Democracy in the New Nation

Analyze the extent to which mid-19th century reforms & movements

influenced the development of democracy.

Second Great AwakeningAbolition MovementChanging Roles of WomenJacksonian Political Reform

Mid-19th Century Reforms & Movements

Second Great

AwakeningReligious revival

asserting that people could work toward perfection in themselves and society

Addressed issues such as: Abolition Temperance

Revival meetingsImpact on women’s

suffrage

An 1839 Methodist camp meeting

• Slave trade

prohibited, beginning 1808

• Antislavery organizations, some with religious roots

• W.L. Garrison: slavery violated country’s founding principles

• Frederick DouglassWilliam Lloyd

Garrison

Frederick Douglass

Abolitionists

• Second Great

Awakening increased antislavery sentiment

• Most abolitionists supported other reforms as well

• Underground Railroad Artist’s depiction of the Underground Railroad

Abolition Movement

Temperance Movement

Attempted to curtail or ban alcohol

Hoped to ensure the stability of family and civil society

Women particularly involved

American Temperance Society

Related to the Second Great Awakening

Temperance advocates outside a liquor store

Women’s Roles

“Cult of True Womanhood”

Tied to temperance and abolition movements

Women gained confidence in ability to effect change

Education for women & children

Illustration depicting many of the ideals of the “cult of true womanhood”

Women’s Suffrage

Seneca Falls Convention (1848)

Declaration of Sentiments: Based on Declaration of

Independence Called for complete equality

of women and men Demanded the right to vote

19th Amendment (1920)Newspaper ad for the Seneca

Falls Convention

• Andrew Jackson • Jacksonian Democracy:• Spoils System• Hands Off Approach to Economy• Manifest Destiny & Indian

Removal• Strict Constructionist• Increased Male Suffrage• President for “The Common

Man”

Side Note: Jacksonian Political

Reform

Reasons for increases

in mass political participation:

• Expansion of Suffrage• elimination of property

requirements• Printed ballots • Political conventions &

party caucuses • Candidates w/popular

appeal • Campaigns • Partisan Newspapers

The Expansion of Voting Rights for White Men, 1800-1830

Voter TurnoutBefore

the Civil War

The Development of Democracy

Analyze the extent to which mid-19th century reforms & movements influenced the

development of democracy.