Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
Chapter 17, Lesson 4: Making a Better Society (pp. 434-438)
I. Awakening Religious Feelings
B. Thousands of Americans were influenced by the Second Great Awakening, hoping to improve the country's spiritual life.
II. Building "Perfect" Communities
B. The Shakers formed villages and lived simply, believing that all should work for the common good.
C. Other communities included New Harmony in Indiana and Brook Farm in Massachusetts.
B. Slavery was America's worst problem. It had to end.
C. Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison spoke out against slavery and wrote of its evils.
D. Women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth begin to fight for equal rights.
E. Future generations would see the result of their hard work.
Lesson at a Glance Outline
A. Angry and upset about the changes taking place in America, people turned to religion.
A. Utopian communities, or villages where people could live in harmony, became popular.
III. Changing Americans' Beliefs
A. Some Americans wanted to reform, or improve, the world rather hide from it.
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