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19th Century Reforms/Crash Course US History #15

Subject Area

Social Studies

Grade(s)

10

Overview

In this video from PBSLearningMedia, John Green teaches students about various reform movements in the 19th century United States. From Utopian societies to the Second Great Awakening to the Abolition movement, American society was undergoing great changes in the first half of the 19th century. Attempts at idealized societies popped up (and universally failed) at Utopia, OH, New Harmony, IN, Modern Times, NY, and many other places around the country. These utopians had a problem with mainstream society, and their answer was to withdraw into their own little worlds. Others didn't like the society they saw and decided to try to change it. Relatively new protestant denominations like the Methodists and Baptists reached out to "the unchurched" during the Second Great Awakening, and membership in evangelical sects of Christianity rose quickly. At the same time, Abolitionist societies were trying to free the slaves. Americans of the 19th century had looked at the world they were living in and decided to change it.

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    Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 10 - United States History I

    SS10.US1.12

    Describe the founding of the first abolitionist societies by Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin and the role played by later critics of slavery, including William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Angelina and Sarah Grimké, Henry David Thoreau, and Charles Sumner. [A.1.a., A.1.c., A.1.e., A.1.f., A.1.g., A.1.i., A.1.j.]

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    Vocabulary

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    Knowledge

    Students know:
    • Details of the founding of the first abolitionist societies by Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin.
    • The role played by later critics of slavery, including William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Angelina and Sarah Grimke', Henry David Thoreau, and Charles Sumner.
    • The role of religious movements in opposition to slavery, including objections of the Quakers.
    • The impact of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 that banned slavery in new states north of the Ohio River.
    • How the Underground Railroad developed, its impact on American society in the North and in the South, and its leaders, including Harriet Tubman.
    • The impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin on the abolitionist movement.

    Skills

    Students are able to:
    • Compare the first abolitionist societies by Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin to the development of later abolitionist societies.
    • Describe the rise of religious of movements in opposition to slavery.
    • Explain the importance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
    • Describe the rise of the Underground Railroad and it's leaders.

    Understanding

    Students understand that:
    • There was an important abolitionist movement in the United States from the earliest leaders and groups through the later groups, leaders, and legislation.
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