Abolitionism was the most controversial reform movement that was led by Charles G. Finney to eliminate slavery. 

The growth of both public education and teacher education. Public education was being offered and teachers were being trained. 

Prohibition is the act of banning the sale and consumption of alcohol. Temperance is moderate drinking alcohol.

Utopian reformers sought to establish small, perfect communities that would serve as models for the reform of society. Other reformers aimed to eliminate the problem of prison reform or alcohol throughout the society.

Defended: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman
Denied: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe

Both the New York Sun and the New York Tribune represented two different approaches to journalism. The Tribune, edited by Horace greeley, supported reform efforts and attempted to educate and uplift its readers. The Sun contained sensational accounts of murders, scandals, and other lurid events to appeal to the baser taste of readers. The two approaches proved equally successful and attracted readers outside New York.

Transcendentalism- liberal and unbiblical philosophy 

Federalist style- the period from the ignauguration of Washington to that of Jackson is usually 

 

Benjamin West- Americas first great painter, often painted new World subjects 

 

Gilbert Stuart- one of the young nations finest portrait painters 

 

John Trumbull- possibly the greatest of the Fedarlist artist, another student of West’s 

 

Greek revival- recreated the columns and porticos of ancient Greek and Roman buildings 

 

Charles Bulfinch- furthered classical styles that he even drew architectural designs free of charge to encourage people to build in Federalists style 

 

George Caleb Bingham- self described “through Demorcrat”, his stump speaking and The county election, for example, captured the boisterous but always lively activity of American poliicking 

 

Hudson River School- carried the love of American beauty even further

William Loyd Garrison- The most important abolitionist leader, he launched a newspaper, the Liberator, dedicated to attacking the moral evil of slavery. 

Nat Turner- In 1831, he led a slave rebellion in Southhampton County, Virginia. Some 60 whites and 100 blacks died in the rebellion. 

Fredrick Douglas- A brilliant man who was a radical. He stated “ Slave holders not only forfeit their right to liberty but to life itself.” 

Harriet Tubman- Spoke at antislavery meetings and also made some twenty tripsm to the south to help lead more than 300 blacks to freedom. 

Horace Mann- One of the leading reformers in the drive for public education and was also the Massachusetts Board of Education, Mann also brought a crusader’s zeal  to the task. He believed that people could find deliverance from ignorance and social problems through sound moral education. 

William H. McGruffy- Also a public education leader and a Christian who also realized its potential for the gospel. 

Prohibition- Banning, of the sell and consumption of alcohol. 

Seneca Falls Convention- Convention held by women in 1848, in Seneca Falls, New York, in which they passed resolutions calling for equal rights for women, such as the right to vote. 

Utopian Reformers- The Utopian reformers wanted to have small perfect communities that would serve as models for the reform of society at large. Some of which operated as religious purposes.