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Resulted in:
-civil war
-women's rights movements

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Spread racist sentiments amongst lower and middle classes, including new immigrants.

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-Irish immigrants drunkenness
-German immigrant accent
-Women's demand for rights
-Upper-class' arrogance

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Evangelical reformers claims religion was the key to moral improvement.
Woman, expected to raise virtuous children, demanded that men live up to their expectations to avoid immorality.This promoted health and productivity.

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-black entertainers
-portrayed African-Americans as lazy, sensual, and irresponsible

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200 brothels by 1820s

500 brothels by 1850s

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-by 1840 there were hundreds of groups

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Young women who came to New York for wealth and opportunity were faced with hardship and turned to prostitution instead of domestic jobs, advertising prostitution on the streets. Men considered illicit sex as a right and kept their mistresses in apartments.

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Made seduction a crime

Found homes for prostitution in refuge

Significance: The social groups allowed women to expand their roles in society without challenging social expectations through charitable causes.

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-made by John Dartmouth Rice
-most famous minstrel routine
-blended strange dancing with a racist dialect
-inspired other minstrels

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-began around 1830
-a few actors put on blackface, starting the movement

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Demanded men use good morals

Tried to remove prostitution and preserve morality of young women

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Advocated abstinence and sobriety during the period following the American Revolution when Americans drank to excess.

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The practice of white actors using blackface in their comedic routines. It served as a form of entertainment for the middle class.