Massachusetts was the only state requiring free public schools supported by community funds

 Under Horace Mann’s leadership in the 1830s, Massachusetts created a state board of education and adopted a minimum- length school year. Educational Reform  Provided for training of teachers, and expanded the curriculum to include subjects such as history and geography

 By the 1850s the number of schools, attendance figures, and school budgets had all increased sharply  School reformers enjoyed their greatest success in the Northeast and the least in the South  Southern planters opposed paying taxes to educate poorer white children  Educational opportunities for women also expanded  In 1833 Oberlin College in Ohio became the first coeducational college.  Four years later the first all-female college was founded — Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts  By the 1850s the number of schools, attendance figures, and school budgets had all increased sharply  School reformers enjoyed their greatest success in the Northeast and the least in the South  Southern planters opposed paying taxes to educate poorer white children  Educational opportunities for women also expanded  In 1833 Oberlin College in Ohio became the first coeducational college.  Four years later the first all-female college was founded — Mount Holyoke, Massachusetts Educational Reform

 Public Schools in the North did not accept black students to the same schools as white students (some exceptions). Southern states made educating slaves illegal; anyone caught teaching them to read was arrested.  Massachusetts was the first state to accept black students  Private colleges like Harvard, accepted black students.  Black colleges also started forming (Cheney University in PA was first in 1837)  Public Schools in the North did not accept black students to the same schools as white students (some exceptions). Southern states made educating slaves illegal; anyone caught teaching them to read was arrested.  Massachusetts was the first state to accept black students  Private colleges like Harvard, accepted black students.  Black colleges also started forming (Cheney University in PA was first in 1837) Education for African-Americans

Women Educators  Troy, NY Female Seminary  curriculum: math, physics, history, geography.  train female teachers Emma Willard ( ) Mary Lyons ( )  1837  she established Mt. Holyoke [So. Hadley, MA] as the first college for women.