1. Chapter 14: A New Spirit of Change
Section 2: Reforming American Society

2. Vocabulary
temperance movement: campaign to stop the drinking of alcohol
labor union: group of workers who band together to seek better working conditions
strike: to stop work to demand better working conditions

3. A Spirit of Revival Second Great Awakening: Temperance Movement:
Anyone could be “saved”
Revival meetings- emotionally charged events where religious leaders hoped to attract followers
Temperance Movement:
Alcohol blamed for poverty and violence
1851 – Maine bans the sale of liquor
Shakers (religion):
Communal living: everyone shared homes and goods
Men and women equal

4. Workers’ Rights Factory life: Labor Unions: 12-14 hour workdays
Women and children paid less
Unsafe and unhealthy
Labor Unions:
1835 & 1836: 140 strikes take place in the eastern factories
Wanted better conditions and pay
1840- president Van Buren orders a 10 hour workday for government workers

5. Social Reform Education: Care for the Needy:
Horace Mann - “father of the American public school”
Boston, MA opens first public high school in 1821
Oberlin College – first to accept women (1833)
African American children were still barred from most public schools
Care for the Needy:
Dorthea Dix brings attention to the care of the mentally ill
Thomas H. Gallaudet: started first free school for the deaf
Samuel G. Howe: the New England Asylum for the blind